Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 15:41:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org>, xmcd@amb.org Subject: Re: cddb working in xmcd? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605151520520.27716@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20060515190027.GI38981@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20060515190027.GI38981@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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On Mon, 15 May 2006, Fernan Aguero wrote: > Hi! > > I've just installed xmcd and CDDB lookups are not working > for me ... though they work in goobox and/or gnome-cd. > > I'm using xmcd.3.3.2_2 > > Below is the output of 'xmcd debug 4' > (debug cd info). > > The disc in the CD drive is Coldplay, X&Y > > > After looking for some place to edit the cddb servers and to > change them and test others, I noticed that xmcd prefers > cddb.com (gracenote) and hardcodes all access to the > cddb.com URL ... so I patched xmcd and now xmcd correctly > identified my Coldplay disc. > > Now, what was the problem? > > i) cddb database is incomplete and lacks and entries for my discs? > ii) xmcd calculates bad disc Ids? > iii) cddb.com has a temporary failure > > I've not stress tested xmcd with lots of discs (only a few > that I have at hand in the lab). But none of the discs I've > tried have been found using the default xmcd (cddb.com) > while all but one have been found by the patched xmcd (using > freedb.org): > Coldplay - X&Y > Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba > Pat Metheny - Still Life (talking) > Marisa Monte - Universo ao meu redor (not found, but this is a recent release) > > Maybe we can add an optional WITH_FREEDB knob to the port? I've been asked to do that before in the FreeBSD port, and my answer is still the same. I don't want to change the author's work except for what it takes to integrate with FreeBSD and our ports tree. -- DE
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