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I believe I heard that it is now possible to go to a web site which will
"read" the information from a CD placed in your computers CD Drive and add
it to a data base. Is this accurate? Or is it just wishful thinking on my
part as I prepare to start cataloguing my collection?
Ed
[Folks, let's please keep these discussions on-topic. Every post must
be explicitly about classical music. The database that Ed refers to
is the CDDB (CD Database) that is accessible at:
http://www.cddb.com/
At this site you can download players that read the ID from the CD
and access the CDDB for detailed track info, etc. for display on the
player. Several CD cataloguing programs also support CDDB, perhaps
the best known is Audiofile. For links to downloadable share/freeware
for Windows, it's hard to beat WinFiles.com where you can do a simple
search to find a huge list of cataloguing programs. The direct link
is:
http://winfiles.cnet.com/apps/98/collections-video.html
Simply go to this page and do a browser search on "cddb" and you'll
find several candidates. I haven't done an extensive survey on this,
but the database is primarily for popular music, and last time I tried
it (a few months ago) most of the more obscure CDs I have (smaller
independent labels) are not represented in the CDDB at all. Others,
such as majors and Naxos, for example, have more thorough coverage,
though it was pretty easy to find current releases from these labels
that weren't in the database either. If it's an older release, you
can probably forget it. In general, I don't think it's going to be
all that useful for most collectors. -Dave]
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