begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:52:58AM -0700: > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 11:00 am, Karl Cunningham wrote: > > On 5/20/2008 11:54 AM, Michael O'Keefe wrote: > >> Lan Barnes wrote: > >>> Last night I discovered that CDDB had morphed into Gracenote, > >>> evidently a money-making site. I don't necessarily resent the > >>> money, but automating access to Gracenote looks unpleasantly > >>> complex. (I used the output of cdstatus --cddb before.) > >> > >> They were turned into a "money making site" coz they had to start paying > >> copyright fees. But don't feel too bad for them now, they currently have > >> a deal with Chrysler to provide a Gracenote DB to vehicles with the > >> uConnect stereo head-unit so it can rip CD's right to HD inside the > >> vehicle. > > > > I have a copy of the cddb database and code from the site (PHP, I think) > > as of when they turned it off. My idea was to put it on my own Apache > > server and have it all work as it used to, but never got around to doing > > it. > > > > If anyone wants it I could dig it up.
That might be fun. At least that way, we might be able to correct some of the corruption problems. > I _think_ what I need to know is how to reset the config for cdstatus so > it points to freedb, which seems to have moved its URL for queries. From > the posts (thanks, all) I suspect it Gracenote came on the scene before my > proggie broke, so venal and evil as it may be, it ain't my current > problem. > > I wish I had these conversations at home where I could post configs etc. I > wish I had more time at home to experiment with what I learn here. I wish > I wish I wish ... I wish that the goblins would come and take you away! -- Not really. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
