Re: FreeDB
- From: Jim Dunleavy <jim.dunleavy@xxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:53:30 +0100
Plus, if your CD is not in the database, you can add the CD data to it
yourself for the benefit of everybody.
Eventhough a full download of the data may be of no use to you, the
fact that it is available means it can be mirrored, and also prevents
the sort of bad behaviour of entities like Gracenote who appropriated a
previous
incarnation (CDDB) and imposed obnoxious licensing restrictions on
its users.
--Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Stockton <nstockton@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: FreeDB
> Yes. It's just a database of the track and artest titles.
> it's used in most cd rippers to automaticly label your tracks with the
track
> name and artest name when ripping a cd to mp3 files on your hard drive so
> you don't have to label them manualy before putting them on your mp3
player.
> also some media players can access the database when you use them to play
a
> cd which is very useful when you otherwise wouldn't have an easy way of
> finding out the track names with out spending time googling for the cd
info.
>
> Nick Stockton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:55 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeDB
>
>
> > Oh, ok -- but I still am not understanding something -- you say what is
in
> > the "database" is actually templates of cd's that you use to label
> > tracks --
> > that being the case, is the music ever ripped onto a hard drive, or is
the
> > info in the database only text labels of tracks plus relational info,
and
> > you have to fumble with cd's in order to hear the songs?
> > --le
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nick Stockton" <nstockton@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 4:40 AM
> > Subject: Re: FreeDB
> >
> >
> > it's not a database of audio files.
> > it's a database of cd info like track and artist info so that when you
pop
> > your cd in the drive your music playing software can automaticly label
the
> > tracks and tag them.
> >
> > Nick Stockton
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "tribble" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 5:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: FreeDB
> >
> >
> > Wow, so you're saying it already has a music database built up for
> > download.
> > Isn't this piracy? (Of course everyone copies files, but this seems like
a
> > major operation.) I say this because I recently spent money on a couple
> > of
> > collections from Time Life that I'd like to rip onto my computer. It was
> > not
> > cheap but I have listened to it and like the selections. I am of the
> > opinion that good artistry should be rewarded and if you like a piece of
> > music it is a good thing to pay for it -- but as I said, we all copy
stuff
> > off the net. Just musing.
> > That also brings me to the subject of audio described movie soundtracks,
> > which are available freely for download on the net if you know where to
> > look, but are copyrighted. I have a bunch of them that people have
given
> > me, but I handle the piracy issue this way: I listen to the movies and
if
> > I
> > like them I order a copy of the full DVD from AudioVision for my
> > collection,
> > otherwise if the movie stinks, I delete it.
> > Just a thought. Comments?
> > Anyway, thanks for the link.
> > --le
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jaffar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:55 PM
> > Subject: FreeDB
> >
> >
> > Hi All. If like me, you are a music fanatic, have a vast music
> > collection
> > which ranges from classical to Jazz to Pop to Rock and would like to
have
> > them organized and propperly tagged so you can find them whenever you
want
> > them, then I'd like to recommend a free, open source, programmable music
> > database called FreeDb www.freedb.org
> > If you visit it's download page, You'll find the following:
> > 1. complete database files which are updated from month to month.
> > 2. Update files which when you download accompanying utilities, and
> > together with the update files wich are smaller in comparison, will
update
> > your database so you don't have to download the complete files which are
> > rather large, upwards of 500 MB every month.
> > 3. An accompanying howto that will help you to develop stand alone
> > FreeDB
> > related software, for example software that will update, submit or
mirror
> > your database in a network.
> > 4. A server that will allow you to submit and retrieve database
updates
> > as and when you like. However, the server software requires some
> > technical
> > know how to build and configure as it is not a straight forward gui
> > software.
> > The files are in the unix format by default, but you could change them
to
> > the windows format via a utility called mkfreedb.exe. If anyone wants
to
> > host this utility on their server, let me know and i will send it along
as
> > the website for this utility is rather obscure and I came across it only
> > after a thorough search of google.
> > Here is a synopsis of the steps you'll need to take to download the
> > database and the utilities described.
> > 1. Go to www.freedb.org and click the download page. By default,
you'll
> > land on the server download page. Click parent directory.
Unfortunately,
> > this directory has no headings to mark where each subsection exactly is,
> > so
> > use your tab and arrow keys to find what you need.
> > If you want to download the complete database, then you'll need to look
> > for files with words "freedb-complete" followed by the year month day
date
> > format.
> > so, for example, if you want to download the complete database for
> > october, then you should look for the file tagged as:
> > freedb-complete-20081001.tar.bz2, which translates to year 2008, month
> > october, and date as the first of that month.
> > If you downloaded the complete database for september for example, and
> > you
> > want to update your database to october's, just download the:
> > freedb-update-20081001.tar.bz2 which is consideraably smaller, about 7
mb
> > in size.
> > Once you have those, download a zip file called freedb-updater.zip
which
> > contains a freedb.exe updater file. All you need do then is to unpack
the
> > complete september database files into a directory, say music-database.
> > Then double click the updater.exe and browse to your music-database
> > folder,
> > then browse again to your updater file, freedb-update-20081001.tar.bz2,
> > then
> > tab to the start button and your september database will be updated to
the
> > current one. Btw, be prepared to give your database folder at least 4
gb
> > of
> > disk space.
> > Now, if you wanted to change the format of your database files from the
> > unix format to the windows format, just do the following.
> > 1. create a folder. We'll call it music-windows-database for
> > clarification.
> > 2. copy and paste the complete database file, and the mkfreedb.exe
which
> > i
> > will send along to any one who wants it to your music-windows-database
> > folder.
> > 3. open your command prompt and cd to your music-windows-database
> > directory, so assuming your directory is on your C drive, the command
is:
> > cd c:\music-windows-database
> > Now, all you have to do is to issue the command
> > mkfreebd, and your windows database will be built with all its default
> > structure, and the database files copied to the appropriate
> > subdirectories.
> > Your music-windows-directory will then contain the following
> > subdirectories and a log text file.
> > 1. blues where all the blues music data files will be copied.
> > 2. Classical where all the classical music data files will be copied.
> > 3. country where all the country music data files will be copied
> > 4. data, where all the data files necessary for the database to
function
> > will be copied
> > 5. folk where all the folk music data files will be copied
> > 6. jazz, where all the jazz music data files will be copied
> > 7. misc where all the miscellanious music data files will be copied.
> > 8. newage where all new age music data files will be copied.
> > 9. reggae where all reggae music data files will be copied.
> > 10. rock where all rock and pop music data files will be copied.
> > 11. soundtrack where all film soundtrack music data files will be
copied.
> > 12. a log file will be created to tell you how the build process
> > transpired
> > Warning: please note that the conversion of files from unix to windows
> > format takes hours. I did my conversion yesterday evening my time, and
> > the
> > conversion process is still going on as i write this email. This is
> > hardly
> > surprising as there are millions of cds floating around in the music
> > market
> > out there.
> > Once you have organized your database, You can then use programs such
as
> > mp3 tag
> > www.mp3tag.de to tag and organize your music. You can even store the
> > music data in the recognized dbms like mysql, microsoft access or any
dbms
> > of your choice.
> > first create the following tables.
> > 1. artist
> > 2. title
> > 3. album
> > 4. year
> > 5. publisher
> > 6 track number.
> > Give the files in your database the sql extension, then load them as a
> > dump into mysql or the dbms of your choice.
> > If you need any more clarification, please let me know. Cheers and
happy
> > tagging.
> >
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