Ok, fair enough. But programs like Audiobook builder can retrieve the
CD information from iTunes--like I said even the Finder can do that.
There is even a Max applescript to do it, though it is outdated and
doesn't work as expected anymore as Max no longer supports some of the
instructions it uses or they have been changed significantly. This is
not hidden iTunes functionality by any means. So even if they can't
use gracenote, they certainly can interface to iTunes which does, and
as iTunes provides this functionality openly they cannot be charged
for doing that. And then, of course, there is always FreeDB, so being
restricted to musicbrainz is kind of silly. I've started using iTunes
instead of Max to rip my CDs for this reason, seeing as how I can't
get it to retrieve CD information anymore. It doesn't give me the full
control I want but unless the CD has some serious scratches it does a
nice job.
On Nov 17, 2008, at 02:48, Esther wrote:
Hi Jacob,
You asked:
Hi I'm interested to know this as well. It's odd, the address
seems to have changed recently, the old information I have no
longer works. I don't know why they can't just use one of the
other CDDB's like freeDB or gracenote like iTunes does, as I
noticed musicbrainz being a bit short on content. If for some
reason they can't why not build in support for reading iTunes'
retrieved CD info? Even the Finder can do that!
If a service uses Gracenote, they have to pay for it. That's not
true for freeDB. But iTunes worked a special deal with Gracenote.
Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 17, 2008, at 00:24, David Truong wrote:
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me the music brains info I need to put in to max
ripper? At
the moment, I am not getting any CD info being retrieved and the
music
brains info in the max preferences are blank. Usually I thought
they would
have a default address there. Thanks for any help with this.
David Truong
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