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. > > Karl
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 ... -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
