title help

[V_bigblock_V]

i believe i have version 5.03 (just bought it 2 days ago.) when i go to play a cd on winamp the playlist only shows "1. Artist - Track 1" and so on instead of the artist's name and track. i played the same cd in windows media player and the names and tracks were listed. i dont know what to do.

[siebe83]

Maybe take a look here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....25#post1207625

[V_bigblock_V]

what is CDDB and is there any way to get the cd's artit and track to show on the playlist without an internet connection?

[siebe83]

On most cd's there is no artist and track information available. That's why Winamp uses CDDB (it's a cd database where information is stored from lots of cd's). That's the only way to show artist and track information in Winamp. And yes, the first time you insert a cd and cddb needs to look up the information, you'll need an internet connection. Winamp will store the found information on your harddisk, so the second time you won't need a connection.

Some cd's do have 'cd text'. That means the information is available on the cd itself. Winamp does not support cd text...

[V_bigblock_V]

i played the same cd in windows media player and all of the titles and artit's names showed up correctly.

[siebe83]

Ok. As said, that might be because your cd has cdtext: maybe Windows Media Player supports it. Winamp certainly does not.

Or Windows Media Player has access to the internet, and Winamp doesn't. See in the link I posted to allow Winamp access to CDDB.

[V_bigblock_V]

got it. didnt know i had to be connected for winamp to get the titles.