Gracenote can bite my... (WA3)

plastix · 14th August 2002, 00:15

Since Gracenote sucks(and screwed a lot of users out of all their hard work), it may be a better idea to either allow the user to switch CDDB servers(which I believe is a big no-no in Gracenote's ULA), or just completely change over to FreeDB (www.freedb.org).

hoodedone · 14th August 2002, 08:32

Yes. I too would greatly prefer freedb.

Also, I guess this is somewhat related: I am a nitpicky control freak, and I like to be able to edit CD track info manually in the file info box, but I can't do this anymore.

hellboiler · 3rd March 2003, 18:48

Me too, I'm for freedb.
It's better, it's free

PhiloHippus · 21st March 2003, 01:08

Diddo that. Why on earth would a freeware software like WA use a commercial lamer like gracenote when there's freedb around... eludes me. One more vote for freedb.

Cheers

evil_oj · 21st March 2003, 02:12

yah freedb!

asfi · 4th April 2003, 21:40

With WA2 there was a way to install a plug-in which allowed freedb use. Unfortunately that workaround doesn't seem to be allowed for Winamp3. I'm thinking of going back to WA2 as a result -- the other motivation is that the displayed playlist is almost always bogus -- too few or too many songs listed. Anyone else get this? (Oh, I'm using Build #488, btw)

duncant_winamp · 20th June 2003, 16:06

FreeDB would be much better.

14th August 2002, 00:15	#1
plastix Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1	Gracenote can bite my... (WA3) Since Gracenote sucks(and screwed a lot of users out of all their hard work), it may be a better idea to either allow the user to switch CDDB servers(which I believe is a big no-no in Gracenote's ULA), or just completely change over to FreeDB (www.freedb.org).

21st March 2003, 02:12	#5
evil_oj Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 476	yah freedb! 5 3 I encode my music in Ogg Vorbis 2 I know enough about music and computers not to like computerized music.

20th June 2003, 16:06	#7
duncant_winamp Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4	Me too FreeDB would be much better.

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14th August 2002, 08:32	#2
hoodedone Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 9	Yes. I too would greatly prefer freedb. Also, I guess this is somewhat related: I am a nitpicky control freak, and I like to be able to edit CD track info manually in the file info box, but I can't do this anymore.

3rd March 2003, 18:48	#3
hellboiler Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 4	Me too, I'm for freedb. It's better, it's free

21st March 2003, 01:08	#4
PhiloHippus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1	Diddo that. Why on earth would a freeware software like WA use a commercial lamer like gracenote when there's freedb around... eludes me. One more vote for freedb. Cheers

4th April 2003, 21:40	#6
asfi Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5	With WA2 there was a way to install a plug-in which allowed freedb use. Unfortunately that workaround doesn't seem to be allowed for Winamp3. I'm thinking of going back to WA2 as a result -- the other motivation is that the displayed playlist is almost always bogus -- too few or too many songs listed. Anyone else get this? (Oh, I'm using Build #488, btw)