Re: [Banshee-List] Cddb info for ripping CDS

[Roderich Schupp <roderich schupp googlemail com>]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM, banjoman <sr steveredshaw idps co uk> wrote:
>
> interestingly, I am getting CD artwork, so something must be connecting with
> something (you can see I am very technically knowledgeable)

AFAIK, the artwork is fetched from Amazon, but I think you need to know
the ASIN for that, which Banshee gets from Musicbrainz.

>> it works fine with my iPod, but does not succeed in getting CD title and
>> track info when I want to rip a CD
>>
>> the yellow box at the bottom just indicates - Searching for CD metadata -
>> but it never manages to get it!! presumably it is trying to connect with
>> the Cddb server?

Actually, Banshee uses Musicbrainz for CD metadata. This looks like some
old problem - what version of Banshee are you using?

Cheers, Roderich