On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Reed Hedges wrote:
> >CDDB is eerie: it was able to instanteously (in one second)
> >identify and label all the tracks on CDs that I was ripping to MP3. Can it
> >possibly be able to do this based only on song-lengths? I foresee record
>
> no, it sends the cd serial number (or whatever) to the server, which
CDs have digital serial numbers? Where? Distinct numbers?
> answers back with the info. i believe it can do this just through http/cgi,
> or througha special protocol.
It's certainly weird: I wasn't even connected to the Net at the time. I
wonder how that works?
> the cddb option in your music player/ripper is usually configurable.
I'll look...
>
> use freedb.org instead.
>
> see http://www.freedb.org
/:b
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