Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:33:59 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Track Indexes for CDs Message-ID: <15284.53415.503906.139229@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <13981605@toto.iv>
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Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> types: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 01:23:26AM -0400, Brian T . Schellenberger wrote: > > information from the net. There *is* a code on CDs that uniquely identifies > > the CD, but it's gibberish, useful only as an index for one of these internet > > databases. (What it was originally added for I have no clue since Sony & > > Philips surely didn't anticipate the WWW in 1980 or so when they designed the > > CD, but it's nice that it's there anyway.) > Well, compare it with the ISBN number for books: It's made for > uniquely identifying a book's title, author(s), revision etc. This > CD-ID is the same. I've been told that cddb uses the track lengths as an index, not the CD ID information. > Just like the bookshops have access to a database which translates > an ISBN number into the details of the book, CD manufacturers have > a similair database for the details of a book. And with the > possibilities of a global network, it's pretty neat that I can > insert my audio-cd in the cdplayer-tray and the application pops > up with the tracklisting of it. You can apparently also read the UPC off the disk as well as the package. If anyone knows of a publicly accessible database - presumably a "we sell CD's" type thing - that lets me look up CDs by UPC, I'd love to hear about it. I'd love to be able to use the cuecat port to build a cd database. Thanx, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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