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... Galactica 2004 S01E06" that there's some plugin or script that can parse the filename and use it to do an IMDB or TVDB lookup (or even a CDDB one) using the information and title in the file to display information such as the episode title or a summary of the story? I'm currently using ...

... automatically, metadata will not be displayed! https://i.imgur.com/IkDxtB9.png And yes, as I was also explaining, I already have the proper "CDDB Server" settings, as it can be seen in this screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/pS3fKuV.png

... metadata display happens just fine when starting playback via the "Media/Open Disc" menu! (And yes, I have the right "CDDB Server" set, as per https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=155259 .) https://i.imgur.com/IkDxtB9.png

... CD => Musicbrainz Server : musicbrainz.org" and "Tools => Advanced settings => All => Input / Codecs => Access modules => Audio CD => CDDB-Server : freedb.videolan.org" - unfortunately without success. Therefore it should not download anything anymore. I don't know what album ...

... CD => Musicbrainz Server : musicbrainz.org" and "Tools => Advanced settings => All => Input / Codecs => Access modules => Audio-CD => CDDB-Server : freedb.videolan.org" - unfortunately without success. The following picture is always displayed : https://abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto_2022-0vcdaw.png ...

... I tried that, but it didn't fix my issue. I was getting the name of the songs to populate when first loading in the CD, regardless of the CDDB Server address I used. But, with each address tried, after I converted a track, then I could not get the list of song names to populate, just Track ...

... have vlc open and viewing empty playlist. 3. vlc should have "allow metadata network access" setting. 4. vlc should have a functioning CDDB setting: Tools -> Preferences -> All : Input/Codecs -> Access Modules -> Audio CD : gnudb.gnudb.org 5. load the CD into the playlist, let it retrieve ...

I was thinking of a similar solution for users who use names from a working CDDB Server (Tools > Preferences > Show settings=All > Input/Codecs \ Access modules \ Audio CD). I would read all available audio tracks with names, and offer users to edit names before ...

I checked CDDB settings and all are correct. Which settings ? Because freedb.org has been shut down. Found settings under "Audio CD input": services feedb.videolanorg and port 80 You say this has been shut down? Is it ...

I checked CDDB settings and all are correct.

Which settings ? Because freedb.org has been shut down.

... same CD's with Windows Media Player, all the detailed info shows. I prefer to use VLC, but would like to see titles, not just tracks. I checked CDDB settings and all are correct. Any ideas? Thanks.

About the CDDB issue:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=152035

Looks like nothing has been done in time.
And I still can't get gnudb.org to work with VLC as of today.

... 10, 145920 cdda stream debug: p_sectors: 11, 163995 cdda stream debug: p_sectors: 12, 177915 cdda stream debug: retrieving metadata with CDDB cdda stream debug: album art policy set to manual: not fetching cdda stream debug: CDDB failure 1/ But it never plays a sound. If I debug, listcount ...

You can turn off metadata-network-access globally. There is no toggle for CDDB specifically.

having a hard time figuring out how to get cd track and album information. i tried updating the CDDB server to freedb.videolan.org, but that doesn't seem to work.

vlc version 3.0.11.1

thanks

My issue is very similar to the one in the now ancient topic, CDDB in VLC V3.0 - new take on an old problem . When I fired up VLC today, it said an update was available to Version 3.0.11, which I did download and install. This issue predates having gotten ...

Missing CDDB support?

So i just downloaded vlc to rip some cds, i was able to switch up the cddb to cddb.cddb.org and all the info for my disc is correct except the album art. I then tried to add the correct album art manually but it kept reverting to the incorrect art. i have tried ...

here is a link to the screen

http://pc.cd/76r

Thanks for the info -- but where in the screen do I enter the information?

How do I post a screen shot?

Tools -> Preferences -> Show settings: ALL
Input codecs -> Access modules -> Audio CD
The field is on the right panel.
Save the preferences then exit and restart VLC for any change to take effect.

Hello --- Thanks for your reply ---- do you know where in prefs that this is set?

Not many people still play CD-DA on their computers. Modern computers don't even have optical drives any longer.

Hello --
Why is such a trivial issue of setting the CDDB provide buried in layers of options ---

Where is the url save to set the search to use freedb

Thanks