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I've compiled VLC 1.0.1 from source on a new Slackware 13.0 x64 system.
VLC was configured with with these options:

./configure --enable-cddax --disable-a52

The resulting config.log file shows some missing libraries, but they are all
video (not audio) related.

Here's the WARNINGs from config.log

configure:35029: WARNING: lua5.1 not found, trying lua >= 5.1 instead
configure:35449: WARNING: lua >= 5.1 not found!
configure:37828: WARNING: The development files for liveMedia (live555) can't be found
configure:40490: WARNING: cannot find libdvbpsi headers
configure:41248: WARNING: LibV4L2 support disabled because libv4l2 development headers were not found
configure:41636: WARNING: VCD information library not found
configure:42482: WARNING: the dvb access module requires libdvbpsi
configure:44721: WARNING: only static linking is available, you must provide a gme-tree
configure:51083: WARNING: ZVBI library not found. Enabling the telx module instead
configure:58538: WARNING: Not building Roku HD1000 compatible video output
configure:58538: WARNING: Not building Roku HD1000 compatible video output
configure:60977: WARNING: pulseaudio library not found
configure:65472: WARNING: avahi-client library not found

grep-ing cdda out of config.log show:

LTLIBcdda='libcdda_plugin.la'
LTLIBcddax='libcddax_plugin.la'

make and make install were fine. If I put an audio CD in my /dev/cdrom and (while
running X) on a command line run:

vlc cdda:///dev/cdrom

the VLC window pops up and the audio starts to play almost immediately.
However, I don't get any CDDB (Album/Song Title) information displayed.
The bottom left corner shows just:

Audio CD - Track 02 (number changes depending on the Track, it's not always 02)

I've looked at all the configure options and user preferences and nothing looked
like it was related.

How can I get the album and song titles to display for me?

Walt

--enable-cddb, I guess

enable-cddb was already on (it is the default). That's not the solution.
Walt.

How to make CDDB information visible for Audio CD's (cdda) in VLC's status area and the playlist:

This is for VLC 1.0.1 on Slackware64 - 'ymmv' if you run another version.

In VLC, the CDDB retrievals are working for Audio CD's, but

• When VLC starts for the first time, set Album Art Policy to "As soon as track is added". Or configure this in "Playlist" later
• Set Show settings > All.
• Under "Input/Codecs > Access Modules > Audio Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) Input" you must enable "Contact CDDB via the HTTP protocol"

That is all... next time you start VLC and tell it to play your Audio CD, it will automatically retrieve and display CDDB info. The album art will not be downloaded until you explicitly right-click on the art icon and select "Download cover art"... even though you configured VLC to do this automatically. Probably a bug.

Cheers, Eric