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CDDB server Freedb.org will close soon:

Urgent notice

freedb.org and its services will be shut down on March 31st of 2020.

http://www.freedb.org
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=118682.0

I just registered, but there seems to be a significant "dropped ball" by the programming community participating in the VLC project. They ask for donations to support the project as folks using Windows 7 migrate away from Windows Media Player, looking for a solution to the cessation of metadata support in terms of CDDB information. I'd have a hyperlink that reads "Donate $5 for a Windows 7 Metadata solution!". The donation would result in instructions as to how to correct the issue. Literally hundreds of thousands of people are currently looking for a solution and it appears "freedb.org" will not not be that solution. I have a new laptop with Windows 10 on it, so I have a work around, but I prefer to use my Windows 7 Pro laptop for this type of activity (cd ripping). Time has value and I've already wasted too much of it on this nuisance issue. I'm confident there will be a special place in the afterlife for lost productivity caused by Bill Gates and the principals at Microsoft!

New policy for Gnudb.org, which took over Freedb.org: all users are required to supply an e-mail address.

More details and discussion here:
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,125826.0.html

An alternative to Gnudb.org is now available:
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,125880.0.html