Getting CD Information |
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If SIREN can access song information about a CD (either from the CD itself, or from a local database), it reads and displays this information. However, if this information is not available, SIREN can retrieve information over the Internet from the Compact Disc Database (CDDB). Once SIREN obtains information from CDDB, it is saved to a local music database.
Access CD information by choosing CD
Info, then Get from
the File menu, or by
clicking on the Get CD Info
button
in the Media Manager panel
Prior
to using CDDB for the first time, you must configure the music
database preferences using the Configuration
Wizard or the CD Info
tab of the Preferences dialog.
Complete the configuration in the CD Info tab of the Preferences dialog. This provides specifications for SIREN's retrieval and storage of song information.
Verify that the computer is connected to the Internet.
Place a CD in the CD-ROM drive and click on the Play/Rip CD tab in the Media Manager panel. If SIREN is configured to automatically retrieve CD information, it is accessed and displayed.
If SIREN is not configured to automatically retrieve CDDB
information, click on the Get CD Info
button
in the Media Manager panel.
Choose Preferences from the Options menu.
Click the CD Info tab.
Click Get Sites. All available CDDB sites are listed.
Select a site and click Apply. SIREN will now connect to the updated CDDB site to retrieve CD information.
If you encounter a CD without CDDB information, you can submit information to CDDB. This information is added to the database and made available for future users.
Inset a CD for which CDDB has no information and click on the Play/Rip CD tab.
Click on the Submit CD Info
button
or choose CD Info, then Submit
from the File menu. SIREN
attempts to connect to CDDB and submit the information.
If CDDB submission is successful, you will receive an e-mail notification. Anonymous users, however, will not receive notification of submission problems.