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CDDB Information and Submission Guide
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CD-Runner has been thoroughly tested and debugged to both read audio CD
information from the CDDB and submit new or revised entries to the CDDB.

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A) WHAT IS THE CDDB?
B) CD-RUNNER / CDDB SETUP
C) CDDB ONLINE
D) PROBLEMS WITH SUBMISSIONS TO THE CDDB
E) GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE CDDB

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A) WHAT IS THE CDDB?

The CDDB is a large and growing public database containing audio CD information
(e.g., artist/title, song titles, liner notes, etc.). To use the CDDB, you must
have an Internet connection to retrieve CD information online. The local
download of the CDDB has been discontinued for size reasons.

The CD Database concept have been developed by:
    Ti Kan (mailto: [e-mail])

The Internet CDDB server software has been developed by:
    Steve Scherf (mailto: [e-mail])

CDDB server web site: http://www.cddb.com/

CDDB ｩ Copyrighted by Ti Kan.
Internet CDDBD ｩ servers Copyrighted by Steve Scherf.

The use of and integration of the CDDB into CD-Runner has been expressly granted
to Beyond Software by Ti Kan. Many thanks to Steve Scherf for his help with
implementing CDDB server support into CD-Runner.


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B) CD-RUNNER / CDDB SETUP

To use the CDDB, you must have an Internet connection to retrieve CD
information online. The local download of the CDDB has been discontinued
for size reasons.

CDDB setup:
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Automatically Connect to CDDB:
When checked, this allows CD-Runner to immediately logon & read info when
you insert a new audio CD; if the CD is found it will be automatically saved
into your CD-Runner audio library.

Use HTTP Protocol:
If you are stuck behind a firewall, then the CDDBP protocol will not work;
use the HTTP Protocol instead.

Use CDDBP Protocol:
This is the alternate protocol to connect to the CDDB.

CDDB Server:
Select the server closest to your geographic location for fastest access.

Port:
This is the IP Port used by the server. CDDBP servers usually connect via
port 8880 or 888, and HTTP servers usually connect at port 80. This field is
automatically filled in when you select the appropriate server location.

Update Server Listing:
Use this button to update the CDDB server listing.

Proxy Server (HTTP only):
If you are stuck behind a firewall, select the HTTP option, and enter
your proxy server.

Authentication (HTTP only):
If using the HTTP option and authentication is required, click the checkbox
and enter your Username and Password.

Your Email Address:
This is a required field, and tells the CDDB server who you are when you logon
to retrieve info or to submit a new CD to the CDDB via email.

Mail Type:
SMTP is the default mail type, and is fairly universal these days (if you have
an Internet connection with a local Internet Service Provider or ISP, then
select this type). Select the MAPI type for MS Mail, MS Outlook, Novell
GroupWise and other 100% MAPI compatible systems.

  For those of who are bound to ask,
  SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and is a messaging protocol used in
         TCP/IP networks.
  MAPI = Mail API, and is a programming interface that enables an application
         to send and receive mail over the Microsoft Mail messaging system.

SMTP Server:
If you have selected the SMTP mail type, then you must enter a SMTP server;
in lots of cases this is the server name designated after the "@" symbol in
your email address (e.g. for email address "[e-mail]", the SMTP server
would be "ABC.COM"). If this line is blank when you enter your email address,
then CD-Runner will attempt to enter your server name automatically. You may
change this if necessary. The SMTP Port should be set to 25.

CDDB Email:
This is the location to send your CDDB submissions to, and is automatically
filled in for you. Use the reset email site button to restore this address
if you inadvertantly change it or you have changed it to email yourself the
CDDB raw data.


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C) CDDB ONLINE TAB

If you are searching for audio CD info online, then you can go to the online
tab and use the "Search" button (make sure that you have established your
Internet connection first). If an exact match is found, then you will see
the artist, CD title, song titles and if entered, any liner note information.
If an exact match isn't found, the CDDB server will attempt to find a
"fuzzy" match; because of the way that CDs are made, slight timing differences
may be found depending on when and where the CD was manufactured. If one or
more "fuzzy" matches are found, then the artist / CD title will appear in the
results box. Simply double-click on the desired entry (or highlight it and
press the "Retrieve CD Information" button) and the CDDB server will retrieve
information for that entry. If the CD information is correctly retrieved,
then press the "Save CD Information into CD-Runner Library" button.


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D) PROBLEMS WITH SUBMISSIONS TO THE CDDB

CD-Runner has been designed to thoroughly filter any audio CD information
input before allowing it to be submitted to the CDDB. This is to try to ensure
that the data submitted is in the correct CDDB format or style to avoid
rejections or bad entries. For example, control characters (non-text characters)
are automatically deleted from the input stream.

Before you submit to the CDDB, verify that your entry does not already
exist in the CDDB. If the CD information is already entered in the CDDB, then
you do not submit unless you are making corrections in the original entry.

To submit to the CDDB, CD-Runner forces you to fill in artist, CD title, and
at least one song title. The reason that "all" song titles are not required is
because some CDs do in fact have tracks with blank song titles. You should
however fill in all available song title information. You may also opt to enter
liner notes, composer and/or label information. CD-Runner will also check the
music category (e.g. classical, jazz, rock etc.); if you have chosen a type of
rock category in CD-Runner (e.g. hard rock, soft rock, classic rock etc.) then
CD-Runner will automatically translate this into the CDDB "rock" category. If
the CD-Runner category does not match any of the CDDB categories, then you will
be prompted to pick a suitable entry before you are allowed to submit to the
CDDB.

Submissions are sent via a specially formatted email message. CD-Runner does
this for you when you submit the entry. Please note that if your entry is
accepted, you will not receive any sort of notification. Entries that fail to
meet the required criteria for acceptance are rejected, and an email rejection
notice will be sent to you. If you receive a "rejection email" from the CDDB,
first try to correct the error condition as listed. You may also contact us
directly for help.

Do not submit track lyrics to the CDDB (copyrighted material!).

Finally, please remember that the CDDB is a public (free) database intended for
the use and enjoyment by all; if you encounter an audio CD not yet entered in
the CDDB, then by all means show your support and enter the information for it.
The continued growth and success of the CDDB greatly depends on your support
by submitting accurate and frequent entries!

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E) GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CDDB

What are the guidelines for adding entries to the (CDDB) database?

Please use the following conventions when submitting entries to this database:

CD-Runner will automatically enter the "Artist / Disc Title" format when
making a submission. The slash and spaces before and after are also automatically
added for you. Be sure not to use a slash in the disc title though;

For example, if you have a disc with "Jorge Bolet"
performing "Franz Liszt" called "Liszt / The Piano Works Disc 1",

DO NOT enter it as:

"Franz Liszt / Jorge Bolet / Liszt / The Piano Works Disc 1"

...instead enter it as:

"Franz Liszt - Jorge Bolet / Liszt - The Piano Works Disc 1"

You could also just remove the composer altogether, because it's redundant:

"Jorge Bolet / Liszt - The Piano Works Disc 1"

If the artist is more than one word, do not separate the words with a comma.
For example, if the artist is "Louis Armstrong", do not enter it as:
"Armstrong, Louis".

If the artist name and disc title are the same, or if there is no artist
name or disc title, then you should only enter the one unique title with
no separating slash. For example, the album "Led Zeppelin" by "Led Zeppelin"
should simply appear as "Led Zeppelin", not "Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin"
or "Led Zeppelin /".

If there are more than one artist appearing on a CD, such as on compilations,
the individual artists' names should appear in the "Artist / Song Title"
format in each track title. For example, If the song "Another Brick in the
Wall, Part II" by "Pink Floyd" is on track 1 of a disc, and "Stairway to Heaven"
by "Led Zeppelin" is on track two, then the data for track 1 should look like
this:

Pink Floyd / Another Brick in the Wall, Part II

...and the data for track 2 should look like this:

Led Zeppelin / Stairway to Heaven

If you want to add more information than the artist name for a particular track,
you should use the CD-Runner liner notes, composer and/or label fields, which
are translated into CDDB compatible "extended data" fields. Such information
might include the artist, composer, recording date, movement name (in the case
of classical), et cetera.

Capitalize the first letter of each word only. Do not use upper case for whole
words unless it's absolutely necessary.

Please verify that all spelling is correct before submitting an entry.

Submit to the appropriate category. Currently the following categories are
recognized by the CDDB server:

 blues (self explanatory)
 classical (self explanatory)
 country (self explanatory)
 data (ISO9660 and other data CDs)
 folk (self explanatory)
 jazz (self explanatory)
 newage (self explanatory)
 reggae (self explanatory, includes "ska")
 rock (incl. funk, soul, rap, pop, industrial, metal, etc.)
 soundtrack (movies, shows, game CDs with playable audio tracks)
 misc (others that do not fit the above categories)

Note that CD-Runner will automatically attempt to match it's category to the
appropriate CDDB category for you (although you have to option to over-ride
this if desired).

Do not submit track lyrics to the CDDB (copyrighted material!).

Do not send entries that are not completely filled-out (i.e., empty track
titles, etc.).

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