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==How to Access It== |
==How to Access It== |
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The mb2freedb gateway is setup |
The mb2freedb gateway is setup at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab and can be accessed using the following settings: |
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<pre>host |
<pre>host freedb.musicbrainz.org |
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via http |
via http |
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port 80 |
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* The release url, eg: [http://musicbrainz.org/release/b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b.html http://musicbrainz.org/release/b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b.html] |
* The release url, eg: [http://musicbrainz.org/release/b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b.html http://musicbrainz.org/release/b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b.html] |
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* The [[FreeDB]] id if you have it |
* The [[FreeDB]] id if you have it |
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* Your IP address if you know it |
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* approximate date/time, preferably in GMT/UTC so |
* approximate date/time, preferably in GMT/UTC so the logs can be checked. |
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[[User:inhouseuk|inhouseuk]] will also surely answer any further questions about the service. ;) |
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If you want to play with the source code, it's here: [http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/browser/mb2freedb/trunk/ http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/browser/mb2freedb/trunk/] |
If you want to play with the source code, it's here: [http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/browser/mb2freedb/trunk/ http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/browser/mb2freedb/trunk/] |
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Revision as of 23:47, 26 June 2007
MusicBrainz to FreeDB Gateway
The MusicBrainz to FreeDB gateway (mb2freedb) is a service that allows FreeDB clients to access MB-data through the FreeDB protocol.
How to Access It
The mb2freedb gateway is setup at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab and can be accessed using the following settings:
host freedb.musicbrainz.org via http port 80 path /~cddb/cddb.cgi
It should be just a matter of changing the host and possibly the path, as the other settings are standard for most applications.
Because the gateway is running on a mirror server, any changes made on the main musicbrainz site will take time to propagate, normally this is no more than a hour after the edit has been applied, but occasionally it can take longer.
Limitations
- CD's with data tracks such as videos are supported. But, will return one less track than normally expected from FreeDB. This might cause a problem with some clients.
- The genre will always be set to Unknown.
- The year is always set to the first one on the matching database entry. As re-releases with the same track listing are always combined with the original, the year returned might not match that of the disc in hand.
- Data is always returned in UTF-8 to cater with extended character sets. For most albums, this isn't a problem. But, for full compatability a FreeDB client that supports protocol version 6 is required. If the characters look garbled in your FreeDB enabled application, this is probably the reason why.
- Obviously only albums on MusicBrainz with DiscIDs attached will return matches!
- If the album you want to check doesn't have your disc ID attached, follow the process on HowToAddDiscIDs to add it.
Bug Reporting / Questions
Our BugTracker has a component for mb2freedb, please report all problems there, including as much detail as possible:
- Problem seen
- Software and version
- The release url, eg: http://musicbrainz.org/release/b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b.html
- The FreeDB id if you have it
- Your IP address if you know it
- approximate date/time, preferably in GMT/UTC so the logs can be checked.
If you want to play with the source code, it's here: http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/browser/mb2freedb/trunk/
