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> I use Cdex (open source). It can do automatic db lookups.

I believe I am also using cdex. I may not have set it up correctly;
therefore, it doesn't do the db lookup. I will go back home and try
again.

Thanks.

Jay Chan

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On 3/28/2005 11:29 AM, jaykchan@hotmail.com wrote:
> I am looking for a MP3 ripper that can automatically find the names of
> the songs that it is ripping. Currently, all I can see is Track# 1,
> Track #2... I will have to manually enter the song names. This is
> especially difficult if the song names are in foreign language such as
> Chinese or Japanese; I will have to translate it into funny English
> names -- a lot of effort and the result is not good. What's the best
> MP3 ripper that can deal with this issue?
>
> My friend has a Apple laptop that runs iTune and I can see that it can
> automatically find the song names for 99% of the song English or
> non-English. Can I find a similar product for PC platform?
>
> How do they find the song name anyway? Does the song name already
> encoded in the CD itself? Do they look up a huge album database to look
> for the song name given the album ID or something?
>
> Thanks.
>

I use Cdex (open source). It can do automatic db lookups.

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> How do they find the song name anyway? Does the song name already
> encoded in the CD itself? Do they look up a huge album database to look
> for the song name given the album ID or something?
>

No, the song title is not on the CD. CDEx and like mp3 software look up
artist, title, song information from Internet databases.

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In article <ptY1e.10$Gg2.617@news.uswest.net>, Dan <dan@nospam.com> wrote:
>> How do they find the song name anyway? Does the song name already
>> encoded in the CD itself? Do they look up a huge album database to look
>> for the song name given the album ID or something?
>>
>
>No, the song title is not on the CD.

.... in most cases. There are a few (commercial CDs manufactured by
Sony, and some homebrew CD-R discs) which do include the CD-Info
information in the table-of-contents.

I have no idea whether there are any CD rippers which will extract and
use the CD-Info data.

> CDEx and like mp3 software look up
>artist, title, song information from Internet databases.

Yup, most do.

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<jaykchan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I use Cdex (open source). It can do automatic db lookups.
>
> I believe I am also using cdex. I may not have set it up correctly;
> therefore, it doesn't do the db lookup. I will go back home and try
> again.

Click on "Options", then "Settings", then click the tab labeled "Remote
CDDB" and check the box labeled "Auto Connect to Remote CDDB" near the
bottom.

Kendall


>
> Thanks.
>
> Jay Chan
>

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> No, the song title is not on the CD. CDEx and like mp3 software look
up
> artist, title, song information from Internet databases.

Thanks. This makes sense. This explains the reason why some of my very
old CDs also show up with the right song titles.

Jay Chan

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> Click on "Options", then "Settings", then click the tab labeled
"Remote
> CDDB" and check the box labeled "Auto Connect to Remote CDDB" near
the
> bottom.

Yes, I have found it in CDex. Unfortunately, I cannot use it to get
song titles of East-Asian songs. Although I came across some messages
saying that CDex 1.6.x can handle Unicode and can support East-Asian
songs, I cannot find that version. The only version that I can find is
1.5.1. Oh well...

Now, I am using iTunes from Apple. It can by default get song titles
from web site automatically and it also can get East-Asian song titles.
I also like its "Rating" feature.

Jay Chan

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"Dave Platt" <dplatt@radagast.org> wrote in message
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> I have no idea whether there are any CD rippers which will extract and
> use the CD-Info data.

Sure, Audiograbber does. Probably other too.

MrT.