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I have a niche CD (ABRSM Exam Pieces for Grade 4 Violin) which VLC obtains all the track titles for from CDDB, but RipperX doesn't like - it gives an Error 23 CD not found in database pop-up.

I've tested Ripper X with another CD just to make sure it's ok, and it is. It's v 2.8.0 in case that's important. It's configured by default to use:

gnudb.gnudb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi

I've tried to get Ripper X to accept other CDDB databases like the one VLC uses:

freedb.freedb.org

but then I get the error 20: unable to connect. Could be the URL, could be the wrong protocol, I don't know :(

NotTheDr01ds
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Adam
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I think I can answer my own question.

Not being able to get ripperx to use the same CDDB URL as VLC turns out to be a red herring.

VLC was not getting the track listing from CDDB - it was reading it from the CD. In 35 years of using CDs I never knew that info could actually be read from the CD.

I worked this out because I gave up on Ripper X and installed RhythmBox, which told me immediately that the CD couldn't be found in CDDB but still listed all the tracks with names and titles. Epiphanaic.

Adam
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