Revision as of 17:49, 20 July 2007

Description

This component allows you to get album information from the freedb database.

. Select the songs (they need to be ordered by tracknumber).
. Right-click the songs, Tagging -> Get Tags from freedb
. If the album information exists in freedb, you will get a dialog box
. If you have more than one match, select the one that seems to be most accurate. (Click on the entry to view its contents)
. If you want existing information to be removed, select the "wipe out existing tags" option.
. Click Update Files.

User/Email: Enter your email address. If you aren't registered with fredb, any address of the form a@b.com will do.
Server: Allows you to select which freedb server to use. Click Retrieve to get new freedb server address if current server is not responding.

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+=Description=
+This component allows you to get album information from the freedb database.
+=Usage=
+#. Select the songs (they need to be ordered by tracknumber).
+#. Right-click the songs, Tagging -> Get Tags from freedb
+#. If the album information exists in freedb, you will get a dialog box
+#. If you have more than one match, select the one that seems to be most accurate. (Click on the entry to view its contents)
+#. If you want existing information to be removed, select the "wipe out existing tags" option.
+#. Click Update Files.
+=Settings=
+* User/Email: Enter your email address. If you aren't registered with fredb, any address of the form a@b.com will do.
+* Server: Allows you to select which freedb server to use. Click Retrieve to get new freedb server address if current server is not responding.
+=Limitations=
-=Description=
+* Cannot submit information to freedb database
+* Unlike the version for 0.8.3, it works per-album
+* Cannot access offline databases
-Freedb.org tagger.
 =Link=
 * [http://foosion.foobar2000.org/0.9/ Official Website]