foobar2000:Components/Freedb Tagger (foo_freedb2)

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

Usage

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

Settings

• User/Email: Enter your email address. If you aren't registered with freedb, 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

• Cannot submit information to freedb database
• Unlike the version for 0.8.3, it works per-album
• Cannot access offline databases

External links

• freedb Tagger on foobar2000.org