CDDB import

[Tal]

Is it possible to design a dabatase for CD library that will interface
with CDDB to download artist/song information?

 

[Rick Brandt]

Is it possible to design a dabatase for CD library that will interface with
CDDB to download artist/song information?

It is possible to use the MSXML library in Windows to make HTTP Requests over
the internet to web services. The trick is knowing how to send the request and
how to process what you get back. Some web service are very obvious and send
back nicely formatted XML which can then be parsed and stuffed into tables.
Other web services are not really trying to be "open" and might be much harder
to work with this way.

I am not familiar with how the CDDB web service works, but you might look on
their web site to see if any pages discuss this.

 

[Rick Brandt]

It is possible to use the MSXML library in Windows to make HTTP Requests over
the internet to web services. The trick is knowing how to send the request
and how to process what you get back. Some web service are very obvious and
send back nicely formatted XML which can then be parsed and stuffed into
tables. Other web services are not really trying to be "open" and might be
much harder to work with this way.

I am not familiar with how the CDDB web service works, but you might look on
their web site to see if any pages discuss this.

I just checked their website www.gracenote.com and it appears that you have to
obtain a license from them and then you can obtain an SDK for interfacing with
their database. I did not dig deep enough to see what the licensing costs.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

I was curious, so I dug a little deeper!

The license for non-commercial developers is free ...

http://www.gracenote.com/corporate/FAQs.html/faqset=licerr/page=3

The same page says that commercial developers are charged 'based on use'.