Re:FreeDB Is Shutting Down
by mark-r on Saturday December 28, 2019 @07:12PM
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Yes it is, and it works brilliantly for that use case. I like to rip my own CDs so that I know the source of my music and can control the quality. I use Exact Audio Copy which has an automatic download from freedb.org. I have no idea what I'm going to do once it shuts down.
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Re:FreeDB Is Shutting Down
by big_chungus on Saturday December 28, 2019 @07:25PM
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The DB and server software are available; I use it for the same case and am putting up my own instance. EAC allows adding a custom freedb server, as I recall.
I'm tempted to do the same, but as someone who is buying _new_ music on CD this doesn't particularly help.
It seems CTDB provides access to MusicBrainz, so that might be my alternative.
Re:FreeDB Is Shutting Down
by anonymoushn on Saturday December 28, 2019 @10:17PM
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I typically buy music that isn't in any DB anyway, so I enter it on vgmdb then use vgmdb's cddb endpoint. Maybe one of the competing services will work for you for commercial music?
Re:FreeDB Is Shutting Down
by badatseciruty on Sunday December 29, 2019 @12:47PM
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The software and the database can be downloaded. There's already a few links here to do just that.
I'm sure a few clone sites will pop up and you could always run a local copy yourself.
If Exact Audio Copy doesn't allow you to set the API to connect to, you could always use some proxy software (I use Charles) to forward freedb links to your chosen replacement.
EAC is still around? Is it still being updated?
Yep! It's been "stable" (>= 1.0) since 2015, has seen a handful of releases since, and will surely see more when the time comes: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=EAC_release_histo...