I mentioned before that I was moving my cd catalogue from "where-is-it" to MC.....
I don't know how many for sure, but there's over 100 of 'em, and YADB returned the correct info for all but 4 or 5 of them, and only a couple of those needed some tidying up (Case fixing, partial track names, year info added etc.).
It returned info for "kennedy & coleman's - The Doors Concerto" and when I stuck that in the drive I was truly not expecting a result. I was beginning to get a little frustrated, as I wanted at least one failure, just so's I could see the "submit info" dialogue in action!!!
I didn't mind uploading the failed cd's info, now I know they're in the database if I ever need them again. The above success rate is way, way, way better than when I first started using MJ8.
You need to remember, everyone's gotta start somewhere. I remember a few years ago when Windows Media Player (pardon my language) was lucky if it got a 20% success rate. The likes of CDDB and freedb are only as good as the info uploaded to them.
Give YADB a chance to catch up guys, you can even help it on it's way by uploading any missing cd info, I'm sure it will evolve into a service equal to, if not better than, its rival db's.
to JRiver......
The posts knocking YADB far outweigh those that support it. It's a well known fact that it's much easier to complain than to praise, and I suppose, when you pay for something, all you ask is that "it does exactly what it says on the tin". Perhaps it might be worth considering a link from inside early MC 9 (final) releases that points to a page explaining the why's and wherefore's regarding YADB and its infancy etc. If users understand the situation, they be a little more sympathetic and supportive, rather than head straight here grumbling (quite rightly) that they're "a little dissapointed" with the service. "word of mouth" is a powerful thing, and the more "positives" there are flying around, the better.
I tell people who ask me about "what I use for music" on my pc about the potential cd lookup failures, letting them know the briefest of history, and assuring them it will improve, and most have no complaint, and they feel well pleased coz things wern't as bad as they'd thought they would be. The ones that did experience too many failures for their liking, dealt with it, because they expected it. Their reaction wasn't "this is crap, it can't even get cd info" and head for add/remove programs!!!
I'm happy with YADB service atm, and thought I'd write this post to help balance the ratio of positive:negative YADB opinions.
- Marko.