Another thought...
Would it of not been easier for the 20 or so JRiver users maintaining YADB to simply apply their time to maintaining FreeDB. I suspect there may be others trying to maintain FreeDB also, so them plus our 20 could clean up FreeDB & we would have a larger database (and much sooner) for everyone (not just JRiver users) to pull from.
Also...
Does JRiver have any plans to make the YADB available to non-JRiver users in the future. Possibly a plug-in for other jukeboxes (would be great advertisement for JRiver).
Seems like we really need just one massive & accurate database for the whole industry.
Also...
Is there any attempt under way to get the record industry in general to enter all data (including cover art, & all liner notes) into a master (and free) database? This would once & for all resolve the problem & seems like it should be a requirement of any record label before they can release a new recording or re-release an older recording. The RIAA (I know, that's a joke) should make this a requirement to all record companies.
Also...
Is there any effort under way (like a new law) to make it a requirement that all record companies must include the album data (including cover art & all liner notes) encoded on the CD in a industry-wide (and standard) format. Seems like this would create a lot of good will for the record industry & maybe the RIAA could say they finally did something right (and good).
My final comment...
Getting CD information, cover art, & liner notes is the most irritating & time consuming part of using any jukebox. There needs to be a concerted effort put forth to force this issue into the daylight & standards MUST eventually be adopted as I (and 99.999% of all jukebox) users simply don't have the time, endurance, & fortitude to continue to put up with this nonsense.
It seems to me there needs to be a consortium of all the jukebox developers working together on this one very irritating issue to push the record industry to take some serious action.
This reminds me of the early 80's when there were no standards for PC's. Each software developer had to supply their own drivers for...
* Video screen drivers.
* Keyboard drivers.
* Printer drivers.
* Font sets.
Remember WordPerfect & Lotus 1-2-3 of the 80's?
Everyone had their own fonts & other drivers & one program could not talk to another. Also you had a very hard time trying to get text from a word processor into Lotus 1-2-3 as they all had a different way of doing things & one program would not usually read another programs fonts.
Video used to also be a total mess with each video card manufacturer coming out with their own idea of how video should be handled. This finally came to a head when 12 PC manufactures got together and formed the Video Standards Association (VSA) which finally set all the standards which we enjoy today.
I don't know about you, but I'm really sick of the BETAMax vis VHS or how about the non-standard quad sound of the 70's that went nowheres?
It wasn't until Windows 3.1 that it all came together with unified printer, screen, keyboard, and font standards.
We need real standards that really work & we need them now. A fragmented jukebox industry is in no ones best interest.
Boy... when I get going, I can't stop!