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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: V-Man on March 26, 2003, 11:19:24 pm

Title: YADB
Post by: V-Man on March 26, 2003, 11:19:24 pm

The one thing that really bugs me about MC is the fact that not a single one of the CDs I've tried to rip have successfully done a YADB lookup. My music tastes are not exactly unconventional either, eg the last two CDs I tried were Christina Aguilera "Stripped" and Alicia Keys "Songs In A Minor". Both failed.

Either YADB is incomplete, or something's not right with MC or my installation or setup of it (v9.0.133). Any clues please?

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: nila on March 27, 2003, 12:38:43 am

Right click on your songs - Track Info - Submit to YADB.

No one else will suffer your problem with all the tracks you couldn't find. You'll be making the world a better place :)

Submit your cd's too.

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: JimH on March 27, 2003, 05:41:49 am

There are different pressings of CD's and there are bootleg CD's and home-made CD's, so anything is possible.

Try ripping more than a few -- 40 or 50.  Your success rate should be around 70%.

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: noborg on March 27, 2003, 07:25:24 am

V-man:  

It's a widespread problem as roughly 1 in 3 CDs will fail.  It's not a technical issue -- it's commercial.  

You should read two other threads:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=beta;action=display;num=1047050909

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=beta;action=display;num=1048013351

js (noborg)

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: Michael Horton on March 27, 2003, 09:51:43 am

In a previous thread I said it takes less than 3 minutes to enter the info on a CD not found by YADB. Well, with the new info entry-window, it takes less than a minute. Just tested it on 4 CDs not found by the DB--less than a minute each time. Surely, any complaints about the DB cannot be based on a time expenditure issue, as had been the case in previous threads.

My "hit rate" remains consistently in the 25% range. Love the new entry popup, btw.

Michael

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: V-Man on March 28, 2003, 12:48:17 am

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In a previous thread I said it takes less than 3 minutes to enter the info on a CD not found by YADB. Well, with the new info entry-window, it takes less than a minute. Just tested it on 4 CDs not found by the DB--less than a minute each time. Surely, any complaints about the DB cannot be based on a time expenditure issue, as had been the case in previous threads.

Well I'm disabled and it takes much longer and is much more effort for me. Not everybody is equal! And I get a 99% hit-rate with MMJB.

Title: Re: YADB
Post by: zevele10 on March 28, 2003, 09:49:15 am

I do not know how to type , and my mothertong is not english when most of my cds  are in english.
To type infos for a cd is REALLY a long and unpleasant job.

I do not complain about anything ,just to state than it can be hard task to some