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Title: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: Spikes on November 25, 2005, 10:43:34 pm

New here.
Have looked at FAQ, and re-checked my setting etc.

Cannot connect to YADB!


PC System is okay, is if I load up Musicmatch, it connects to their library and reads cd details fine.

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: John Gateley on November 28, 2005, 10:47:35 am

Try www.yadb.com, can you get there?

j

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: Spikes on November 29, 2005, 12:34:29 am

Thanks for reply John

Yes, I can get there - simaple grey blcokm on the screen with text.

No matter what cd I put into the drive, I get the same error message.
Both Windows Media Player and Musicmatch pick up the cd, read their respective databases and pick up the correct info.

Media Centre just resonds with Failure to connect to YADB.
Thanks again for your concern

John

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: JimH on November 29, 2005, 06:52:42 am

Since it's working for others, we have to assume that you've got something special going on with your PC.  Firewall, virus checker, spam filter, spyware, antispyware.  There are a lot of possibilities.

Please copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: John Gateley on November 29, 2005, 10:00:10 am

Also, try the page:

http://www.jriver.com/~gateley/yadbtest.html

It's got a single link on it, click that link. You should get back xml data.

j

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: Spikes on December 01, 2005, 03:03:08 am

I have un-installed and re-installed.
YADB works intermittantly and often MC hangs-up while looking up data.
Pressing cancel during the database lookup seems to have little effect.


Details as requested:
Media Center Registered 11.0.316 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2392 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1046 MB, Free - 564 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive E: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4163B  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive D: LITE-ON  DVDRW SOHW-1693S   Addr: 3:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive E: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B   Addr: 0:0:0  Speed:6  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Cannot connect to YADB
Post by: John Gateley on December 01, 2005, 09:36:04 am

How are you connected to the internet? What kind of speeds do you get?

What happens if after a failure, you immediately retry the lookup?

j