[X4U] iTunes and FreeDB

Kirk McElhearn kirklists at wanadoo.fr
Sat Jan 14 07:19:37 PST 2006


On Jan 14, 2006, at 4:16 PM, DZ-Jay wrote:

>> Dunno. There are FreeDB clients though, right? So you could  
>> transfer the info from them to iTunes, or even from FreeDB web  
>> lookups (which have pretty well formatted data). This said, FreeDB  
>> is not much better than Gracenote in terms of data quality, and  
>> has far fewer CDs.
>>
>> What type of music do you want to use FreeDB for?
>
> Its a principle thing: I do not condone certain aspects of  
> Gracenote's history.

Right. Well, good luck. I've been looking at FreeDB lately and it is  
pretty lacking in data...


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