[iTunes] Querying Gracenote CDDB

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

If Gracenote comes up with nothing it doesn't take ten minutes. Only a
few seconds to return no result. There is definitely  a problem. This
is not normal behaviour.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet

On 22/12/2007, Ken Stevens <kestevens at mac.com> wrote:
> I have used DirecTV (Hughes) and accessing Gracenote was not a
> problem.  I doubt
> the fair use limitations would effect this unless you were close to
> crossing your daily
> limit.
> It may be that your CD is so eclectic that Gracenote doesn't have it.
> Have you tried
> a different CD? I have found times when the Gracenote server was down
> and I got
> the same searching without result.  Try accessing www.gracenote.com
> and looking for
> your album on this site.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Ken
> On Dec 20, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Becca Price wrote:
>
> > I am importing some music into iTunes, and decided to try to use
> > the feature to automatically add track names from the internet.
> > I got the message that iTunes is accessing Gracenote... and it
> > seems to be taking forever to access, much less to find the
> > information. How long does this feature usually take, and how do
> > I know when to give up and just enter the titles myself?
> >
> > also, will this feature give me the cd cover picture for the cd
> > that I'm importing? I've got a brand new Nano, and it would be
> > kinda cool to have the album covers shown, rather than the box
> > with the question mark or whatever the default icon is.
> >
> > -becca
> >
> >
> >
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