Hey, I think that their Database is publically accessible. I used "Tag & Rename" before on Windows, and it used Amazon. The Results were way better :) So it must be possible to use Amazon. Greets, Florian Jensen On Sunday 10 December 2006 22:24, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote: > Florian Jensen wrote: > > is there a way to use Amazon's Database instead of Freedb? > > Amazon has a way larger repository. It would be nice to be able to use > > that. > > There are some disadvantages to switching away from FreeDB to > Amazon.com. I'd be surprised to learn that Amazon.com has a database > which is accessible by the same protocol as FreeDB's database. This > means you'd have to find a way to extract the data from Amazon.com's > database of CDs (assuming that is publicly accessible). > > More importantly, I doubt that Amazon.com will let you copy, modify, or > share their database like FreeDB will. So there are significant > disadvantages to switching away from FreeDB. I think we're better off > improving and mirroring FreeDB. > > It wouldn't be too hard to get CD cover images from Amazon.com via their > URI scheme (which has been reverse-engineered and published by others) > and then store the cover art in an Ogg tag. Also, I think FLAC supports > cover art now too. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Easytag-mailing mailing list > Easytag-mailing lists sourceforge net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/easytag-mailing -- Flosoft.biz / CEK Media Service
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