freedb

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 6:00 AM [email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> papawayne23-FFYn/[email protected]:
> > Is there a new database we can use as Freedb is shutting down?
>
> Even when it was still around, freedb could not hold a candle to
> Discogs and MusicBrainz. If I recall correctly the latter also allows
> lookups based on Disc-ID.
>
> --Martin
>

Recent versions of EAC have included a plugin for GD3 ("get digital data, a
generation 3 database", or some such nonsense), which works extremely well.
Yes, there's a fee if you use it past the initial ten free lookups, but
it's a quite reasonable fee: US$7.99 for a personal license -- one person,
any computer, your whole lifetime. (Unlike the Gracenote CDDB, it's not an
annual subscription tied to a single device.)

I am also a registered user of Andre's Easy Audio Copy, yet I often use EAC
instead because of the GD3 lookup. It finds cover art and track info when
EasyAC cannot.

-- Mark F.