The Media Library
14
Content Database Editor
Configuring CDDB Options
If, when attempting to identify a disc (via the Media Library > Identify Disc option), you receive
the message: "Failed to retrieve CDDB sites!", you may need to configure your CDDB options in
order to connect to the CDDB servers. Use the options in the CDDB Settings dialog to establish a
list of servers that provide disc information:
Automatically Generating the CDDB Site List
1.
Select
Media Library > Configure CDDB
to open the CDDB Settings dialog.
2.
Click
Get Sites
.
If you are able to connect to the Freedb.org CDDB servers, the CDDB Sites list will be
populated with a list of available CDDB servers.
If you receive the message: "Failed to retrieve CDDB sites!", you may need to configure
your HTTP proxy server options.
Manually Adding a CDDB Server
1.
Click
Add
(in the CDDB Settings dialog) to open the Add CDDB Site dialog.
2.
Enter the
IP address
or
URL
(in the
Server
field),
Path
information and the desired
Port
of
the CDDB server.
3.
Click
OK
to close the dialog and return to the CDDB Settings dialog. The server you just
added is now included at the bottom of the CDDB Sites list.
Use the
Move Up
and
Move Down
to sort the list as desired.
Removing a CDDB Server
1.
Select the server that you want to remove in the CDDB Sites list
2.
Click
Remove
.
Configuring HTTP Proxy Server Settings
1.
Check the Use HTTP proxy server checkbox option if you require a HTTP proxy server (for
example in cases where you are behind a firewall).
2.
In the
Host
field, enter the URL or IP address of the host computer.
3.
In the
Port
field, enter the port number on the host computer that allows access to the Internet.
4.
Enter your
Username
and
Password
if they are required to access the proxy server.
If you remove discs that are included on one or more Media Database Files from the
Media Library, those discs will remain on the Media Database Files that they were
added to. However, they will not be available to add to other Media Database Files.
