The CD Database Editor

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# Chapter 4. The CD Database Editor

The CD Database Editor allows you to modify, download, save, annotate, and upload CDDB (Compact Disc Data Base) entries.

If there is an entry in your local CDDB tree (see the CDDB subsection in the Configuration chapter) for the CD in your CD-ROM drive, or if the disc could be found in the CDDB, you will see the name of the artist and the title of the CD in the Disc Artist / Title field and a list of tracks with song titles in the Track / Time / Title selection box. Otherwise, you will see a list of tracks and play times without titles.

You can make an annotation for the entire disc with the Ext Info button next to the Disc Artist / Title field, or for a selected track in the Track / Time /Title selection box with the adjacent Ext Info button. If you select a track in the Track / Time / Title selection box, the title, if present, will appear in the Edit Track Title field below. You can type a title for the track in the box, or edit the entry to suit your needs. Press the Return key on your keyboard, and the text will appear in the proper line in the selection box.

Once all tracks have been given titles and the Disc Artist / Title field has been filled out, you can press the Submit button to send your submission by e-mail to the CDDB.

You will be prompted to select a category for the submission. The Disc ID section displays the 32 bit ID code used by the CDDB to identify a compact disc. Above the ID code is the category of the CDDB entry. These categories correspond to the subdirectories tree of the directory chosen in the CDDB Base Directory in the CDDB tab of the KSCD Configuration window.

The Total Time: display shows the total play time of the CD.

The Play List Editor lets you change the play order of a disc. Enter a comma-separated list of track numbers to define a new play order.

The Save button writes the displayed record to disk. You will be prompted to select a category under which to save the record. Select a directory and press Ok to finish saving.

The Load button will prompt you for a location to look for a CDDB entry other than a remote CDDB server or the local CDDB entries in the file system. The Close button closes the CD Database Editor without saving.

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