Pedro, its actually pretty simple. CDDB is a database that takes users' entries for a CD (title/author/track listing) and keeps it on cddb servers on the 'net. When new CDs come out, people simply submit this information and update the db. Once you pop the CD in and your CD player (which is CDDB compatible) connects to the database, it certainly uses comething like size or checksum to find out which CD it actually is. Then it just returns that info straight to ya player.
Ian
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From: "Pedro Cevallos" <pedro_cevallos@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 19:22:03 EDT
quoted 22 lines Please excuse my utter ignorance but how exactly does CDDB work? It seems
>Please excuse my utter ignorance but how exactly does CDDB work? It seems
>amazing to me that I pop a CD to copy and the program (when connected to the
>internet) knows the artist, title and tracklisting (with names). WOW!
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