freedb / Finding songs in bulk?

[tomwilsonfl]

I have been trying to rip using this Mac mini, and just saw the updated Compatible Drives message about the Matshitas. *sigh*

Anyway, when I try to get the disc information (this is a Chartbuster Karaoke CD+G disc) from freedb, it says it isn't available. I am setting this up for someone else, and I don't want to make him invest in an external drive if someone's going to have to label every track with Metadata. So my first question is, could it just be having a hard time getting information from freedb because it's a Matshita OR does it really not have the disc information in freedb?

Secondly, it would probably be way more advantageous for us to buy the songs anyway. Do the songs you download / buy come with the correct Metadata already?

Does anyone know where you can get good songs with metadata in BULK?

TIA for your help!!

Peace,
Tom

[dave]

could it just be having a hard time getting information from freedb because it's a Matshita

Not at all. Matshita drives only fail when you attempt to read the +G portion of the CD+G info from the disc. To get info from freedb, i only need access the CD portion, so it is entirely unrelated. Which means that your data is in fact NOT available on the freedb.

Do the songs you download / buy come with the correct Metadata already?

Some do, some don't. I do not have a definitive guide, this is all the info that I have.

Please send an email to [email protected] of KJPro, requesting native support within kJams.

[tomwilsonfl]

Dave,

Thanks for your reply. I won't purchase the external optical drive.

I am still wondering if anyone has found a place to buy songs from on CD/DVD in bulk that has metadata (for the most part) and works well with kJams?

$0.99+ is going to get expensive when buying over 1,000 songs separately...

Peace,
Tom

[dave]

I won't purchase the external optical drive

any reason why not? you won't be able to rip or burn without it.

a place to buy songs from on CD/DVD in bulk

You're not ever going to find that on CD, since CD's do NOT have meta data on them (unless they're burnt as DATA CDs).
Not to be like a bummer but usually buying in bulk is illegal unless you buy directly from the publisher.

[tomwilsonfl]

Hmmm....

Well see I am being paid to do this. If it was my own machine I'd take the time to enter the metadata myself and rip my CD+Gs, but this MUST be extremely time consuming. It would probably be cheaper for the customer to just buy the songs, even one by one, then for me to sit and enter metadata, wait for the rip to happen, rinse, and repeat about 20 CDs. Not to mention it'd free up lots of my own time. :-\

We are making this for home-use only; not for profit or commercial use. Just family, so the quick and cheap solution is what we are looking for. I like kJams, I just think there must be an easier way to load this thing up with songs quickly other than label and rip individual CDs. If there was, it would make this type of software 1000x more popular.

Do you think my only course of action is to buy an external CD-ROM, label/rip what he has, then purchase songs one by one into the future?

Thanks,
Tom

[dave]

Do you think my only course of action is to buy an external CD-ROM, label/rip what he has, then purchase songs one by one into the future?

legally, yes. however from time to time you can get "karaoke hard drives" pre-filled with Audio+G including meta data, on ebay. I can not vouch for the legality, however.

Really, everyone's very best bet is to write to KJPro, link above, and beg them to allow me to use their database.

from then on the only thing you'll have to do is look up your CD in their database, and copy and paste JUST the album name. Once kJams has the proper album name, i can look it up in their DB and enter all the meta info for you. No more typing of any meta data, ever again.

[tomwilsonfl]

I will start begging... Thanks for your help dave.

[ChurchCat]

I will start begging... Thanks for your help dave.

I'm a little begger too.

Email sent.

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[dave]