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Simon Bennett-Smith shared this tip with us for using MusicBrainz with Exact Audio Copy:

I was delighted to recently discover your “MusicBrainz to FreeDB” gateway, as it is exactly what I would have wished for had I thought of it myself! However, following your directions I did encounter a problem in configuring “Exact Audio Copy” to accept the server URL:

I found that EAC will not accept a server that has been typed into the “Freedb server” box – it will only accept one from its own list of available servers, ie. one from the drop-down list.

Fortunately EAC creates this list in the Registry and it is updatable. The mb2freedb URL can be included by adding the Registry Key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EAC\Internet Options\Hosts\http://freedb.musicbrainz.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi

From the next time EAC is started, the mb2freedb URL will be selectable from the drop-down list.

Maybe you could offer a downloadable .reg file containing, simply:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AWSoftware\EAC\Internet Options\Hosts\http://freedb.musicbrainz.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi]

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I use EAC v0.95 beta3 and do not know if other versions use the same key, or even exhibit the same behaviour.

Thanks for sharing Simon!

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