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Getting VLC to recognise japanese CDs
Hi,
VLC doesn't retrieve correct album/track information for most of my japanese CDs, for example this: https://vgmdb.net/album/72173, whereas Windows Media Player gets it just fine. I think I understand that WMP uses Gracenote's proprietary cddb server, which is why it has access to more data than vlc. Is there a cddb server I can use with vlc that will recognise my CDs? I have looked at this thread: https://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2618. I don't understand whether those servers are just for tagging programs, or if I can use them with vlc, and how I would go about doing that. I'm not sure I understand any of this stuff, really. I am finding it impossible to find support online. Hopefully someone can help me here. Many thanks. |
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This looks like a VLC specific issue, so I would recommend asking on their forums. I would just try to set VLC's CDDB server to one of the VGMdb ones and see if it works.
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I can point VLC to a general server and a port, but there is no field to point it to an address such as "http://vgmdb.net:80/cddb". I'm asking here because here there are people who listen to video game/anime music like I do (people who asked similar questions on vlc forums had their needs satisfied with freedb) and the fact that VGMdb has its own cddb server emulator. |
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Yeah, I just checked the source and the query path seems to be hardcoded:
cdda.c As a quick fix I would just patch the corresponding DLL (should be libcdda_plugin.dll in case you're using Windows) by replacing the string. Code:
hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.2x"' libcdda_plugin.dll | sed "s/2f7e636464622f636464622e63676900/2f636464622f656e0000000000000000/g" | xxd -r -p > libcdda_plugin.dll.patched This seems to generate the right query, but now fails for a different reason: Quote:
EDIT: I can confirm that increasing the buffer to 2K does the trick. Last edited by LiquidAcid; Dec 1, 2018 at 05:44 PM. |
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Many thanks. |
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You apply the patch to the sourcecode, either via git-am or manually via patch. For compiling I can just refer you to the VLC Wiki. You probably want to build the entire project then, and not just the CDDA plugin (to be on the safe side).
One reason why I don't use Windows. It's always extremely difficult to build your own software there, let alone setup a working compiler toolchain... Anyway, good luck. |
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