XMCD CD DATABASE INSTALL Instructions -------------------- Compress'ed version: xmcd-cddb.tar.Z This is a compressed tar archive containing xmcd CD database files. To install, and save this file as /tmp/xmcd-cddb.tar.Z. Then, execute the following commands: cd /tmp uncompress xmcd-cddb.tar.Z cd /usr/lib/X11/xmcd/cddb tar xvf /tmp/xmcd-cddb.tar Gzip'ed version: xmcd-cddb.tar.gz This is a GNU-zip'ed tar archive containing xmcd CD database files. To install, and save this file as /tmp/xmcd-cddb.tar.gz. Then, execute the following commands: cd /tmp gunzip < xmcd-cddb.tar.gz > xmcd-cddb.tar cd /usr/lib/X11/xmcd/cddb tar xvf /tmp/xmcd-cddb.tar Substitute the "/usr/lib/X11/xmcd" with your actual Xmcd library directory. You may remove the /tmp/xmcd-cddb.tar file after installation. ABOUT The CDDB files -------------------- The xmcd database files are organized into subdirectories, each is a separate category. Some of the files may be incorrectly categorized in this distribution, and I welcome suggestions. Some of the entries in this database were converted from a CD database file for the WorkMan utility by Steve Grimm (A CD audio player similar to xmcd, but designed for the XView/Open Look GUI environment). The rest were either entries from my CD collection or contributed by others. Since WorkMan does not support the concept of extended disc or track information text, the converted entries do not have such information. You are of course welcome to enhance any of these entries and send me updates. You may have a CD that has an entry in this CD database but yet xmcd would not automatically recognize it upon loading. This is likely to be caused by differences in track timings between the pressing you have and the one that the CDDB entry was created with. You use the "LINK" feature in xmcd to create multiple CDDB entries which are links to the same CDDB file. If you load a disc that xmcd does not recognize, try bringing up the CDDB window and press the LINK button. A menu will appear asking you to select the category. Then xmcd will try to create a list of CDDB entries in the specified category with the same number of tracks as the currently inserted disc. You choose the appropriate entry and xmcd will create a link for you. The next time you load this disc, xmcd will automatically recognize it and load the proper CDDB file. If the LINK feature does not yield an entry that matches your CD, then the database does not have an entry for it and you must enter the all the information and save it into the CDDB yourself. I welcome CDDB file contributions and I will make the CDDB files available for FTP on the Internet after xmcd is released. The specific FTP site has yet to be determined. I hope you will find the database files useful. -Ti -- /// Ti Kan vorsprung durch technik /// AMB Research Laboratories, Sunnyvale, CA. USA /// ti@amb.org ////// ...!{decwrl,synopsys,tandem,tsoft,ultra}!sgiblab!bazooka!ti /// ...!uunet!bazooka!ti