[extremeaudio]

Hi, I am trying to use Kodi to rip audio cds. When I insert the disc it gives an error after a few seconds of reading, "CDDB: Error Open Socket"

If I click ok on that prompt, it proceeds to rip but does not download any metadata. I am guessing the error is because kodi is unable to connect to cddb.

Debug log attched. Any help is highly appreciated.

https://paste.kodi.tv/onorayekep.kodi

[Karellen]

Huh, two reports in one day. Might have to look into it.

Read here... https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=355970

Moved to music

@black_eagle  is there something we need to update in core?

[DaveBlake]

CDDB url has changed. Fix in v19 and 18.8 https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/18193

But I also recommend not using Kodi to rip CDs, it is long neglected functionality and there are far better free tools out there for ripping e.g. Exact Audio Copy, and tagging e.g. Picard or Mp3Tag

[extremeaudio]

CDDB url has changed. Fix in v19 and 18.8 https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/18193

But I also recommend not using Kodi to rip CDs, it is long neglected functionality and there are far better free tools out there for ripping e.g. Exact Audio Copy, and tagging e.g. Picard or Mp3Tag

But that technology has hardly changed. I guess as long as one is able to connect to cddb all is good.

Thanks for the help guys, I looked over at the other thread and the advancedsettings edit did the trick.

[HowardC]

Hello,

First posting.

I have run into the same problem above. 
I have upgraded the software to 18.9.
Surprisingly it worked after the upgrade.
I have since learned that the cddb data base has been replaced.
I found the following in this thread and updated things accordingly.

I have created a userdata/advancedsettings.xml file containing:

<advancedsettings version="1.0">
    <cddbaddress>gnudb.gnudb.org</cddbaddress>
</advancedsettings>

I have restarted Kodi and also rebooted the system.

I have posted a log: https://paste.kodi.tv/zunenavaja.kodi

The log indicates (to me) that it's reading the advanced settings file but not connecting to the redirected server.

Thank you for your assistance.
Best regards,
Howard

[Karellen]

@HowardC

There is no need to add that setting as it is already the default in Kodi. See here... https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/18193/...9c9da5R200

Instead can you post a Debug Log of you trying to rip a cd and we should be able to see what the problem is.

[HowardC]

Thanks for the prompt response!!

Here is the url for the debug log:

https://paste/kodi.tv/ufuqipiton

Problem is that 18.9 is not connected to the new cddb server.

Thanks again!

[Karellen]

@HowardC

Thanks. It doesn't look like you attempted to rip a CD in that log. Maybe you got the logs mixed up, so be aware of the difference between kodi.log and kodi.old.log... https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file#kodi.log...di.old.log

Instead I tested the ripping function and also had a problem contacting cddb. daveblake our music developer will need to look at the issue. He should be back in the next day or two.

Do you have alternative methods for ripping CD's? Some suggestions here... https://kodi.wiki/view/Supplemental_tools.
I suggest EAC or Foobar2000 (https://www.foobar2000.org/) for ripping and MusicBrainz Picard for Tagging.

@DaveBlake Log line 922 & 937... https://paste.kodi.tv/uyivijuvaq.kodi

[HowardC]

Thanks for the prompt response!!

Here is the url for the debug log:

https://paste/kodi.tv/ufuqipiton

Problem is that 18.9 is not connected to the new cddb server.

Thanks again!

I believe I did attempt to rip a CD before I accessed the log.

Thanks again. I will take a look at the other methods to rip and tag the data.

Honestly, I am new to the open source community and poking around is very new to me. I use the Mac OS GUI not the command line. 

Thanks again. My need is not urgent. I appreciate you taking the time to look at this and your prompt response.

Do you recommend I go to 19?

Best regards,

Howard

[Karellen]

Thanks again. I will take a look at the other methods to rip and tag the data.

Honestly, I am new to the open source community and poking around is very new to me. I use the Mac OS GUI not the command line. 

Great. Those projects I recommended are open source and well respected and you won't go wrong. Learning curve is quite shallow also. Just remember that "ripping" and "tagging" are two separate steps.

Also, we don't recommend using Kodi to rip your CD's. It is a legacy feature that is not maintained anymore. The CDDB issue will be resolved as that is needed for playing the physical CD, but ripping won't receive any updates/fixes if the need arises.

Do you recommend I go to 19?

Good question. I just tested v19 and the same issue exists. v19 will be released shortly after the new year, so upto you if you want to wait or update now. If you update now you will still need to update the Beta release to the official release,

[DaveBlake]

Using Kodi to rip CDs is my least favorite thing, it is old functionality that has not really been looked at for over 11 years and so has been left far behind. There are so many other better tools out there to rip and tag. I even had to look at a video tutorial to discover how to use Kodi as a ripper!

Anyway I have tested it just now and had no problems connecting to CDDB. Since the log shows the correct IP address being used, I can only assume that there was a temporary problem with accessing the https://www.gnudb.org/ server yesterday or from your location(s).

[HowardC]

Using Kodi to rip CDs is my least favorite thing, it is old functionality that has not really been looked at for over 11 years and so has been left far behind. There are so many other better tools out there to rip and tag. I even had to look at a video tutorial to discover how to use Kodi as a ripper!

Anyway I have tested it just now and had no problems connecting to CDDB. Since the log shows the correct IP address being used, I can only assume that there was a temporary problem with accessing the https://www.gnudb.org/ server yesterday or from your location(s).

I just ripped 3 disks with no problem.

Thanks!
I will look at including the other software.

Does that mean that 19.x might drop the current code and incorporate 1 or more of these alternatives?

Thank you both!!

[DaveBlake]

Does that mean that 19.x might drop the current code and incorporate 1 or more of these alternatives?

No to both.