Short: Patch to make ACDB (CDDB client) work Author: unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com (Chris Young) Uploader: unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com (Chris Young) Version: 1.0 (updates acdb to 1.2) Type: disk/cdrom Requires: disk/cdrom/acdb.lha (ACDB 1.1) A while ago, acdb stopped downloading CD informations for me. I have only just got round to investigating why this might have happened. It appears that when IDs are requested from CDDB, the client has to send a string identifying which client it is. acdb was sending the string "acdb 1.0". The server was responding with "unauthorised client". It appears that if you want to access the server, you are basically forced to register your product with Gracenote. With a bit of low-level hex editing, I changed acdb so it masquerades as a different client. It now works again. PATCHING ACDB 1.1 Simply run the supplied installer script, and point it towards the directory which contains the acdb executable. It will rename your existing acdb program as acdb_old before doing anything, so if acdb refuses to run afterwards, the patch probably hasn't run. The patched version has the version number bumped to 1.2, in order to tell the difference. If it doesn't patch, you may need to copy gpatch from this archive into c:. Ensure you are patching acdb 1.1, it won't work on any other version. You may also need to change the server in the tooltypes to us.cddb.com, as www.cddb.com no longer works. Note that addb_hosts is not patched and no longer works. BONUS TRACK I have included a small ARexx script called "Download CDID", which is intended to be used with ACDPlay. It is ridiculously simple, but you wil need to edit it to point to the correct path for acdb. Running it simply downloads the ID for the CD you have in your CD-ROM drive. DISCLAIMER I accept no responsibility for any damage or loss of data caused by the patched version of acdb or the isntaller script. gpatch and the original version of acdb are not the responsibility of the author of this patch. This patch is not by or official endorsed by the author of acdb - All use is at your own risk. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2802 1837 34.4% 28-Apr-01 23:45:42 +acdb_patch.info 139 131 5.7% 28-Apr-01 22:31:48 +acdb_patch 2126 1114 47.6% 28-Apr-01 23:52:34 +acdb_pch.readme 2579 1464 43.2% 28-Apr-01 23:46:08 +acdb_pch.readme.info 171 135 21.0% 04-Nov-99 21:05:06 +Download CDID 18480 11393 38.3% 18-Nov-98 16:45:24 +GPatch 1081 406 62.4% 28-Apr-01 23:21:48 +install 2236 1606 28.1% 28-Apr-01 23:47:52 +install.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 29614 18086 38.9% 29-Apr-101 06:22:06 8 files