The term CDDB is an acronym for Compact Disc Database, an online resource that helps to automatically identify music. This system can be used to find out the name of an audio CD (and its contents), as well as titles that are in a digital music library.
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When organizing your music, you may have come across this technology when using a music tagging or CD ripping tool. In the case of a typical CD ripping program, the extracted tracks are usually named automatically and the relevant music tag information is filled in.
This identification system has the potential to save time in managing and organizing digital music libraries. Libraries with hundreds, if not thousands, of songs require you to manually enter artist names and titles, as well as other metadata information that is typically stored in audio files. CDDB automates this process.
But what types of software use CDDB? The main types of applications that often use a CDDB for automatic music tagging are:
