Xbox 360 CDDB

Tunney · 16 May 2006 at 13:15

Is it me or is the Xbox 360 CDDB a bit rubbish?

I tried inserting the Gnarls Barkley album into my 360 and the console listed the CD as unknown. I tried a couple of other CDs and the same thing happened. Out of the half a dozen or so CDs that I tried, only Funeral by The Arcade Fire was recognised.

Where is it pulling the information from? The internet? A database stored locally? If it's a local database, is there anyway to update it?

Has anyone else had problems with it? I can't be arsed to plug my iPod in every time I want to listen to music.

NokkonWud · 16 May 2006 at 13:33

It pulls the information from the disc, not the CDDB database. A Glaring ommision, it was the same on the original Xbox too.

PuncH · 16 May 2006 at 17:00

i thought it got the track listings from the interweb?

i've not had any probs with any of the cd's i've tried in mine.

cheets64 · 16 May 2006 at 17:01

Just stream it off your PC.

Tunney · 16 May 2006 at 19:11

I'd rather be able to do it with my PC off.

It seems a bit stupid that it doesn't get the track listings from the internet. Who wants to input all those names with a control pad?

PuncH · 16 May 2006 at 19:24

you don't have to input them with the pad. i've not had to do that once with any cd i've played on the 360.

NokkonWud · 16 May 2006 at 20:07

PuncH said:
you don't have to input them with the pad. i've not had to do that once with any cd i've played on the 360.

I have with 7 discs, 3 of them had track names - 4 discs were from the same artist...

Mud · 16 May 2006 at 20:30

It knew the Megadeth albums I ripped, but tbh a cheap HD in a cheap external caddy for the win. Suddenly I have more music to choose from than the 360 HD could ever hold.