Disc Recognition and Naming Files

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by jahern

That's the problem. Other programs don't have problems recognizing the disc. Sure, the other programs are not Karaoke wise and only give the name of the song, not the original artist. What service does Hoster use? Are you saying that it doesn't list discs newer than 2004? (My mentioned disc is not newer than 2004 and is listed on the Hoster disc numbers, just no luck showing the names of the songs for importing-unless I'm doing something wrong)

Other programs require you to have an additional service which cost you a monthly or annual fee to get those lists. Currently MTU doesn't have that fee.
The online service they currently use is called FreeDB and the entries are submitted by users of the database. This is a free service, but no guarantee that what you are trying to enter is listed. Their internal MTU created database, as hwheeler43 says has most of the discs produced prior to 2004.
MTU stopped updating this database in 2004, because it was taking up too much of their time and a drain on resources. Last I heard is they are negotiating with a company to get a better current database with updates. The downside is they will need to charge us a fee for those updates like everyone else. I don't like having to type any more than you do, so I will gladly pay the fee.
I haven't tried the demo so not sure whether it will add the information or not on the disc you tried.