Why Should I Store Cds On The Musiccast Server; How Does The Musiccast Server Store Songs From Cds - Yamaha MCX 1000 - MusicCAST - Digital Audio Server Manual

Storing CDs on the MusicCAST server
The first thing you should do to use your MusicCAST server is to store songs from a Music CD on its
hard disk drive.

Why should I store CDs on the MusicCAST server?

The MusicCAST server can act as a CD player, playing a single CD at a time. However, it can also store large
numbers of CDs on its hard disk drive, together with song, artist, and album titles, allowing easy access to the
songs on your CDs whenever you want. You can select a song for playback just by choosing an artist, album, or
genre name, and then choosing a song.
You can listen to any song stored on the MusicCAST server with a MusicCAST client, using the same simple
method of selecting an artist, album, or genre.

How does the MusicCAST server store songs from CDs?

When the MusicCAST server stores material in its internal hard disk drive, it also stores the relationships
between the songs, genres, albums, and artists of the CDs you store. The diagram below depicts the
relationships between these four groups.
When you load a CD into the CD tray, the MusicCAST server attempts to find relevant information on the songs,
genres, albums, and artists on the CD from its built-in Gracenote CDDB
Gracenote CDDB service.
• The MusicCAST server is set to access its built-in Gracenote CDDB database by default, and not to access the Internet-based
Gracenote CDDB service. See page 119 in the MCX-1000 owner's manual for an explanation of how to change these settings.
• Provision of the Internet-based Gracenote CDDB database service is subject to termination without notice.
• Both the Internet-based and built-in Gracenote CDDB databases may occasionally display the wrong data, but you can edit
this information by hand after you store the CD in the MusicCAST server hard disk drive (see page 21).
• If the Gracenote CDDB databases do not find any information about the CD you are storing, you can enter song, album, artist,
and genre data by hand when storage is complete (see page 21).
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Recognition Service .
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