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CD Info

The CD Info feature retrieves, stores, and displays information about the CDs you listened to or created with RealPlayer.

Audio CDs usually contain only the digital information you need to listen to the music: just track number and track length. They do not include track titles, and only newer CDs contain the album title, the name of the artist, or the musical genre.

RealPlayer automatically attempts to recognize and retrieve CD info from the music information database that you have built up on your computer, and from information sources on the World Wide Web. If you're not connected to the internet, information that was previously retrieved from the internet and stored on your local hard drive is still available (for example, if you had played the CD before). While you are offline, RealPlayer will store CD Info requests for each CD that you save to My Library, and retrieve the information the next time you log on.

In addition, RealPlayer stores CD info for any custom CDs you create, and will display that information whenever you play those custom CDs using your RealPlayer.

Matching Your CD Info

Sometimes the CD Info search does not find an exact match for your CD. In this event, you will see a window asking you to choose between one or more near-matches. Click the CD title that matches your CD, then click OK.

Automatic CD Info Caching

If you have previously received CD Info for a CD or have manually entered the CD Info, RealPlayer will remember the information in a database on your computer. When you later view the same CD with RealPlayer, RealPlayer will display the CD info, even if you are working offline. If you have played or recorded a CD in the past and have not requested CD Info, RealPlayer will keep track of this and offer to get the CD Info.