[mb-users] CD Baby import script updated

Brian Schweitzer brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com
Sat Feb 9 07:06:09 UTC 2008


Hi all,

For any who used the old script, and for those who never knew it
existed, I've rewritten the CD Baby import script.  A few dozen
releases and TOCs have now been successfully added by half a dozen
people, and it seems bug-free enough to announce.

The script is written for GreaseMonkey, but also will work under
UserJS.  UserJS doesn't quite have all the flexibility this script
needs, so please note, if you use both Firefox and Opera - the script
is much more friendly and powerful if you use it under Firefox.

It's available to download at
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/17882 .  If you installed the
original version, please note that recent changes to the CD Baby site
have rendered the original script non-functional, and you will need to
upgrade to this version.

...and yes, you did read that right.  TOCs from the web.  Derek at CD
Baby has been kind enough to hide enough information for us in the
pages at CD Baby so that you actually can add TOCs without having the
CD in hand!  So, this script will not only allow you to easily import
brand new releases, but you can also use it to attach TOCs to existing
one!

Also, for anyone who frequents 8bitpeoples.com, note that there's also
an import script available for that site - though unfortunately,
without TOCs.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/18347

If anyone finds bugs in either script, please email to let me know
what's buggy, and include what specific page you were importing from.
If you find pages at CD Baby with invalid tocs (I've found 3 so far -
the script will tell you if a listing's toc is invalid), please email
them to me so I can collect them and pass them along to be fixed.

Brian



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