[mb-users] CD Baby import script updated

[Bogdan Butnaru]

You really dig this Web 2.0, don't you? ;-)

Is it hard to build something like
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MBWikiARs for this, too?

On Feb 9, 2008 8:06 AM, Brian Schweitzer
<brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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