---
name: "cddbget"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcddb-get-perl"
version: "2.28-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cddbget"
---

# cddbget(1)

gets CDDB info of a CD

## NAME

cddbget - gets CDDB info of a CD

## SYNOPSIS

**cddbget** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **cddbget** script can be used to get CDDB info of a CD. It can handle several output formats.

## OPTIONS

- **no argument**

  gets CDDB info of CD in your drive

- **-c**

  device (other than default device)

- **-o**

  offline mode - just stores CD info

- **-d**

  output in xmcd format

- **-s**

  save in xmcd format

- **-i**

  db. one of: mysql, pg, oracle, sqlite

- **-O**

  overwrite file or db

- **-t**

  output toc

- **-l**

  output lame command

- **-f**

  http mode (e.g. through firewalls)

- **-F**

  some stateful firewalls/http proxies need additional newlines

- **-g**

  get CDDB info for stored CDs

- **-I**

  non interactive mode

- **-H**

  CDDB hostname

- **-C**

  use local cache

- **-R**

  readonly cache

- **-G**

  cache has not the diskid as filenames (much slower)

- **-P**

  cache path (default: /tmp/xmcd)

- **-D**

  put CDDB\_get in debug mode

## SEE ALSO

[**CDDB\_get**(3pm)](/CDDB_get/3pm.md).

## AUTHOR

CDDB\_get was written by Armin Obersteiner \<armin@xos.net\>.

This manual page was written by Lucas Wall \<lwall@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).