Methods > CD drives and ripping > CDDB > CddbGetAlbumInfo method

Remarks

Retrieves a specific CDDB information about the CD currently inside the given CD drive.

See the How to get Audio CD info using CDDB servers and Amazon catalogue tutorial for further details.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

control.CddbGetAlbumInfo (

nCdDriveIndex as integer,

nInfo as enumCddbAlbumInfo

) as string

[C++]

LPCTSTR control.CddbGetAlbumInfo (

short nCdDriveIndex,

short nInfo

);

Parameter

Description

nCdDriveIndex

When CD album info is obtained through a previous call the the CddbRequestAlbumInfo method, this parameter represents the zero-based index of the CD drive containing the Audio CD. Installed CD drives can be enumerated using the GetCdDrivesCount method and their friendly description can be retrieved through the GetCdDriveDesc method.

When CD album info is obtained through a previous call the the CdRequestAlbumInfo method, set this value to -1.

nInfo

Number representing the requested information code.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic value	Numeric value	Meaning
CDDB_ALBUM_TITLE	0	The CD album title
CDDB_ALBUM_ARTIST	1	The CD album artist
CDDB_ALBUM_YEAR	2	The CD album year
CDDB_ALBUM_GENRE	3	The CD album genre
CDDB_ALBUM_CLIENT_INFO	4	The CD album client info

Return value

Value	Meaning

Empty string	An error occurred. Check the LastError property value in order to see the last error.
Valid string	The requested information