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ralftaro wrote on 4/12/2009, 2:18 AM
Hi,

Where is the title information supposed to come from? When you usually replay a regular audio CD in one of the said programs, they pull the title information from one of the big Internet CD databases (FreeDB, Gracenote). The CDs are usually identified via the (almost) unique TOC (table of contents) number. If you create your own discs, which you do in Cleaning Lab, that's something completely new and unique that doesn't really match up with anything in those databases, even if you're replicating an album that might already be in there (e.g. from your vinyl LPs). The CD you make from your (vinyl/tape) recordings still wouldn't match the "official" CD released by the record label (which is the one that will usually be available in the CD database).

The other option is "CD Text", which is an addition to the audio CD standard ("red book"). It does store actual textual information on the disc itself and the writing of CD Text is supported by Cleaning Lab to a certain degree. However, few programs actually support the reading and display of CD Text, or you have to enable it first. It's not that much of a standard feature. When you usually see title information being displayed (e.g. in Windows Media Player), they came straight from one of the online databases, not from the CD itself.

I hope this info helps.