# Web Sources Discussion

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/web-sources-discussion/15.md?page=13

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## [discogs web sources script fails on utf-8 names with spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-web-sources-script-fails-on-utf-8-names-with-spaces/7378)

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**Author:** [@darkmist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/darkmist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-web-sources-script-fails-on-utf-8-names-with-spaces/7378 "2008-10-26T07:48:50Z")

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I use discogs.src from v2.42 installer, without any modification. If i request artist with any non-latin characters in its name starting with small names or with mixed case ( like гости+из+будущего ), script fails with …

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## [Rateyourmusic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rateyourmusic/3668)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Mancera](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jose_Mancera)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rateyourmusic/3668 "2008-10-21T14:41:07Z")

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Is somebody working in a script to retrieve information from rateyourmusic.com?

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## [Add Date Month Year from Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-date-month-year-from-discogs/7263)

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**Author:** [@TerzOpperator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TerzOpperator)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-date-month-year-from-discogs/7263 "2008-10-06T13:46:43Z")

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Hi@All I want to add the Released date (21 Mar 2008) from Discogs to the tag. But i do not understand the regex script from mp3tag 2.41. I tryed to Search for the Date and want to Format it. 21 Mar 2008 my Script: …

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## [Lyrics... Web Source Script problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-web-source-script-problem/7200)

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**Author:** [@mihael.mafy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mihael.mafy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-web-source-script-problem/7200 "2008-09-21T16:54:07Z")

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We have a problem first we don't have a nice tutorial about Web Source Scripting. Second only what I have sean is soo small that I can't figure it out. That way I need some help. WEB Source Script #Tekstovi-Pesme #Fi…

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## [Web Sources Database](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-database/6375)

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**Author:** [@Orpheus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Orpheus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-database/6375 "2008-09-20T18:38:08Z")

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Is possible to create a database with very all web sources (always with the last updated version for source and the date of this) avalaible for Mp3Tag? it would be nice and useful.

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## [Please, help writing a script!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-writing-a-script/7187)

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**Author:** [@real\_sm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/real_sm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-writing-a-script/7187 "2008-09-14T05:06:28Z")

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I’ve attached the HTML page and my script that should tell tags, but shows blank fields. Please, help me to fix it.

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## [Name Correction](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-correction/7156)

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**Author:** [@Stevest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stevest)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-correction/7156 "2008-09-05T11:47:16Z")

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Hi All, I am not familiar with the Web-Source scripts. I tried to write one, but it crashes MP3Tag. Probably it is a bad script. However, my problem is very simple. I have the composers’ name using the English charact…

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## [Help with moving from The Godfather scripting to MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-moving-from-the-godfather-scripting-to-mp3tag/7029)

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**Author:** [@Benji99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Benji99)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-moving-from-the-godfather-scripting-to-mp3tag/7029 "2008-07-21T13:00:43Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been using really complex scripts via The Godfather for a years to grab information Allmusic.com The data that AMG serves me through is really erratic (incorrectly loaded pages, simply the wrong page, etc…)…

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## [coverparadise](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/coverparadise/7061)

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**Author:** [@locutus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/locutus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/coverparadise/7061 "2008-07-21T05:47:51Z")

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Is there a solution to use the webscript for getting cover from then any longer. It seems that they have changed there service. If not is there another option for getting covers by webscripts?

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## [How to strip everthing other than a word in line?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-strip-everthing-other-than-a-word-in-line/6973)

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**Author:** [@itsalok4u](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/itsalok4u)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-strip-everthing-other-than-a-word-in-line/6973 "2008-06-28T20:06:48Z")

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i.e “Movie Name : Chameli (2004) Singer : Sunidhi Chauhan Music Director : Sandesh Shandilya” Is it possible to extract “Sunidhi Chauhan” out of this Line and put it in the “Artist” tag with the parser of mp3tag? …

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## [How can I use unicode characters?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-use-unicode-characters/6661)

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**Author:** [@Endymion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Endymion)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-use-unicode-characters/6661 "2008-04-19T15:06:47Z")

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Is there any possibility to use unicode characters in findline and findinline commands?

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## [Set tag to previous value of tag in earlier record](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-tag-to-previous-value-of-tag-in-earlier-record/6445)

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**Author:** [@sf\_thumper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sf_thumper)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-tag-to-previous-value-of-tag-in-earlier-record/6445 "2008-03-14T01:25:33Z")

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How do I set the value of a tag to be carried over from the last captured value of that tag in the previous record. Is there a way to set a variable which I can reference later in the script? For example, in pages for c…

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## [MusicBrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz/6350)

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**Author:** [@Hubird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hubird)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz/6350 "2008-02-29T19:55:04Z")

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I installed the support for MusicBrainz but I was wondering if it was possible to make it work like freedb where is finds the names of untitled track automatically without the user having to enter in album names ?

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## [how can I tweak the Last.fm genre script?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-tweak-the-last-fm-genre-script/6330)

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**Author:** [@barret77](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barret77)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-tweak-the-last-fm-genre-script/6330 "2008-02-25T16:32:13Z")

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Hello all I’ve been using the Last.fm script to set the genre tag of my mp3 library, and it works great. I’m looking for a way to automate it; right now, I have to go through each artist, run the script, confirm, go to…

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## [Request LyricWiki.org](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-lyricwiki-org/6214)

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**Author:** [@Wander](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wander)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-lyricwiki-org/6214 "2008-02-08T14:36:51Z")

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I don’t really get this stuff yet, so could anyone make a source that allows u to enter the artist and album, and that it downloads all lyrics for each song from www.lyricwiki.org? Its a great site that got almost all l…

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## [i need to update my tags automatically](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-update-my-tags-automatically/6141)

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**Author:** [@jynx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jynx)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-update-my-tags-automatically/6141 "2008-01-29T21:09:02Z")

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firstly i wanna congragulate the author of this software its amazing…and…i have a question…i have mp3 files without “year, genre,album” tags in my archive…i have tagged their artist,title tags’ correctly i mean like this …

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## [Multiple value separator](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-value-separator/6106)

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**Author:** [@odurand](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/odurand)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-value-separator/6106 "2008-01-21T20:58:01Z")

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Hi! In the main interface it is possible to enter multiples values into a single field (e.g. 'Genre, style, etc…) by using the ‘\\’ separator, however this does not seem to work when using the source script. I was wonder…

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## [How do you clear current outputto/say buffer?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-clear-current-outputto-say-buffer/5944)

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**Author:** [@SimianJones](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SimianJones)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-clear-current-outputto-say-buffer/5944 "2007-12-29T18:59:04Z")

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Is there a way to clear whatever you currently have in the say buffer? I’m looping through a series of XML tags and I only want the value from the last one. Here is what I have so far: Cover URL do outputto "coverurl…

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## [Append to UNSYNCEDLYRICS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/append-to-unsyncedlyrics/5945)

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**Author:** [@JeanLouis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JeanLouis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/append-to-unsyncedlyrics/5945 "2007-12-25T17:03:17Z")

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I’d like to add info to the lyrics column without erasing the existing content. Is that possible? I want to colect info in the lyric column from 2 different sites. Thanks JL

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## [Metal Archive](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metal-archive/5832)

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**Author:** [@Orpheus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Orpheus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metal-archive/5832 "2007-12-18T16:23:47Z")

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Somebody have or can do a script for searches (album,titles,artist,genre,year,cover art) on metal-archives.com? I listen a lot of heavy metal and a script like this would be very good. Thanks.

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## [Can outputto "tracks" do more than title/track?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-outputto-tracks-do-more-than-title-track/5852)

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**Author:** [@SimianJones](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SimianJones)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-outputto-tracks-do-more-than-title-track/5852 "2007-12-06T17:50:42Z")

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I’m writing a web source for the Zune Marketplace and I have it working nicely. One thing that I get back is the actual artist on a per track basis and I’d like to actually use that information. This would work great f…

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## [Mass tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-tagging/5781)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-tagging/5781 "2007-11-26T21:31:40Z")

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Does the WebSources feature permit a script that tags multiple albums in a single user operation, indexing on an unambiguous key such as UPC/EAN/GTIN?

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## [How to get Artist Art from Last.fm ???](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-artist-art-from-last-fm/5716)

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**Author:** [@Lockhead](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lockhead)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-artist-art-from-last-fm/5716 "2007-11-09T09:06:30Z")

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I don’t want Coverart i want to include Last.fm Artistart Pics to my MP3s… What I know - how to get the Data? What I don’t know - how to use the Data! Let’s say i want to Tag all my Depeche Mode Title with the current…

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## [need a little help with web source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-a-little-help-with-web-source/5677)

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**Author:** [@Pufas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pufas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-a-little-help-with-web-source/5677 "2007-11-02T13:59:44Z")

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ok, here is the part that i’m interested in: \<labels\>\<label catno="MINUS 07" name="M\_nus"/\>\<label catno="PLUS8076" name="Plus 8 Records Ltd."/\>\</labels\> and this is part of my script for xml part above: outputto "CATA…

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## [problem HTML encoded char in websource](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-html-encoded-char-in-websource/5664)

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**Author:** [@Pufas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pufas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-html-encoded-char-in-websource/5664 "2007-10-31T19:53:49Z")

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hi all. i’ve been trying to write my own discogs websource and i came upon this problem. i want %ARTIST% field to be read from to html links, not plain text i.e. -=UHU=- or Advent, The -%3DUHU%3D- and Advent%2C+The …

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## [Help needed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-needed/5511)

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**Author:** [@MrModem](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrModem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-needed/5511 "2007-10-06T06:44:30Z")

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Hi everyody! First post so go easy on me. I’m trying to make a web source script that imports lyrics from the site Metal Archives ut I’m having some problems. Each album on the site have its on page that usually looks s…

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## [rateyourmusic.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rateyourmusic-com/5436)

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**Author:** [@azfrankie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/azfrankie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rateyourmusic-com/5436 "2007-09-13T07:06:57Z")

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Hi there, for four years I’m a member of the website http://rateyourmusic.com. You can enter your albums (incuding cover art, tracklist, etc.) there, rate according to your taste and enter your personal review. Albums, …

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## [All commands for web sources framework](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-commands-for-web-sources-framework/5349)

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**Author:** [@Aelux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aelux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-commands-for-web-sources-framework/5349 "2007-09-10T22:08:01Z")

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Is there a way you can list all the commands for the web sources framework since the help topic, I know, doesn’t contain them all. I just feel very limited with the commands that are mentioned. Thanks.

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## [Repeating Field Names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeating-field-names/5187)

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**Author:** [@math](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/math)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeating-field-names/5187 "2007-07-25T21:43:17Z")

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Hi I’m currently adapting a script to import tags for FLAC files. If you look here it says that “Field names are not required to be unique”, so that rather than ARTIST=Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt this …

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## [InEffective Web-Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ineffective-web-sources/4785)

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**Author:** [@VaSiMpoG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VaSiMpoG)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ineffective-web-sources/4785 "2007-04-29T20:55:30Z")

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Has anyone noticed the same problem as me ? Every try to get albumart/cover from Amazon(.co.uk,.de,.com,.fr) using the following web-sources sinks.I always get the messge “Sorry, no entries are matching your search crit…

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