New user here, using ver 2.44.
Everytime I try to connect to Amazon I get the following error:
"Error connecting to server" http://webservices.amazon.com"
I have tried to connect to freedb and such and it just never finds any of the albums I'm looking for....
Any help?
So is connecting to other sources (e.g., freedb or discogs) working for you? What's about MusicBrainz?
Discogs seems to work, but is pretty incomplete for newer releases it seems.
Freedb seems to work for the few I tried, but some track names are slightly different....
So it just seems that Amazon isn't working....
Are you using a local firewall or a comparable service on your router which employs content filtering? A Trend Micro service with content-filtering running on a router resulted in similar issues for another user.
No firewall or anti-virus (just re-installed windows actually).
I'm having the same problem. I came from 2.43 which worked a few moths ago when I used it. I ran the app and prompted for an upgrade. I did to 2.44 and no amazon sources work. I reverted back to 2.43 and still no dice.
Everything worked last time I used it. I have not installed a firewall and have not made network changes.
I even reinstalled the source files from the webpage when the app wasn't connecting to Amazon after install. Still nothing.
Regards,
WT
Please note that this can also be caused by a content filter running on your Router.
Nothing like that on my router. I went through and connect direct to the modem to confirm.
Is this with v2.44? Please note that all versions below v2.44 won't support Amazon anymore since they've changed their access model.
Yes 244.
Anything?
I'm running 2.44 and still cannot connect. I'm now at a hotel (different network) and still nothing.
I noticed when I selected a very obscure MP3 and went to add tags from Amazon it said specifically it did not find a match.
For my mainstream mp3s it says it cannot connect.
Just out of curiosity, do you have any other network adapters besides wireless and LAN?
WT
Wireshark reveals the following 404 error on the web service call. Amazon had previously found this (when I was working months ago).
72.21.211.36
The get request:
0000 00 02 b6 35 aa a9 00 19 d2 6d d7 43 08 00 45 00 ...5.... .m.C..E.
0010 01 d9 1d 25 40 00 80 06 b5 f7 0a 00 00 c9 48 15 ...%@... ......H.
0020 d3 24 0a a6 00 50 df 46 1e a3 dc 21 56 37 50 18 .$...P.F ...!V7P.
0030 fc 00 33 cb 00 00 47 45 54 20 2f 6f 6e 63 61 2f ..3...GE T /onca/
0040 78 6d 6c 3f 53 65 72 76 69 63 65 3d 41 57 53 45 xml?Serv ice=AWSE
0050 43 6f 6d 6d 65 72 63 65 53 65 72 76 69 63 65 26 Commerce Service&
0060 4f 70 65 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 3d 49 74 65 6d 53 65 Operatio n=ItemSe
0070 61 72 63 68 26 53 65 61 72 63 68 49 6e 64 65 78 arch&Sea rchIndex
0080 3d 4d 75 73 69 63 26 4b 65 79 77 6f 72 64 73 3d =Music&K eywords=
0090 42 69 67 67 65 72 2c 20 42 65 74 74 65 72 2c 20 Bigger, Better,
00a0 46 61 73 74 65 72 2c 20 4d 6f 72 65 3f 41 57 53 Faster, More?AWS
00b0 41 63 63 65 73 73 4b 65 79 49 64 3d 30 4d 35 4a AccessKe yId=0M5J
00c0 50 42 4a 51 37 54 56 44 50 50 41 59 4a 38 52 32 PBJQ7TVD PPAYJ8R2
00d0 26 49 74 65 6d 50 61 67 65 3d 31 26 52 65 73 70 &ItemPag e=1&Resp
00e0 6f 6e 73 65 47 72 6f 75 70 3d 49 74 65 6d 41 74 onseGrou p=ItemAt
00f0 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 73 25 32 43 53 6d 61 6c 6c tributes %2CSmall
0100 26 54 69 6d 65 73 74 61 6d 70 3d 32 30 30 39 2d &Timesta mp=2009-
0110 31 30 2d 30 31 54 32 33 25 33 41 31 34 25 33 41 10-01T23 %3A14%3A
0120 32 36 5a 26 56 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 3d 32 30 30 39 26Z&Vers ion=2009
0130 2d 30 37 2d 30 31 26 53 69 67 6e 61 74 75 72 65 -07-01&S ignature
0140 3d 65 79 4f 59 65 75 32 6c 46 46 4d 79 25 32 46 =eyOYeu2 lFFMy%2F
0150 6f 38 43 56 59 64 64 47 55 31 4e 39 78 4c 35 65 o8CVYddG U1N9xL5e
0160 38 45 43 55 33 79 6b 62 41 70 25 32 42 46 67 38 8ECU3ykb Ap%2BFg8
0170 25 33 44 20 48 54 54 50 2f 31 2e 31 0d 0a 48 6f %3D HTTP /1.1..Ho
0180 73 74 3a 20 77 65 62 73 65 72 76 69 63 65 73 2e st: webs ervices.
0190 61 6d 61 7a 6f 6e 2e 63 6f 6d 0d 0a 55 73 65 72 amazon.c om..User
01a0 2d 41 67 65 6e 74 3a 20 4d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2f -Agent: Mozilla/
01b0 35 2e 30 20 28 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 29 5.0 (com patible)
01c0 0d 0a 41 63 63 65 70 74 3a 2a 2f 2a 0d 0a 41 63 ..Accept :*/*..Ac
01d0 63 65 70 74 2d 45 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 3a 20 67 cept-Enc oding: g
01e0 7a 69 70 0d 0a 0d 0a zip....
Here's the responce:
0000 00 19 d2 6d d7 43 00 02 b6 35 aa a9 08 00 45 20 ...m.C.. .5....E
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0020 00 c9 00 50 0a a6 dc 21 56 37 df 46 20 54 50 18 ...P...! V7.F TP.
0030 1f fe 66 a7 00 00 48 54 54 50 2f 31 2e 31 20 34 ..f...HT TP/1.1 4
0040 30 34 20 4e 6f 74 20 46 6f 75 6e 64 0d 0a 44 61 04 Not F ound..Da
0050 74 65 3a 20 54 68 75 2c 20 30 31 20 4f 63 74 20 te: Thu, 01 Oct
0060 32 30 30 39 20 32 33 3a 31 35 3a 30 39 20 47 4d 2009 23: 15:09 GM
0070 54 0d 0a 53 65 72 76 65 72 3a 20 53 65 72 76 65 T..Serve r: Serve
0080 72 0d 0a 4c 61 73 74 2d 4d 6f 64 69 66 69 65 64 r..Last- Modified
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00a0 30 37 20 31 39 3a 32 37 3a 31 36 20 47 4d 54 0d 07 19:27 :16 GMT.
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0250 a8 c8 69 74 65 be 2d 84 e4 a7 f7 db 25 53 26 2b ..ite.-. ....%S&+
0260 8b 27 0b c7 98 a6 2f 67 bc a0 d0 da bd d4 da f4 .'..../g ........
0270 4d b9 8e f4 46 0a 82 86 c3 ec 95 74 46 6b 8b 8c M...F... ...tFk..
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02d0 a8 d8 e9 33 d1 03 33 01 35 39 f8 ca 2d 0d 2d df ...3..3. 59..-.-.
02e0 de 17 22 da 0a 11 33 b0 1f 33 b4 b8 c7 97 0e c1 .."...3. .3......
02f0 93 73 c7 0c be b5 08 f7 58 01 d3 e8 d0 7b 38 d2 .s...... X....{8.
0300 00 13 bb a8 c1 78 e8 59 9c 12 ea a1 57 c1 50 1f .....x.Y ....W.P.
0310 d3 47 65 00 f5 40 83 e3 8a 02 66 b1 4f 8b 7f d4 .Ge..@.. ..f.O...
0320 09 39 d9 37 98 4a e7 68 7c 46 ec 89 d7 b7 97 bd .9.7.J.h |F......
0330 67 7a 5f 4d 7c 54 db ff 21 f5 b3 ce 77 d6 a8 07 gz_M|T.. !...w...
0340 7e 92 79 09 04 07 c3 c0 20 30 33 67 75 42 0c 9d ~.y..... 03guB..
0350 c0 47 71 4e ac 4e 8d e5 cd 4d c7 a8 d3 28 58 11 .GqN.N.. .M...(X.
0360 87 76 9a e1 69 f4 7f 02 b0 51 91 e1 02 04 00 00 .v..i... .Q......
Hope this helps.
WT
Can you post a dump with a search query that does not have a question mark in it, please?
Because that fails for me too
You win the prize, my friend!
I checked my other CDs and it works; this just happened to be the first CD in my collection and didn't realize the problem was with this particular CD, not the app. I removed the "?" on the Title tag and Amazon finds it right away. I mistook the "?" as part of the query string.
So, if anyone else out there has this problem get rid of the "?" it the tag fields and try again.
Thanks and regards,
WT
It seems not only the ?-char. ! doesn't work as well and some others not alphabetical signs in Album or Artist. That was one of the reasons, why I have used a leading and closing "-sing around the search-string.
The disadvantage is, that using this kind of search-string, only the exact matches will be returned... 
I found the problem with the question mark in the code and fixed it accordingly -- thanks to all for tracking down that issue!
LyricsLover, can you post a query string that does not contain question marks and does not work for you?
I can reproduce that behaviour with the search strings:
Empire! AND artist:TEST
or
Empire AND artist:TEST!
You're talking about MusicBrainz not Amazon, aren't you?
Yes and uups, 
I'm totally wrong here in this topic... 
Sorry!!