# Can't connect to ANY freeDb server
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 2, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590 "2005-01-02T23:13:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@kingbob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kingbob)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/1 "2005-01-02T23:13:06Z")
Whenever I try to connect to any freeDb server, it tells me the server isn't responding. I've tried changing servers, and it does the same thing. No matter what server I use though, it always says "Connecting for [http://www.freedb.org"](http://www.freedb.org%22) in the Status bar. If I try to tell it to retrieve a list of servers, it says it can't connect. I've disabled Norton Systemworks, and Windows Firewall, yet it still doesn't work. HELP! 😳
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/2 "2005-01-03T08:51:14Z")
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> Whenever I try to connect to any freeDb server, it tells me the server isn't responding. I've tried changing servers, and it does the same thing. No matter what server I use though, it always says "Connecting for [http://www.freedb.org"](http://www.freedb.org") in the Status bar. If I try to tell it to retrieve a list of servers, it says it can't connect. I've disabled Norton Systemworks, and Windows Firewall, yet it still doesn't work. HELP! 😳
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> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
It might be a problem with the freedb servers.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/3 "2005-01-03T12:09:47Z")
Please have a look at the [freedb.org](http://freedb.org) website or search the forum. There are problems with three server names at the moment.
If you're using the web-based search, it's really a problem with some firewall or something else since [http://www.freedb.org](http://www.freedb.org) is accessible (at least here).
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@kingbob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kingbob)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/4 "2005-01-03T21:15:26Z")
I've turned off any flipping firewall on my computer, and the one on my router. I can use any other program that uses freeDb, but this is the only one that I can find that will let me put them in order by the track lengths. ☹
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/5 "2005-01-04T12:34:18Z")
Mmm, I'm sorry but I have no idea at the moment, because everything is working fine here and no other users reported similar problems.
Please follow these steps:
- Download and install the latest [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de)
- Select some files
- Press [Ctrl+Shift+F5] to enable an error logging function
- Reproduce the error
- Close Mp3tag and send me the file **Mp3tagLog.zip** from Mp3tag's data directory via [email](http://www.mp3tag.de/en/contact.html)
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@impax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/impax)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/6 "2005-04-10T06:33:13Z")
I'm having the same problem. I re-installed my OS and copied over my mp3tag settings various diefferent ways. (I changed usernames so I had to change all the paths to the new username in "Documents and Settings"). Anyway I got everything working. CDDB web search _was_ working for some time. Now I get "error connecting to server [http://www.freedb.org"](http://www.freedb.org%22) no matter what i change my "File \> Options \> freedb" settings to. I have tried [at.freedb.org](http://at.freedb.org). What I see happening is that no matter what i change the freedb server to in the options...the error message alsways shows as not being able to connect to '[www.freedb.org](http://www.freedb.org)'. Is this normal for 'determine via web search'?
As requested in the previous post, here is a dump of what I believe to be the relevant section of my mp3tag logfile.
Thanks for your great program!!!
```
00000430.00000000 ->CMTMainFrame::OnFileCDDB
00000430.00000001 ->SBoldStatic::SBoldStatic
00000430.00000002 <-SBoldStatic::SBoldStatic
00000430.00000003 ->CMTMainFrame::CheckMailAdress
00000430.00000004 <-CMTMainFrame::CheckMailAdress
00000430.00000005 CMTMainFrame::OnFileCDDB (001496) m_pApp->m_config.strCDDBAddress: "at.freedb.org"
00000430.00000006 CMTMainFrame::OnFileCDDB (001505) m_pApp->m_config.strCDDBPath: "/~cddb/cddb.cgi"
00000430.00000007 ->CMTFreedbStyleDlg::OnInitDialog
00000430.00000008 ->SRegistry::GetValue
00000430.00000009 SRegistry::GetValue (000215) strSubKey: "CDDBQueryStyle"
00000430.0000000a SRegistry::GetValue (000216) m_bKeyOpen: 00000001
00000430.0000000b SRegistry::GetValue (000231) rdwValue: 00000004
00000430.0000000c SRegistry::GetValue (000232) dwRetVal: 00000000
00000430.0000000d <-SRegistry::GetValue
00000430.0000000e <-CMTFreedbStyleDlg::OnInitDialog
00000430.0000000f ->CMTFreedbStyleDlg::OnOK
00000430.00000010 ->SRegistry::SetValue
00000430.00000011 SRegistry::SetValue (000413) strSubKey: "CDDBQueryStyle"
00000430.00000012 SRegistry::SetValue (000414) dwValue: 00000004
00000430.00000013 SRegistry::SetValue (000415) m_bKeyOpen: 00000001
00000430.00000014 <-SRegistry::SetValue
00000430.00000015 <-CMTFreedbStyleDlg::OnOK
00000430.00000016 ->SBoldStatic::SBoldStatic
00000430.00000017 <-SBoldStatic::SBoldStatic
00000430.00000018 ->CMTFreedbSearchDlg::OnInitDialog
00000430.00000019 <-CMTFreedbSearchDlg::OnInitDialog
00000430.0000001a ->CMTFreedbSearchDlg::OnOK
00000430.0000001b <-CMTFreedbSearchDlg::OnOK
00000430.0000001c ->SString::Decode
00000430.0000001d SString::Decode (000148) *this: ""
00000430.0000001e <-SString::Decode
00000430.0000001f ->CMTApp::SetStatusBarText
00000430.00000020 <-CMTApp::SetStatusBarText
00000430.00000021 ->SWebGet::GetFile
00000430.00000022 ->SWebGet::Get
00000430.00000023 <-SWebGet::Get
00000430.00000024 <-SWebGet::GetFile
00000430.00000025 ->SMsgBox::DoMsgBox
00000430.00000026 SMsgBox::DoMsgBox (000030) strMessage: "Error connecting to server: http://www.freedb.org"
00000430.00000027 SMsgBox::DoMsgBox (000031) dwType: 00000010
00000430.00000028 SMsgBox::DoMsgBox (000039) pApp: 0056dec0
00000430.00000029 ->SString::WrapLine
00000430.0000002a SString::WrapLine (000676) dwLength: 00000032
00000430.0000002b <-SString::WrapLine
00000430.0000002c SMsgBox::DoMsgBox (000049) dwOut: 00000001
00000430.0000002d <-SMsgBox::DoMsgBox
00000430.0000002e ->SWebGet::~SWebGet
00000430.0000002f <-SWebGet::~SWebGet
00000430.00000030 ->SBoldStatic::~SBoldStatic
00000430.00000031 <-SBoldStatic::~SBoldStatic
00000430.00000032 ->SBoldStatic::~SBoldStatic
00000430.00000033 <-SBoldStatic::~SBoldStatic
00000430.00000034 <-CMTMainFrame::OnFileCDDB
```
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/7 "2005-04-10T07:44:25Z")
The "Web Search" option has nothing to do with the freedb server settings, because it always uses [http://www.freedb.org](http://www.freedb.org) for parsing the results of the web search.
Do you use a proxy server? If yes, please check the settings at Options, freedb, Proxy.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-connect-to-any-freedb-server/1590/8 "2026-02-09T12:19:18Z")