# \[F\] Discogs error connecting to server
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660 "2016-02-19T00:19:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@rpmccabe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rpmccabe)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/1 "2016-02-19T00:19:16Z")
First time newbie user:
I've been working with Mp3tag off and on for about a month. I can't find this problem on the FAQ. I was using V2.73, and today upgraded to 2.74a. I've been having intermittent problems accessing Discogs - getting a error connecting to server - 401 error. Sometimes it would be ok, sometimes not. accessing Amazon seems to be ok, Freedb seems ok.
Edit-
Well it seems searching for "discogs 401" won't work, or maybe because I was searching FAQ and not Forum. So I did find that this has been an on going problem with Discogs. I tried the suggested fixes, but it didn't help much.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/2 "2016-02-19T05:19:22Z")
> [@Ron007](#):
>
> ...I tried the suggested fixes, but it didn't help much.
Unfortunately, you do not tell us which fixes you tried. This might have narrowed down the problem.
So, see this thread on the problem:
[https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html)
Or this one:
[https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html)
Or this one:
[https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20175.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20175.html)
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### Author:  [@rpmccabe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rpmccabe)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/3 "2016-02-19T14:56:06Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Unfortunately, you do not tell us which fixes you tried. This might have narrowed down the problem.
> So, see this thread on the problem:
> [https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html)
>
> Or this one:
> [https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html)
>
> Or this one:
> [https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20175.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20175.html)
discogs.src lines now set to -
[WordSeperator]=%20
[Encoding]=utf-8
with the problem that others have reported -
i.e. any more than one word, and I get the error.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/4 "2016-02-19T20:09:55Z")
> [@Ron007](#):
>
> discogs.src lines now set to -
>
> [WordSeperator]=%20
> [Encoding]=utf-8
>
> with the problem that others have reported -
> i.e. any more than one word, and I get the error.
Yes, that was one solution.
What about the others? Like the registry or the time synchronization?
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### Author:  [@rpmccabe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rpmccabe)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/5 "2016-02-19T23:59:51Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Yes, that was one solution.
> What about the others? Like the registry or the time synchronization?
I haven't seen any fixes on registry, or time sync.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/6 "2016-02-20T09:52:22Z")
> [@Ron007](#):
>
> I haven't seen any fixes on registry, or time sync.
What about this statement:
> [@](#):
>
> koyaanisqatsy
> Oct 13 2015, 20:21
> hey, I figured out the problem... my system was out of sync with windows internet time. The authorization worked after I updated my clock." from this thread:
> [https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20416.html)
or
> [@](#):
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> Ryo.94
> Dec 20 2015, 23:10
> Well, first I replaced
>
> [WordSeperator]=%20
> [Encoding]=url-utf-8
>
> for
>
> [WordSeparator]=%20
> [Encoding]=utf-8
>
> but the problem persisted, so I totally uninstalled mp3tag, clean the registry leftovers with advanced uninstaller and then reinstall mp3tag, now it work perfect, I can't tell you what it was but the problem was in the registry.
from this thread:
[https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html](https://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php?t20653.html)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-error-connecting-to-server/17660/7 "2018-12-28T14:08:37Z")
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