# freedb option not selectable
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 17, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823 "2004-02-17T11:40:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Vernon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vernon)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/1 "2004-02-17T11:40:04Z")
I have a local copy of FreeDB.
I set the local db path as the default option.
I select mp3s from a directory and I choose "freedb ( local )" from the freedb menu, then I want to choose "determine from selected MP3-files" but this option is light grey and I cannot select it.
Help is kindly requested, please.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/2 "2004-02-17T11:51:46Z")
Vernon,
this option and the query based on a search string are not available for local databases.
The freedb query based on select files option uses a fuzzy matching
algorithm of the remote freedb-server software to get the results. The
option is greyed out at local freedb, because disc-id calculation based on
audio files couldn't be as exact as needed for getting the right album.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@Vernon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vernon)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/3 "2004-02-17T12:58:48Z")
Thank you very much for your answer.
This software is not as useful as I thought...
Which program can you use to tag songs if you have 10GB of mp3s and you're not online?
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### Author:  [@Darren](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Darren)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/4 "2005-07-26T07:51:57Z")
Hey Florian,
Do you know of any software out there that will do this ?
While MP3Tag is great, I'm in the same situation as this guy, and the prospect of manually typing in all the info isn't all that appealing....
Cheers,
Darren.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/5 "2005-08-11T06:52:23Z")
> [@](#):
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> Do you know of any software out there that will do this ?
You can create a local index and search for albums in your local database using a search string.
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/freedb-option-not-selectable/823/6 "2026-02-09T12:19:11Z")