# FreeDB: Server failed to return a valid query response code

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-server-failed-to-return-a-valid-query-response-code/49391
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-server-failed-to-return-a-valid-query-response-code/49391 "2020-06-21T12:35:43Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-server-failed-to-return-a-valid-query-response-code/49391/2 "2020-06-21T12:40:14Z")

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> [@Freedb web search doesn’t work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-web-search-doesn-t-work/46707/9):
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> Newest info on the freedb homepage: Urgent notice [freedb.org](http://freedb.org) and its services will be shut down on March 31st of 2020.

FreeDB isn't available anymore. You have to choose an alternative source like Discogs or MusicBrainz.

From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedb):

> On the 13th of June 2020 it was observed that the URL used for lookups, [freedb.freedb.org](http://freedb.freedb.org), no longer resolved to a host name and as a result the service no longer appears to operate.

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