# local freedb "An unexpected error occured."

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 21, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562 "2013-03-21T16:13:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/piecat)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/1 "2013-03-21T16:13:14Z")

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I received "An unexpected error occured." error message while trying to read CD data from my local freedb (created with EAC 0.99pb5). I am using Win7, and the local freedb uses Unix format (each CD has a separate file). I used Tools/Options to specify the path for the local freedb and to create an index. Can you help with this problem? I have a dmp file if that will help.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/2 "2013-03-21T18:49:02Z")

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This thread offers a freedb ... for windows. Perhaps that is safer.

[/t/14515/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14515/1)

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**Author:** ![piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/piecat)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/3 "2013-03-21T22:33:30Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> This thread offers a freedb ... for windows. Perhaps that is safer.
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> [/t/14515/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14515/1)

Thank you, however I manually edited the entries in my local freedb to correct errors and to conform to a consistent style guide and am hoping I don't have to redo that work. Since it appears that Mp3tag supports a local freedb, I would just like to learn how to fix the "unexpected error". My local freedb works fine with EAC 0.99pb5 but not with Mp3tag.

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**Author:** ![piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ba8739/32.png) [@piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/piecat)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/4 "2013-03-22T01:21:40Z")

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Also, my local freedb is small. It just contains my own CDs (less than 400 total), so the number of files should not be an issue.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/5 "2013-03-22T11:42:30Z")

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So, as this is your solution, you now have a working sample with the freedb supplied by the link and your own to compare with.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562/6 "2026-02-09T12:24:24Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC