# MP3Tag Won't connect to Discogs
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934 "2014-07-23T12:41:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Cunick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cunick)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/1 "2014-07-23T12:41:18Z")
Hi,
I've just updated to v2.61d and I can't connect to dicogs with mp3tag.
The warning message says Failed to authenticate using OAuth.
At the same time a window opens in Discogs asking me to authenticate an application but when I do that still nothing. When I go into applications it says no applications. I then manually entered the details but I still can't connect through mp3tag.
Anyone know how to fix this please?
Thanks
Cunick
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### Author:  [@jazzop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jazzop)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/2 "2014-07-25T08:09:29Z")
I just had the same problem, except I had already been using 2.61d with Discogs for about a week. I was using it tonight and all of a sudden I got the error message and it opened a browser window to take me to a Discogs page where it asked me to authorize MP3Tag again. I copied and pasted the authorization code back into MP3Tag, but it refuses to accept it. Now I am locked out of Discogs with MP3Tag.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/3 "2014-08-03T18:35:02Z")
Can you please revoke the authorization on [https://www.discogs.com/settings/applications](https://www.discogs.com/settings/applications) and try again.
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### Author:  [@jazzop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jazzop)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/4 "2014-08-03T23:49:28Z")
The problem magically went away a couple of days later. If it acts up again, I will try that. For now, everything is working so I won't mess with it.
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### Author:  [@geewizz25](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/geewizz25)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/5 "2014-08-21T06:21:47Z")
> [@Jazzop](#):
>
> The problem magically went away a couple of days later. If it acts up again, I will try that. For now, everything is working so I won't mess with it.
Since 2014-08-20 I have the same problem. I followed the advice to revoke mentioned above but no success!!
The only thing I have found is that Discogs is having the following message on their site:
_ **We're currently investigating network connectivity issues and are working to have things back to normal soon; please check the forum for updates.** _
Also all my Discogs scripts (like the "Pone") are not working.
Other databases are working OK
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### Author:  [@HAL9000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HAL9000)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 9:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/6 "2014-08-21T09:36:49Z")
I'm having the same problem. It gives me this 
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/7 "2014-08-21T11:22:01Z")
To me it does not look like the same problem.
Did you follow the instructions in the release notes: [Mp3tag v2.62 released](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15987/1)
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### Author:  [@geewizz25](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/geewizz25)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/8 "2014-08-21T17:27:45Z")
> [@geewizz25](#):
>
> Since 2014-08-20 I have the same problem. I followed the advice to revoke mentioned above but no success!!
> The only thing I have found is that Discogs is having the following message on their site:
> _ **We're currently investigating network connectivity issues and are working to have things back to normal soon; please check the forum for updates.** _
>
> Also all my Discogs scripts (like the "Pone") are not working.
>
> Other databases are working OK
Checked Discogs again at 2014-08-21 20:18 hr: message about "network connectivity issues etc."
was removed and Mp3tag and associated scripts are working again, at least in my case.
To be sure that I had a clean installation I removed every trace of Mp3tag (register, roaming etc.)
did a clean install and regenerated all my scripts.
However, I think the problem was at Discogs and not in Mp3tag...
So; up to the next hickup of Discogs... 
edits: typo's
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### Author:  [@blackbeen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackbeen)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/9 "2014-08-27T06:08:17Z")
I have not been able to connect for at least the last day, receiving error:
I tried revoking the authorization several times & it doesn't change.
What is going on???
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/10 "2014-08-27T06:32:39Z")
Do you get a message box if you try
Help\>Check for new version
?
If not then you have to check your local network environment, esp. the firewall.
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### Author:  [@blackbeen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackbeen)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/11 "2014-08-27T06:40:21Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Do you get a message box if you try
> Help\>Check for new version
> ?
> If not then you have to check your local network environment, esp. the firewall.
Yes & disabling firewall does not change the result, to note this was working a few days ago on 2 different PCs with different network protection software & it worked fine so I don't think this is the issue.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/12 "2014-08-27T07:05:15Z")
> [@blackbeen](#):
>
> No & disabling firewall does not change the result, to note this was working a few days ago on 2 different PCs with different network protection software & it worked fine so I don't think this is the issue.
Fact is: if you do not get a message box saying something like you have the latest version or there is a newer one then MP3tag (and all web scripts) do not have web access.
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### Author:  [@blackbeen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackbeen)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/13 "2014-08-27T08:01:02Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Fact is: if you do not get a message box saying something like you have the latest version or there is a newer one then MP3tag (and all web scripts) do not have web access.
I do, this isn't an issue.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/14 "2014-08-27T13:55:45Z")
Looks like the default "discogs" script does not work any more.
You have to wait for a new version or you can try one of these:
[/t/9226/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9226/1)
[/t/1992/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1992/1)
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### Author:  [@b8375629](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/b8375629)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/15 "2014-08-30T20:22:53Z")
Why did Discogs change this after many years?
Is there a control issue here?
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### Author:  [@mp3taglover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3taglover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/16 "2014-08-31T01:39:11Z")
f\*\*cking discogs REMOVED XML output completely !!!!  
so you have to completely re-write your well tested and used scripts for years to their new JSON format.. what a wasteless c\*\*nts..
i'm sorry for the rant but they are just pissing off not the first time..
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### Author:  [@b8375629](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/b8375629)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/17 "2014-08-31T20:05:27Z")
> [@mp3taglover](#):
>
> _f\*\*cking discogs REMOVED XML output completely !!!!  _
>
>
>
> so you have to completely re-write your well tested and used scripts for years to their new JSON format.. what a wasteless c\*\*nts..
>
> _i'm sorry for the rant but they are just pissing off not the first time.._
I think they now want email addresses so they can send you spam and try to make money off you. If they ever start requiring credit card numbers, then I hope they die a withering death and fade off into nonexistence.
In the meantime they can have my bogus spam account because that's what it's set up for. Or I'll try to use the other tagging databases that Florian has offered to us to get around it.
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### Author:  [@mp3taglover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3taglover)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/18 "2014-08-31T22:06:55Z")
> [@b8375629](#):
>
> I think they now want email addresses so they can send you spam and try to make money off you. If they ever start requiring credit card numbers, then I hope they die a withering death and fade off into nonexistence.
>
> In the meantime they can have my bogus spam account because that's what it's set up for. Or I'll try to use the other tagging databases that Florian has offered to us to get around it.
got a reply from support saying url like:
[http://api.discogs.com/releases/?f=xml](http://api.discogs.com/releases/?f=xml) should work without any problems..
but it outputs json instead of XML...
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/19 "2014-09-17T08:36:22Z")
I've rewritten the official Discogs Tag Source to be used with the Discogs API.
The rewrite was necessary, because the Discogs API has been changed to provide output in JSON format instead of XML (see [this post](http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/521520689469733cfcfd2089#53a9fd48ad9d3529d0bd28d4) in the Discogs API Announcement Forum for details).
Enjoy your Discogs tagging with the current [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de) and please let me know of any issues you encounter 🙂
Kind regards
Florian
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### Author:  [@Cryptrix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cryptrix)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-connect-to-discogs/15934/20 "2014-09-18T18:38:48Z")
Wooo thanks boss, It's like Christmas! 
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