# "URI must contain a hostname" error on Discogs
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184 "2020-06-03T08:51:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/1 "2020-06-03T08:51:45Z")
Hello!
If I try to dowload some cover art, I get this error message. It happens with all Discogs links, not with MusicBrain.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/2 "2020-06-03T09:01:41Z")
You are not very outspoken in respect to which version of MP3tag you use and which script for discogs.
Because ....
there was a German thread where this phenomenon got reported
> [@Host name Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/host-name-discogs/47014/9):
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> Guten Abend und ganz herzlichen Dank!! Es funktioniert wieder einwandfrei nach dem Update grinning Grüße Hans
and there a complete update to V2.99 helped.
The current up-to-date version is 3.01.
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/3 "2020-06-03T09:26:10Z")
I'm so sorry, you're right.
I'm using MP3tag 3.01. I always keep it updated. 🙂
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/4 "2020-06-03T09:29:59Z")
which still leaves the question ...
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> which script for discogs
do you use?
Is that up-to-date as well or a user-defined one or an old one?
Have a look at the data`\`sources folder and see if your script has the date 27th of March 2020.
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/5 "2020-06-03T09:52:31Z")
Hello and thanks again.
No, they have all the date 23rd of January 2020. They are all the ones that came with MP3tag installation.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/6 "2020-06-08T10:00:45Z")
I'm quite certain that this error occurs whenever an outdated Discogs source is used. Can you please make sure that you're using the latest versions both in the Mp3tag program directory and in your configuration directory.
If you installed Mp3tag as Standard installation, the configuration directory can usually be accessed via `%APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\sources\` from the Explorer address bar.
If you installed Mp3tag as Portable installation, the configuration directory is the same as the program directory.
In all cases you should find those files
> Cover Art#Discogs Artist + Album.src
> Cover Art#Discogs Artist + Title.src
> Cover Art#Discogs Artist + Year.src
> Cover Art#Discogs Release ID.src
> Cover Art#Discogs.inc
> Cover Art#Discogs.src
> Cover Art#MusicBrainz.src
> Discogs Artist + Album.src
> Discogs Artist + Title.src
> Discogs Artist + Year.src
> Discogs Release ID.src
> Discogs.inc
> Discogs.src
> MusicBrainz.src
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/7 "2020-06-08T10:29:26Z")
Hi Florian and thanks for your help.
That's quite strange, because I don't have an Mp3tag folder in my APPDATA. I've searched either in Local, LocalLow and Roaming.
Those files are in the Data/Sources folder inside the installation path of the program.
But as you can see I use the installer, so it's not the portable version.
Here's the content of the folder:
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/8 "2020-06-08T10:37:59Z")
For debugging purposes you could create a tool to find the data folder, see this thread:
> [@Can't import Config Settings No %APPDATA% Folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-import-config-settings-no-appdata-folder/42390/2):
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> You could create a tool (just for this case?) to see where the data ist stored: Create a tool for the Windows Explorer and the Parameters: '/e,"'$getEnv('MP3TAGAPPDATA')'"' Call the tool, this should show you the folder for data. Exit MP3tag, copy the old settings to that folder restart MP3tag.
And be that as it may: the shown web sources are not the up-to-date ones.
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/9 "2020-06-08T10:54:21Z")
Thank you so much.
Unfortunately, my tech knowledge doesn't include Windows Explorer tools or how to create them. I've tried pasting the parameters in the address bar and obviously didn't work. 🙂
Maybe re-installing Mp3tag over the previous installation will fix this?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/10 "2020-06-08T10:56:52Z")
Tools are fairly versatile and they are an MP3tag feature that can be called via the context menu of the files list.
See the help:
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tools](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tools)
and there also the linked topics in this forum.
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/11 "2020-06-08T11:11:25Z")
Thank you, I got it now.
It pointed to the same folder.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/12 "2020-06-08T11:23:09Z")
then try an update installation into the same folder and see whether the web sources change their date to the same as MP3tag.exe.
(which is 27th of March 2020)
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### Author:  [@ElimGarak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ElimGarak)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/13 "2020-06-08T11:30:15Z")
I had to run the installer as Administrator, but it worked. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uri-must-contain-a-hostname-error-on-discogs/49184/14 "2026-02-09T12:28:37Z")