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Cuesheets - DiscID and Catalog information

I have noticed I have several cuesheets which are either missing DiscID and/or Catalog information. I know this is not essential for a cue sheet, but I would like to understand where EAC gets this information from and why it would be missing in some cases. Also what is the difference between DiscID and Catalog?

Is there any way to fill in the missing info without reripping the CD?. Could I load the wav image into Daemon Tools and let EAC get the missing info from an online source to update the cuesheet?

TIA for any help
 

Cuesheets - DiscID and Catalog information

Reply #1 –
Freedb DiscID is calculated from disc data and CATALOG is read from hidden disc data. You can try to re-calculate DiscID with some cuesheet-aware program (e.g. foobar2000 may support this), but I really don't see why you would want to do that.
Missing CATALOG info should be entered manually from the jewel case cover (the UPC/EAN barcode), disc barcode or some online database (e.g. amazon.com has UPC codes for their items). Also, you can try to retrieve CATALOG number from audio disc with GoldenHawk's CDRWIN (use the "Table of Contents" command): no re-ripping, just displays the # for inserted CD and you then enter it manually in a cuesheet.