Use CUETools database. for assurance of correct rip and to correct problems.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. RIP a CD with abcde
2. wonder if the audio files retrieved from the CD are accurate

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected output: abcde generates the needed checksum, looks it up in CUETools 
Database, and received either a confirmation that the extracted audio data is 
correct, or a signal that the data is incorrect. If incorrect, then in some 
cases the CUETools database apparently permits correction of the data; in these 
cases abcde should make the correction.
If CUETools database permits, then abcde should upload data about ripped audio 
content to the CUETools database to enrich its collection.

Current output: abcde does not contact CUETools database, either to benefit 
from its services or to give data back. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.8

Please provide any additional information below.

This enhancement request is inspired by the suggestion from 
"Matthe...@gmail.com" (http://code.google.com/u/116192281298518343710/) in the 
discussion of Issue 56 "Add AccurateRip support" 
(http://code.google.com/p/abcde/issues/detail?id=56#c3). 

Please read more about the CUETools database at 
http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/CUETools_Database . The CUETools client code is 
GPL and LGPL licensed, and freely available at 
(http://sourceforge.net/p/cuetoolsnet/code/). It is written in C#, and 
currently ported to Windows only, as far as I know.

It seems to me that, given abcde's shell-script architecture, a good first step 
would be to carve out a command-line CUETools database client as a portable C# 
project, compileable with mono (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page). Then it 
would be easier to modify abcde to run this client.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Jim.DeLa...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2013 at 12:16

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Oops, I misread Issue 56. This enhancement request is actually inspired by the 
suggestion from "snurgle@gmail.com" 
(http://code.google.com/u/snurgle@gmail.com/) at comment 1 
(http://code.google.com/p/abcde/issues/detail?id=56#c1).

Original comment by Jim.DeLa...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2013 at 12:19

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Original comment by and...@andrews-corner.org on 8 Apr 2013 at 5:16

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