CD Ripper doesn't connect with Accuraterip and PerfectMeta

[Henk]

Hello,


After a low level format of my hard drive I reinstalled Windows XP and some essential application software. dBpoweramp being one of them, I installed that as well. This went without a problem but after starting the program and reactivating the key for PerfectMeta access, I found out that CD Ripper doesn't connect with Accuraterip nor the PerfectMeta databases. It doesn't show any error messages either.

So far I have:
1. Upgraded to Reference version R14 (no luck);
2. Made sure that all internet databases were activated in the PerfectMeta dropdown box (they were);
3. Searched the dBpoweramp forum for clues (no clue);
4. Pinged "reg.dbpoweramp.com" (result OK);
5. Added dBpoweramp CD ripper to the exceptions list in Windows Firewall,

But still no luck (nor error messages). I experience no problems accessing the internet (using Chrome) and everything else seems to be working just fine.

Any advice on the matter would be much appreciated!


Henk

[Spoon]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't connect with Accuraterip and PerfectMeta

Possibly your security software is blocking access.

[Henk]

Re: CD Ripper doesn't connect with Accuraterip and PerfectMeta

Dear Spoon, thanks for your reply.


I didn't mention it before, but I did try deactivating the Windows XP Firewall and the ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 that I use, with no luck.

Beceause of your reply I decided to have a closer look around in the ESET NOD32 control panel. There I discovered the possibility to partially deactivate the program and I deactivated "web access security". And lo and behold, the internet answered my prayers!

I fiddled around some more to discover that I can add dbpoweramp.com to a list of URL's that aren't filtered by ESET NOD32, and everything works fine now.


Love the art finder in R14! Still use the Google Image Ripper (http://dearcomputer.nl/gir/) for the tough jobs though.


Greetings.


Henk