DiscID Calculator

DiscID Calculator is a lightweight Windows application whose purpose is to help you calculate the disc ID for all CDs. The disc ID is used for identifying discs at CDDB servers and querying the servers for getting information about title, artist, track and other disc-related details.
In order to run the utility, you need to have ASPI drivers installed on your computer.

Drop it on portable devices

You can take advantage of the tool’s portability status and copy it on USB flash drives, as well as open it without administrative privileges.
What’s more, you can gain access to its features by simply running the executable file, since there’s no installation included in the process. Uninstalling it means deleting the files that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Simple looks

The application sports a plain and straightforward GUI that comes packed with only a few configuration settings. There’s no support for a help manual so you need to experiment with the built-in features in order to get an idea of how it works.

Main features

DiscID Calculator gives you the possibility to select the target drive and get the disc ID by reading the table of contents. In addition, you can make the program show disc information, enter a CDDB query string, as well as set a new server and retrieve a list with servers from the Internet.

Bottom line

All things considered, DiscID Calculator provides a simple software solution for finding out disc IDs, and can be handled by beginners and professionals alike. On the downside, it hasn’t been updated for a while so you can make use of its capabilities especially on older operating systems, like Windows NT, 2000 and Windows 9x, and Me.