CDDB doesn't know how to retrieve the cdid and track offsets on win32. Net::FreeDB does, but it's query methods are broken. Combine the two and you can successfully query freedb.org.

PS: please don't respond asking me to disscuss how Net::FreeDB is broken. 

use Net::FreeDB;
use CDDB;
use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use warnings;

{
    my $freedb = Net::FreeDB->new();
    my $discdata = $freedb->getdiscdata(0);

### Connect to the cddbp server.
    my $cddbp = CDDB->new(
        Host  => 'freedb.freedb.org', # default
        Port  => 8880,                # default
        Login => 'zappa',           # defaults to %ENV's
        Debug => 0,
    ) or die $!;

### Query discs based on cddbp ID and other information.

    my( $cddbp_id, $track_offsets, $total_seconds ) = (
        $discdata->{ID},
        $discdata->{TRACKS},
        $discdata->{SECONDS}
    );

    for my $disc ( $cddbp->get_discs($cddbp_id, $track_offsets, $total
+_seconds ) ) {
        my ($genre, $cddbp_id, $title) = @$disc;
### Query disc details (usually done with get_discs() information).
        my $disc_info = $cddbp->get_disc_details($genre, $cddbp_id);
        print $/, Dumper($disc_info), $/;
    }
}

exit();

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