OK so I have been given an MP3 player to get songs together for Mrs "H" s birthday in July. Any advice on the best sites to use to download music from. We are talking of a mixture of decades from the 50's onwards.
Jerry
Amazon are not bad ,if you by CDs they also send you a electronic copy via cloud
I use Spotify for nearly all my music these days but, of course, they will charge for bought downloads.
If you subscribe you can make up your own playlists without downloading (just streaming) which will work out cheaper.
Or use the PC and make your own from your CD collection.
Quote from: Malc on April 30, 2015, 03:33:04 PM
Or use the PC and make your own from your CD collection.
Windows 8 !! :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry:
Using the "windows media player" Have got 6 tracks from a CD onto the PC. Select synch *** :veryangry: :veryangry: :veryangry: nothing. I HATE TECHNOLOGY !!!!!
Hello, if I want music that is a little more avant garde I will use Soundclick whereas if I know the music I want and the band/group whatever, I use 7digital.
The latter expects you to pay but at only .99p for the majority of single tracks but at that price who can quibble if it gives you just what you are looking for and easy to download.
Peter.
Itunes is probably the easiest to rip and categorise music from CDs but I don't know how well it plays with non-Ipod MP3 players.
Mediamonkey as an alternative.
Agree with Amazon as a place to purchase music - I still quite often buy CDs and get the free download (particularly if it is stuff I don't particularly care about the quality of the music file).
Cheers, Mike
I mostly use Amazon - downloads are in standard MP3 format which will play on any MP3 players. I've got a Sony player and just copy the files manually onto it (the computer sees it as it would a memory stick, and the files just need to be copied into the 'music' folder'.
Not used an iPod for a while, but as I recall it's very difficult to get the to work with anything apart from iTunes.
I've got some good stuff from deezer.com (both classical and jazz, but they have lots of pop too).
use audio grabber to transfer from CD to PC (titles your files/tracks aswell)
http://download.cnet.com/Audiograbber/3000-2140_4-10016038.html (http://download.cnet.com/Audiograbber/3000-2140_4-10016038.html)
plus youtube downloader to download tracks from youtube....
http://download.cnet.com/YTD-Video-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html (http://download.cnet.com/YTD-Video-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html)
Assuming its not an apple product you can just drag and drop the files onto your mp3 player like its a memeory stick.
Regards
Russ
I think Deezer have stopped selling downloads to allcomers - I think you now have to pay a monthly subscription.
Best regards,
Joe
I'd avoid any other site that sells the files with DRM. You want an .mp3 format file that you will be able to easily transfer to other computers, devices, versions of Windows, etc for decades to come. Any file that is in an obscure format or has code in it to prevent you from easily transferring it to another device in the is likely to mean that you will have to re-purchase in the future.
EDIT: removed my incorrect statement that Itunes has still DRM, thanks for putting me right ChrisWV10
Itunes music has been DRM free for several years now and mp3 or aac is available. Buying from itunes you can drag the files from the folder in your 'my music' library onto any mp3 player plugged into usb. Same as for purchases from Amazon.
If you are struggling ripping CDs with media player, try itunes to rip then drag n drop the ripped files as above.
C. :)