MP3 Player

Jerry Howlett · April 30, 2015, 01:13:22 PM

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

javlinfaw7 · April 30, 2015, 02:56:26 PM

Amazon are not bad ,if you by CDs they also send you a electronic copy via cloud

port perran · April 30, 2015, 03:05:06 PM

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.

Malc · April 30, 2015, 03:33:04 PM

Or use the PC and make your own from your CD collection.

Jerry Howlett · April 30, 2015, 03:42:52 PM

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 !!

Using the "windows media player" Have got 6 tracks from a CD onto the PC. Select synch ***

nothing. I HATE TECHNOLOGY !!!!!

petercharlesfagg · April 30, 2015, 03:48:40 PM

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.

red_death · April 30, 2015, 03:54:15 PM

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

davidinyork · April 30, 2015, 04:38:39 PM

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.

keithfre · April 30, 2015, 05:30:15 PM

I've got some good stuff from deezer.com (both classical and jazz, but they have lots of pop too).

RussellH · April 30, 2015, 05:40:52 PM

use audio grabber to transfer from CD to PC (titles your files/tracks aswell)
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

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

joe cassidy · April 30, 2015, 06:32:08 PM

I think Deezer have stopped selling downloads to allcomers - I think you now have to pay a monthly subscription.

Best regards,

Joe

Rabs · April 30, 2015, 07:40:44 PM

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

ChrisWV10 · April 30, 2015, 07:49:04 PM

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.