Music Streaming
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I use Tidal, it's a bit more expensive, but streams lossless audio.0
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Most people I know use Spotify and swear by it.1
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I use Google play music, £7.99 a month (think it's more now but I've had it since it started). Gives you access to the whole Google music library and you can download for off line playback.
Can also get an app that converts anything in your Google music library to MP3 allowing you to keep what you want permanently.
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Just signed up on a free trial, linked my computer to my Cambridge system its a great sound. Listening to Noel Gallagher's albums at the moment, I'm not sure someone my age should be listening to him without CL approval, but stuff em!Callumcafc said:Most people I know use Spotify and swear by it.
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Spotify premium on a student deal for me, even not on student deal would be worth it for me0
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Spotify, part of my Vodafone deal.0
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Oooh what's that app called? Bought a few things on Google play and can only use that player to listen to themChef_addick said:I use Google play music, £7.99 a month (think it's more now but I've had it since it started). Gives you access to the whole Google music library and you can download for off line playback.
Can also get an app that converts anything in your Google music library to MP3 allowing you to keep what you want permanently.0 -
Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month0
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Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
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I will put something up in the morning as I am not in front of my main PC, my son showed me and it’s a doddleBolderhumphreyreid said:
Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
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This is what I do. It’s great at home - where I have a Sonos set up, but it can be less than perfect if there is no WiFi of 3G/4/G but I’m led to believe that you can download music in advance and then play if from your phone.guinnessaddick said:Spotify, part of my Vodafone deal.
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The quality of the audio this way is shocking. You are getting at least double compression.Bolderhumphreyreid said:
Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
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If you’re going to do that why not just rip off the whole album from BitTorrent?PopIcon said:
The quality of the audio this way is shocking. You are getting at least double compression.Bolderhumphreyreid said:
Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
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I would say shocking is over stating it. I download music to play on my iPod in my car and it sounds great to me. I also downloaded a two hour play list for my daughters wedding reception which played in the background while we ate and out of the 150 people sitting down to eat nobody had any negative comments on the quality of the music.
I agree, if you pay for your downloads the quality will be better, but unless you are sitting in a quiet room or wearing expensive headphones there is not much in it.
I certainly would not pay a penny to download music to play in the gym or in my car.0 -
Have I misunderstood something here? I thought you’d just sold your business for £2m and you’re downloading YouTube videos and converting them into MP3s for your daughter’s wedding to save yourself a tenner a month?eaststandmike said:I would say shocking is over stating it. I download music to play on my iPod in my car and it sounds great to me. I also downloaded a two hour play list for my daughters wedding reception which played in the background while we ate and out of the 150 people sitting down to eat nobody had any negative comments on the quality of the music.
I agree, if you pay for your downloads the quality will be better, but unless you are sitting in a quiet room or wearing expensive headphones there is not much in it.
I certainly would not pay a penny to download music to play in the gym or in my car.
Not that it’s any of my business what you do with your money but I’ve done the YouTube thing for songs that I was unable to find anywhere else and it’s a bit of a faff - two hours worth must have taken you ages?5 -
Lol, I don’t do it to save money I do it out of principle. I don’t have Sky but I watch everything they offer.kings hill addick said:
Have I misunderstood something here? I thought you’d just sold your business for £2m and you’re downloading YouTube videos and converting them into MP3s for your daughter’s wedding to save yourself a tenner a month?eaststandmike said:I would say shocking is over stating it. I download music to play on my iPod in my car and it sounds great to me. I also downloaded a two hour play list for my daughters wedding reception which played in the background while we ate and out of the 150 people sitting down to eat nobody had any negative comments on the quality of the music.
I agree, if you pay for your downloads the quality will be better, but unless you are sitting in a quiet room or wearing expensive headphones there is not much in it.
I certainly would not pay a penny to download music to play in the gym or in my car.
Not that it’s any of my business what you do with your money but I’ve done the YouTube thing for songs that I was unable to find anywhere else and it’s a bit of a faff - two hours worth must have taken you ages?
One of my pastimes/ hobbies is IT so I like to get in amoungsts the programmes and see what they have to offer and what they are capable of.0 -
It's called music mate, you used to get 50 tracks free then the app costs £3, not sure now as I've had it for a few years.McBobbin said:
Oooh what's that app called? Bought a few things on Google play and can only use that player to listen to themChef_addick said:I use Google play music, £7.99 a month (think it's more now but I've had it since it started). Gives you access to the whole Google music library and you can download for off line playback.
Can also get an app that converts anything in your Google music library to MP3 allowing you to keep what you want permanently.
Well worth the money as I basically get as many albums as I want for £7.99 a month.1 -
Good point, will be better quality too. If you look around you'll find flac's as well as mp3s.kings hill addick said:
If you’re going to do that why not just rip off the whole album from BitTorrent?PopIcon said:
The quality of the audio this way is shocking. You are getting at least double compression.Bolderhumphreyreid said:
Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
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Yes I do this as well, I only mentioned youtube as aside, I normally download my music from the same sites I get my films and TV shows from.PopIcon said:
Good point, will be better quality too. If you look around you'll find flac's as well as mp3s.kings hill addick said:
If you’re going to do that why not just rip off the whole album from BitTorrent?PopIcon said:
The quality of the audio this way is shocking. You are getting at least double compression.Bolderhumphreyreid said:
Ok you’ve got to tell me how to do that as I’m going to download stuff tomorrow, pretty please.eaststandmike said:Download from YouTube and convert to an mp3 file.............zero pounds per month
Youtube worked well for the wedding playlist as I copy & pasted one I found on Google, took a few songs out, added a few in and then the software done the rest rather than sitting there doing individual songs.0 - Sponsored links:
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Come on then @eaststandmike you need to tell me how to do it.0
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I am so behind the times on things like this, only just getting used to the DAB radio in the car!.
I still like putting on a CD0 -
Type "youtube to mp3 converter" into google. Pick one of the dozens of sites. Follow the laughably easy instructions.Bolderhumphreyreid said:Come on then @eaststandmike you need to tell me how to do it.
Sound quality is usually fine.
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Hi BHR, Jints has pretty much summed it up. That is all I did so rather than me writing it out line by line for you go for it.Jints said:
Type "youtube to mp3 converter" into google. Pick one of the dozens of sites. Follow the laughably easy instructions.Bolderhumphreyreid said:Come on then @eaststandmike you need to tell me how to do it.
Sound quality is usually fine.0 -
In terms of music streaming services, Spotify all the way for me.
Probably because it's the most established, it offers things like Discover Weekly and playlist radios and a whole plethora of mood/genre playlists that have new stuff on, and it's streets ahead of the other services in that regard imo.
Throwback Thursday; Coffee Table Jazz; Peaceful Piano; Monday Motivation or whatever - there's lots of stuff that suits a mood or your tastes and it's great.0 -
As an intellectual property lawyer, reading this thread makes me feel like a vegan reading a "bushmeat ten animal roast" thread.2
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As someone who wants to pay what he can to artists who deserve it (NB I know Spotify is pretty shit for this, but I buy albums from smaller artists), me too.McBobbin said:As an intellectual property lawyer, reading this thread makes me feel like a vegan reading a "bushmeat ten animal roast" thread.
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Me too. I went to an actual independent music shop at the weekend, and bought some actual CDs. Forgot what a monster pain in the arse it will be to get the music onto my phone...0
