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Bubbs
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PostPosted: 11:09 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Music Download Reply with quote
Hi folks,

Can anyone suggest me a good place/application to download individual tunes? I used to use Limewire many moons ago but don't know if it's worth d/l it again as things surely have mooved on since then.

I have been d/l from https://vmp3.eu which is alright because you can download right from the website. However it's not very broad with the songs that are on there.

So any suggestions would be welcomed. Had enough of using pirate pay and having to browse through a plethora of albums to get one frigging song.

Thanks.
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PostPosted: 11:56 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Soulseek ive used for years Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Re: Music Download Reply with quote
Bubbs wrote:
Hi folks,

Can anyone suggest me a good place/application to download individual tunes? I used to use Limewire many moons ago but don't know if it's worth d/l it again as things surely have mooved on since then.

I have been d/l from https://vmp3.eu which is alright because you can download right from the website. However it's not very broad with the songs that are on there.

So any suggestions would be welcomed. Had enough of using pirate pay and having to browse through a plethora of albums to get one frigging song.

Thanks.


Five USA cents per track here, no faffing around and good quality. You have to put $30 straight in but worth every cent imo. Very rarely have they not had a track I've wanted, even obscure ones.

https://www.mp3fiesta.com/
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PostPosted: 15:33 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Youtube.com + Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.

Has nearly every song i've looked for, & some are extremely rare that they can only be found in a dusty vinyl shop in London, but someone's still uploaded it. So pretty much everything. Quality is really good, downloads don't depend on internet speed.

Will only use the above now, unless i need an album then i'll use torrents.
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PostPosted: 15:46 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
Youtube.com + Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.

Has nearly every song i've looked for, & some are extremely rare that they can only be found in a dusty vinyl shop in London, but someone's still uploaded it. So pretty much everything. Quality is really good, downloads don't depend on internet speed.

Will only use the above now, unless i need an album then i'll use torrents.


Intrigued, is the quality good? Going to try that now, thanks.
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PostPosted: 15:54 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've got a mixture of tracks ripped from a CD & tracks from Youtube & can't tell the difference. You can adjust the quality it downloads the songs in too.
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PostPosted: 15:56 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
I've got a mixture of tracks ripped from a CD & tracks from Youtube & can't tell the difference. You can adjust the quality it downloads the songs in too.


Just tried it in work and it didn't work. Must be the security we have here. I'll give it a bash back home. How quickly does this work?
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PostPosted: 15:56 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bubbs wrote:
Intrigued, is the quality good? Going to try that now, thanks.



around 64kb/s is normal for the audio quality from youtube.. If you're listening to it on a high end stereo you may notice difference from a track off youtube to a track you've ripped in lossless or 320kb/s off a cd/etc


It can be pretty good for the rarer tracks though and easier/quicker to use than downloading albums just for 1 track..
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PostPosted: 15:57 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
Youtube.com + Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.

Will only use the above now, unless i need an album then i'll use torrents.


Same here. Also comes in handy when the torrent sites let you down.
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PostPosted: 15:57 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bubbs wrote:
Misc wrote:
I've got a mixture of tracks ripped from a CD & tracks from Youtube & can't tell the difference. You can adjust the quality it downloads the songs in too.


Just tried it in work and it didn't work. Must be the security we have here. I'll give it a bash back home. How quickly does this work?


What did you do? You copy/paste the Youtube link into the software box & it'll start to convert it, usually takes around 2 minutes or so. make sure the Youtube video/audio is a good copy tho.

Flip wrote:
Misc wrote:
Youtube.com + Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.

Will only use the above now, unless i need an album then i'll use torrents.


Same here. Also comes in handy when the torrent sites let you down.


Yup, also easier to browse then the usual downloads sites & you can 'preview' every song before you get it which is cool.

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It can be pretty good for the rarer tracks though and easier/quicker to use than downloading albums just for 1 track..


I started using for the rarer tracks but then i just decided to all my downloading there. Very Happy
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PostPosted: 16:04 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah i did what your meant to do. But a bunch of messages popped up saying the conversion server is inaccessible.

I'll try it when I get home.
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PostPosted: 16:07 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Pirate Bay really sucks, those are the words of the co-founder of the site. Laughing

https://www.btjunkie.org/ is alright, it's easy enough to find any music tbh.

https://www.dnbtracker.org is good if you're after dnb type music.

Whatever you choose to do, please don't pay for pirated music. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
The Pirate Bay really sucks, those are the words of the co-founder of the site. Laughing

https://www.btjunkie.org/ is alright, it's easy enough to find any music tbh.

https://www.dnbtracker.org is good if you're after dnb type music.

Whatever you choose to do, please don't pay for pirated music. Thumbs Up


Why not? 5c for top-quality tracks and a superb service. Compared to Apple's 79p per track (DRM'ed to uselessness) vs the ass-buggery of torrents and the like, it's a no-lose situation.
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just see it as being incredibly unnecessary to pay for something that is pirated. You're paying 5c for the very same mp3 files that can be downloaded for free quite easily elsewhere. The fact you're paying for it doesn't make what you're doing any more legal.

The piracy sites offering music cheaply haven't done all their own encoding, they're just selling the mp3 files that are available on all p2p networks and other usual sources of pirated material.

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PostPosted: 17:12 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Misc wrote:
Youtube.com + Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.


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PostPosted: 20:47 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
video2mp3.net for the Youtube conversions, but the quality still isnt amazing compared to a full on mp3.

I use 4shared.com
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PostPosted: 21:23 - 20 Aug 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ste wrote:
I just see it as being incredibly unnecessary to pay for something that is pirated. You're paying 5c for the very same mp3 files that can be downloaded for free quite easily elsewhere. The fact you're paying for it doesn't make what you're doing any more legal.

The piracy sites offering music cheaply haven't done all their own encoding, they're just selling the mp3 files that are available on all p2p networks and other usual sources of pirated material.

Mr. Green


It's not about neccessity, it's about convenience. You may find torrents easy to use, I've never found them anything other than a total ballache 95% of the time. Which is why I stopped using them a long time ago. Fake files, incomplete files, corrupted files, passworded files, glacial download speeds, the ratio of shite to quality was 95% to 5%.

I'm happy to pay 3.5p for a quality track I can put in the search-box and be playing three minutes later.
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