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I use a small MP3 player when I run, and I am a Spotify premium subscriber, which begs the question - is anyone ripping music from Spotify to MP3 or other format I could use on a device without the Spotify app?
Alternatively has anyone tried the "Mighty" player for Spotify?
Its very difficult to change the format to be MP3 As far as I know. I did look into it a while back
Some of the Garmin watches can play Spotify. Handier than running with another MP3 player?
eg Forerunner 245 Music or Vivoactive 4.
You can very likely stream and record what's playing through your sound card, there are any number of apps that will allow you to do that, but if you can be arsed is a different matter.
Why I eschew Spotify and their ilk, in favour of actually owning music I can do what I want with, rather than renting it.
Its not rental with spotify.
spotdl.com has worked for me in the past.
Maybe my use of language was lazy, but the way I look at it you pay about the cost of a cd per month to access their ( admittedly very large ) library of music. Is that not the case?
think of spotify as the radio.
then recall recording off the radio trying to get in just after/before the DJ
which is how i like to think of it when people bemoan the artist not being paid fairly for my listening pleasure. I get the joy of listening to maybe 10 medocre tracks to find a good one that ill look at seeking out for purchase..... much like i used to use the radio for.
yes Del - thats it. In my case I pay for the premium version which also gives me the right to download it and keep it.
Its an online jukebox that yo can also use offline if you pay for it - £10 a month
I have around a thousand songs downloaded
I highly doubt there's a way of doing this trivially, otherwise with sufficient time and storage you could download their entire catalogue and cancel your subscription.
Of course, if you can hear it you can record it, so you could rig up audio out of [device] to audio in of [another device] and copy it that way. But then I can think of many easier ways of obtaining music illegally, none of which will be discussed on here.
Sound card and driver on my PC lets me do this.
I have the Mighty player which is very good. I listen to a lot of podcasts and some music when I run the only downside of the Mighty is is does not transfer BBC podcasts (others are OK) so it must be something the BBC are doing. Limitation for me as most of my Podcasts are BBC.
What happens if you stop subscribing? Do you still have access to the files you've downloaded? If so, do you need to use their interface, or will any player work with them?
In my case I pay for the premium version which also gives me the right to download it and keep it.
only while you continue to pay.
An internet connection is initially required for downloading. You must go online at least once every 30 days and maintain a Premium subscription to keep your music and podcasts downloaded.
Do you still have access to the files you’ve downloaded
I expect you don't "download files" at all, but rather it populates a database cache.
Not sure the difference cougar but when "downloaded" you can play them without an internet connection
with encrypted binary file like objects with some DRM attached. if you don't go online for 30 days or pay your monthly fee the DRM expires and you will no longer be able to play them.
That seems more plausible actually, Google would suggest that they're Ogg Vorbis files. In which case it's theoretically possible to strip the DRM (which would be legal so long as you weren't planning on cancelling your subscription and carrying on using them I think), there's certainly plenty of apps claiming to do such a thing but none I'm immediately seeing that I'd want anywhere outside of a disposable VM. Aside from anything else, they can't legally profit from DRM-removal software AFAIK, so they're inherently dodgy if they are.
Not sure the difference cougar but when “downloaded” you can play them without an internet connection
On a Spotify-enabled device, that can check your sub status every now and again, and so long as you keep your sub going.
Much as I'd thought.
I can confirm, if you end your subscription you lose access to the downloaded files. I had a free trial of the Premium subscription and didn't renew it/pay for it - all my downloads stopped working when the trial ended and I went back to a free account.
I use a nokia 1 phone which I got for £45 and chucked in a memory card I had lying around. I can use it for all my streaming services and also gives me a call home in emergency device. I have a smarty sim in it so costs me £5/month for that. Running at least twice a week and then take it riding too it's worth it for me.