Downloading MP3 from Amazon music

[bpratt]

I see a lot of the sequence vendors give you a Amazon link to the songs for their sequences, but not a link to apple store stuff.

I've pretty much given up in disgust trying to download music that I've payed for on Amazon. It plays fine with the Amazon app, but I just can not find how I can then save that music as an .mp3 file for use with xlights sequences.

Can some one please tell us how I can download that paid for music as a .mp3 file ?

Looking through Amazon it talks about not being able to download the actual mp3, but I hear there is a way to do so.

 

[OzAz]

Yep, one of my biggest annoyances with US vendors #FirstWoldProblems
For reasons only known to Amazon, from what I can tell you can't download mp3s in Aus.
You could try using a USA address, but you may also need to use a non-Aus credit card

 

[BAZMick]

Yeah I thought there was too. I bought a song for the Singing Pumpkins and I'm sure I could download it a maximum of 5 times. I'll have a look next time I'm at my PC.
I thought also it was downloaded as a .aac file and then i converted it to MP3 through VLC

 

[TerryK]

I do not use anything Apple so no comment there. For Amazon and mp3s try the info in the following link. Not sure about legalities or lack thereof.

How to evade the geoblock and buy MP3s from Amazon | GadgetGuy

Australians have long been charged a music tax just for living in a land far, far away from America, and while the net has brought us all closer, it still hasn't changed the price we're charged. Overseas, though, Amazon has cut the cost of digital music, so how can you take advantage?

www.gadgetguy.com.au

 

[bpratt]

I do not use anything Apple so no comment there. For Amazon and mp3s try the info in the following link. Not sure about legalities or lack thereof.

Just tried that out, and Amazon have locked out my account for 2 hours according the email I just got from them, because
"We believe that an unauthorized party may have accessed your account."

Nice if it really was an unauthorised party.

 

[Jorge Bolivar]

What song you need?

 

[bpratt]

What song you need?

no particular one at the moment, just looking through some of the sequences that are on the various sites, and thought I should really work out how to do it legit.

Thanks for your offer of help.

 

[darylc]

I look at the song length on Amazon and then buy the same length song on itunes, I've had 100% success rate to date.

 

[bpratt]

I look at the song length on Amazon and then buy the same length song on itunes, I've had 100% success rate to date.

Excellent, I wasn't sure if the hash would be different even if the same length tune.

 

[tooms]

If you get really stuck, use a youtube to mp3 convert tool .. just paste the youtube link into the "tool" and it'll spit out the .mp3 file ..

 

[Jorge Bolivar]

I found out this https://bandcamp.com/ on my websites folder, someone suggested for YT videos.

 

[Dreamin]

I look at the song length on Amazon and then buy the same length song on itunes, I've had 100% success rate to date.

That's what I do with the Amazon UK store as I have an account there to buy stuff for my family in the UK.

Sometimes the itunes songs are a different length.

 

[TerryK]

I would think there should be a work-around keeping in mind what I previously mentioned, possible legalities. DVDs (still) have region codes, I do not know what restrictions there may be for audio/music. A web search for Geo-Blocking and Web Re-Directs provides quite a bit of information on what and how to avoid or evade these limitations. I have used VPNs in the past to get to US websites when outside the country, never tried to purchase anything through them though.

 

[Adam V]

I get frustrated with this also. I have even tried using my VPN with geo blocking with no success. So far no issues with iTunes like Darylc mentioned

 

[bpratt]

so those of you who have got the music from a different location, how do you get on with the file hash for the MP3 in the sequence ?