Ripley music from YouTube. Visit http://www.youtube-mp3.org/ to find a simple interface for pulling audio files from YouTube videos and saving them as MP3s.
This is a simple way to get songs you want quickly, though it has some drawbacks: the quality of your MP3 files will be fairly low, and the quality of the sound can't be improved if it was already poor on the YouTube video itself.
Additionally, any empty space or non-musical parts of a video will also be ripped. However, the process is very easy: just paste the URL of the video you want into the text box and click “Convert Video.”This site and others like it exist in a legal limbo of sorts.
The service itself may or may not be entirely legal, but your chances of getting in trouble from using it are slim to none.2Download music directly. If you join an online community of music enthusiasts at a site without many restrictions on content, you may find the occasional discussion topic centered around sharing albums for free.
These albums usually come with the personal recommendation of one or more other users, so they're a great way to explore new genres or artists without having to sift through a lot of chaff. The most common way they're shared is by direct download.
Typically, one user will post a compressed file containing an entire album to a file hosting site such as Mega, Mediafire, or Zippyshare. He or she will then post a link to the download, along with a description of the music, and a YouTube sample, if there's one available. All you need to do to download the music is visit the address that user provided and click “download.”
Be wary of viruses and (more commonly) mislabeled albums. If you ask for a high-profile new release and someone posts it immediately, it may very well be that you'll download the album only to find it's full of irritating novelty songs. Always keep your antivirus program on when directly downloading files, and be prepared to roll with the occasional practical joke.
Direct downloads are also the most common way to get music from music blogs. Be aware that over time, download links on music blogs tend to “die” as they're policed by file hosting sites and removed.3Torrent music. One of the most popular ways to get music is through torrenting. To torrent music, you need a program that can read torrent files, and the proper torrent file for the music you want to download. Torrent files themselves only contain directions on which files to download, so they're not illegal per se; you can find many torrents simply by performing a web search. There are also special torrenting communities like What.
CD that offer vast private collections of music that's sometimes unavailable anywhere else, but entry into these communities is strictly controlled. Most people will have to make do with general torrent libraries.Once you download the torrent file, it should open automatically in your torrent program. If there are enough seeders (people sharing the album), your copy should download quickly. Check to be sure you know where your torrents download so that you don't lose track of any of them.Outside of private torrenting communities, torrenting music is better for acquiring older and more mainstream releases than for newer and underground releases.
Once your torrent finishes downloading, it's considered polite to become a seeder yourself by leaving the program running. You don't have to if you don't want to, but it does help other users get the music more quickly and easily.
This is a simple way to get songs you want quickly, though it has some drawbacks: the quality of your MP3 files will be fairly low, and the quality of the sound can't be improved if it was already poor on the YouTube video itself.
Additionally, any empty space or non-musical parts of a video will also be ripped. However, the process is very easy: just paste the URL of the video you want into the text box and click “Convert Video.”This site and others like it exist in a legal limbo of sorts.
The service itself may or may not be entirely legal, but your chances of getting in trouble from using it are slim to none.2Download music directly. If you join an online community of music enthusiasts at a site without many restrictions on content, you may find the occasional discussion topic centered around sharing albums for free.
These albums usually come with the personal recommendation of one or more other users, so they're a great way to explore new genres or artists without having to sift through a lot of chaff. The most common way they're shared is by direct download.
Typically, one user will post a compressed file containing an entire album to a file hosting site such as Mega, Mediafire, or Zippyshare. He or she will then post a link to the download, along with a description of the music, and a YouTube sample, if there's one available. All you need to do to download the music is visit the address that user provided and click “download.”
Be wary of viruses and (more commonly) mislabeled albums. If you ask for a high-profile new release and someone posts it immediately, it may very well be that you'll download the album only to find it's full of irritating novelty songs. Always keep your antivirus program on when directly downloading files, and be prepared to roll with the occasional practical joke.
Direct downloads are also the most common way to get music from music blogs. Be aware that over time, download links on music blogs tend to “die” as they're policed by file hosting sites and removed.3Torrent music. One of the most popular ways to get music is through torrenting. To torrent music, you need a program that can read torrent files, and the proper torrent file for the music you want to download. Torrent files themselves only contain directions on which files to download, so they're not illegal per se; you can find many torrents simply by performing a web search. There are also special torrenting communities like What.
CD that offer vast private collections of music that's sometimes unavailable anywhere else, but entry into these communities is strictly controlled. Most people will have to make do with general torrent libraries.Once you download the torrent file, it should open automatically in your torrent program. If there are enough seeders (people sharing the album), your copy should download quickly. Check to be sure you know where your torrents download so that you don't lose track of any of them.Outside of private torrenting communities, torrenting music is better for acquiring older and more mainstream releases than for newer and underground releases.
Once your torrent finishes downloading, it's considered polite to become a seeder yourself by leaving the program running. You don't have to if you don't want to, but it does help other users get the music more quickly and easily.
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