Burn a CD from spotify?

[wyn palmer]

Is it possible to record the songs from Spotify? If it is, how best to record ie CD or stick etc.
Thanks,
Bruce

I understand that Sidify music converter works, but I would not recommend that you do it due to copyright reasons.
It converts hi quality Ogg-Vorbis to .wav, stripping off the DRM in the process, but of course it can't regenerate the information that was lost during compression.
Nevertheless, many people claim to not be able to hear the difference between 320k Ogg-Vorbis and Redbook.standard CDs.
The .wav files can then be transferred to CD.

 

[IamSpartacus]

I see nothing has been posted on this tread for years... Perhaps the technology has changed a bit.. While I don't consider myself a Luddite... I feel comradery with them... Now and then (like today) I have a simple question for the experts...

90% of my music listening pleasure is via CDs... the other 10% is Alexa playing what I ask her in admittedly mediocre queslity.. This week, by sheer accident I found some music that I'd love to add to my CD collection... Alas.. after some serious research... it's not available on vinyl or CD... Only through Youtube or Spotify, I think...

The 53+ minute broadcast is called "Noches de La Habana – Cuando la Habana Suspira" and below that it says.. Havana Alma.. That may be a station? or program? No idea..

My question is... Is there a service that can burn CDs from a broadcast like this? I have no interest in buying a CD burner, and the only person I knew that had one died recently... Any advice, rather than subscribe to Spotiy or YouTube which I don't want to do... I'm not set up to run a streaming signal through my stereo nor do I use a smartphone to navigate the programming...

Any advice appreciated...

 

[linuxfan]

The 53+ minute broadcast is called "Noches de La Habana – Cuando la Habana Suspira"

Yes I see that collection of songs is available on Spotify and YouTube.
I have read that the very best way to download from Spotify is with Zspotify but I have not tried it, and cannot confirm.

But I know to download files from YouTube the very best way is with yt-dlp. I posted a basic HOWTO here -
Itunes Import Settings

The YouTube link for "Noches de La Habana – Cuando la Habana Suspira" is here -

My question is... Is there a service that can burn CDs from a broadcast like this?

Why even bother with a CD? Once you have downloaded the opus or mp4a file, play it via your computer, or better still, play it via a streamer.

 

[linuxfan]

I just downloaded this audio file now.
Although the opus version is slightly higher quality, it has a sample rate of 48kHz - and would require sample rate conversion to 44.1kHz if you later decided to burn this file to CD.
So instead I chose the mp4a version, which has a sample rate of 44.1kHz.
The download was quite fast, and the file size was just under 50MB.

 

[IamSpartacus]

Yes I see that collection of songs is available on Spotify and YouTube.
I have read that the very best way to download from Spotify is with Zspotify but I have not tried it, and cannot confirm.

But I know to download files from YouTube the very best way is with yt-dlp. I posted a basic HOWTO here -
Itunes Import Settings

The YouTube link for "Noches de La Habana – Cuando la Habana Suspira" is here -

Why even bother with a CD? Once you have downloaded the opus or mp4a file, play it via your computer, or better still, play it via a streamer.

Thanks, that sounds like good advice, but I don't want to download it or anything else..I would have no idea how to accomplish that. .I'm not a tech guy.. I want it on a CD... nor do I want to play anything on my computer.. I want to play it through my stereo in my soundroom... If I ever decide to take this alternative route, I'll use the link you furnished..You sound like you know all this stuff.. Wish I did.

 

[IamSpartacus]

I just downloaded this audio file now.
Although the opus version is slightly higher quality, it has a sample rate of 48kHz - and would require sample rate conversion to 44.1kHz if you later decided to burn this file to CD.
So instead I chose the mp4a version, which has a sample rate of 44.1kHz.
The download was quite fast, and the file size was just under 50MB.

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You may as well be talking to a 2 year old, my friend....Didn't understand much of what you just said... You think I was joking about being borderline Luddite? .. You said "The download was quite fast, and the file size was just under 50MB.".. OK.. so YOU have it downloaded.. on to what? Your hard drive? and can I assume that can be dropped onto a a USB device? Bear with me... Obviously I have a computer and obviously it has USB ports on it... AND my CD player has a USB port on the front of it although I'd never planned on using it and I'm guessing the manual explains how that works... I have no idea what a MP4 is, but it sounds like you are suggesting something that would work for me if I had a modicum of knowhow.. Can the MP4 file be put on a USB device that would plug into my CD player for playback?

 

[borchee]

Which CD player (brand and model) do you have?
Don't you have a CD drive in your computer?

 

[justin_r_23]

In his first post, @IamSpartacus says he doesn't have a CD burner and the only friend of his who had one died.

Computers don't come with CD burners anymore, though DVD burners will do the job and are still sold.

 

[aeberbach]

On a Mac - use something like Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba - but the quality will be whatever the Spotify stream is - 128k? I'd probably rather buy the music on whatever format it is offered.

 

[IamSpartacus]

Which CD player (brand and model) do you have?
Don't you have a CD drive in your computer?

Yamaha CD-S303 Single-disc CD Player
and yes .. my computer does have a CD drive...I didn't realize it until just now.. Never used it...Is this significant?

 

[borchee]

and yes .. my computer does have a CD drive...I didn't realize it until just now.. Never used it...Is this significant?

Yes, you can burn your own CDs.

I'm gonna try and find the user manual for your CD player to see what it's capable of. I'm just a lil' bit more knowledgeable than you, so hopefully others will chime in.
The manual: https://data.yamaha.com/files/downl...6/VHK4270_CD-S303_owners_manual_EnFr_U_D0.pdf

Do you have a USB stick/flash-drive/storage thingy - if so, of what capacity/memory...brand and model won't hurt either.

 

[IamSpartacus]

Yes, you can burn your own CDs.

I'm gonna try and find the user manual for your CD player to see what it's capable of. I'm just a lil' bit more knowledgeable than you, so hopefully others will chime in.
The manual: https://data.yamaha.com/files/downl...6/VHK4270_CD-S303_owners_manual_EnFr_U_D0.pdf

Do you have a USB stick/flash-drive/storage thingy - if so, of what capacity/memory...brand and model won't hurt either.

Just a little bit... .. No.. I don't have an USB storage thingies, but I know they're cheap on Amazon... as to your last question... I have no idea.. Are you thinking I could somehow download the file.. change the format then burn it to a CD... or direct to the USB? Then take that and plug it into my CD player?

 

[borchee]

Are you thinking I could somehow download the file.. change the format then burn it to a CD... or direct to the USB? Then take that and plug it into my CD player?

Yes and yes.
I think you'll be easier off going with a USB flash drive. Guys, which one(s) would you recommend? Remember: Nice and easy as in baby steps.

More questions:

1) Which operating system is on your computer; Windows/Microsoft, macOS/Apple or something else?
2) I gather the computer is not a laptop and not in the listening room, right?

 

[IamSpartacus]

Yes and yes.
I think you'll be easier off going with a USB flash drive. Guys, which one(s) would you recommend? Remember: Nice and easy as in baby steps.

More questions:

1) Which operating system is on your computer; Windows/Microsoft, macOS/Apple or something else?
2) I gather the computer is not a laptop and not in the listening room, right?

USB sounds good... I thought they were all the same except for information capacity...? They're under $25 on Amazon.

My aging rig is using Win10.. and you gather correctly.. No laptop... Nowhere near my stereo.... and once I retire at the end of the year I hope to only use my computer about 5 minutes a day.. about the same amount of time I spend on my phone..

So if I buy a USB flash drive for this one time music transfer.. and have chimp-easy instructions for depositing the aforementioned music on it.. I'll be able to plug it directly into my CD player... Sounds easy... More info, please

 

[borchee]

So if I buy a USB flash drive for this one time music transfer.. and have chimp-easy instructions for depositing the aforementioned music on it.. I'll be able to plug it directly into my CD player... Sounds easy... More info, please

Yes.

You should go with 32GB of memory, not more, beacuse your CDplayer wants it to be formatted to FAT32 (you don't need to know what this is, just right click on the drive, go with format, select FAT32 and then go with either slow or fast...if the drive isn't formatted to FAT32 out of the box). If the flash drive is over 32GB of memory, formatting to FAT32 ain't that straightforward anymore.

There are a lot of offers of 32GB flash drives in bulk and they're cheap, so wait for recommendations on the brand/manufacturer and buy a few.

To give you perspective on how much music 32GB can hold...

The music you're reffering to is nowhere else to be found (well, I didn't turn the world around searching for it) so you're stuck with approximately 128kb/s. This quality is normally avoided, but if nothing else is around, there's not much choice. The recordings are rather good in my opinion, with fine dynamics.
So...approximately:
- one minute at this bitrate/quality demands one MB of storage/memory
- 32GB is 32,000MB/minutes
- at four minutes a song, it's 8000 songs...rather an unbelievable number, isn't it?!

Of course, the number of songs drastically decreases with higher bitrate.

As @linuxfan suggested in post #24, downloading from Youtube is easy with that programm - I'm just trying it out. We'll get to it as well.

Edit: BTW, there's a whole lot more of the same/simmilar music on that channel, so you certainly won't download just the one mentioned.

 

[IamSpartacus]

Yes.

You should go with 32GB of memory, not more, because your CD player wants it to be formatted to FAT32 (you don't need to know what this is, just right click on the drive, go with format, select FAT32 and then go with either slow or fast...if the drive isn't formatted to FAT32 out of the box). If the flash drive is over 32GB of memory, formatting to FAT32 ain't that straightforward anymore.

There are a lot of offers of 32GB flash drives in bulk and they're cheap, so wait for recommendations on the brand/manufacturer and buy a few.

To give you perspective on how much music 32GB can hold...

The music you're referring to is nowhere else to be found (well, I didn't turn the world around searching for it) so you're stuck with approximately 128kb/s. This quality is normally avoided, but if nothing else is around, there's not much choice. The recordings are rather good in my opinion, with fine dynamics.
So...approximately:
- one minute at this bitrate/quality demands one MB of storage/memory
- 32GB is 32,000MB/minutes
- at four minutes a song, it's 8000 songs...rather an unbelievable number, isn't it?!

Of course, the number of songs drastically decreases with higher bitrate.

As @linuxfan suggested in post #24, downloading from Youtube is easy with that programm - I'm just trying it out. We'll get to it as well.

Edit: BTW, there's a whole lot more of the same/simmilar music on that channel, so you certainly won't download just the one mentioned.

You're 100% right that there are other similar music selections on that station that I like, but I'm gonna focus on this one for now.. Once I figure this out... the next time should (in theory) be easy peasy....

So at the very least, I'm gonna have to
1. Buy a 32gb flash drive and format it on my computer to Fat32 so my CD player can read it.. unless it's already formatted to FAT32 out of the box.. which I assume it'll tell me on the packaging?
2. download a program referenced on post #24 so I can download the music direct from Youtube on the formatted flash drive...
3. Then plug that into my CD player... and hit play.. Hopefully the CD player will give me some options on the remote control.

This particular program I want is around 53 minutes... and you think 32gb will be enough? If so I'll buy just one, see how this goes and evaluate the sound quality before buying more. Kinda sorta think I'm both getting somewhere and learning something... Thanks for helping me and especially without any hint of condescension...

 

[borchee]

1. Yes. Don't know about info on packaging though, but you just right-click on the drive and select properties to check.



2. Yes.

3. I didn't go through the manual en detaille, but basically yes.

To be honest, I'm an idiot, so I downloaded 44 of the files and they amount to only 1.9GB (~6% of 32GB)...or one day eleven hours and 5 minutes (2105 minutes).



I'll provide a link to download them, once I upload them to Google Drive, so you and anyone else interested doesn't have to do it...unless you explicitly wanna mess with the download programm.

EDIT:

This went rather swift (despite my laptop dating to 2008): Google Drive download link deleted

I didn't bother to split the files (albums one might call them) into individual tracks, but it seems there are ten-twelve, or so, per album.

BTW, I can't help but to think the music of this channel is AI-generated.

EDIT #2: Google Drive download link deleted.

 

[IamSpartacus]

1. Yes. Don't know about info on packaging though, but you just right-click on the drive and select properties to check.

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2. Yes.

3. I didn't go through the manual en detaille, but basically yes.

To be honest, I'm an idiot, so I downloaded 44 of the files and they amount to only 1.9GB (~6% of 32GB)...or one day eleven hours and 5 minutes (2105 minutes).

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I'll provide a link to download them, once I upload them to Google Drive, so you and anyone else interested doesn't have to do it...unless you explicitly wanna mess with the download programm.

EDIT:

This went rather swift (despite my laptop dating to 2008): @HavanaAlma - Google Drive

I didn't bother to split the files (albums one might call them) into individual tracks, but it seems there are ten-twelve, or so, per album.

BTW, I can't help but to think the music of this channel is AI-generated.

wow... VERY helpful.... Will order the Flash drive tonight... I'll assume the link you provided will be self explanatory once I get there as to downloading. Will check in once I've got it done with an update... "Woohoo.. I think I got this!" (famous last words..)

 

[borchee]

I'll assume the link you provided will be self explanatory once I get there as to downloading.

Well, sort of. You should see the following when you hower with the cursor above the file (prenesi means download it in english, so just click the arrow-symbol...one by one):



You don't need to wait till one file is downloaded to start with the next one, just click the arrow and confirm saving the file when promted.

There's also a faster way by downloading all of the files at once (or the @HavanaAlma folder containing them). Do you know what a zip file is and how to extract it?

 

[IamSpartacus]

Well, sort of. You should see the following when you hower with the cursor above the file (prenesi means download it in english, so just click the arrow-symbol...one by one):

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You don't need to wait till one file is downloaded to start with the next one, just click the arrow and confirm saving the file when prompted.

There's also a faster way by downloading all of the files at once (or the @HavanaAlma folder containing them). Do you know what a zip file is and how to extract it?

Sounds easy enough.. I'll assume when I click on it, I'll get a popup asking where I want to download it. Will I have a prompt saying the download is complete on each selection?.. Yes.. I know what a zip file is, but oddly enough... my Win10 doesn't recognize or have the ability to open them... First Windows OS I've seen without that...

I have to admit.. I'm excited about this.. Hope I can muddle my way through the process..