About 10–15 years ago, people, wanting to listen to new musical releases, bought music cassettes and CDs at kiosks or at the market. We stood in line for the album that had just appeared. Even illegal copies of musical works still had to be found, and not so little had to be paid. Now the world has changed. It’s not difficult to get a popular track or album on your phone or computer in a matter of seconds. Let's figure out how to download music from the Internet to a flash drive.
The need to download to removable media arises when we want to listen to it on a device that does not have Internet access. For example, in a car or on a stereo system. You also need a flash drive when you need to transfer music from one computer to another.
How to find music on the Internet
The main format for music files on the Internet is MP3. This is a compressed audio format when those frequencies that are not perceived by human hearing are excluded from the audio stream. Thanks to this, the file size is significantly reduced, and the loss of quality when listening on non-professional devices is invisible. Of course, you won’t get any pleasure from the sound on expensive equipment. But we are interested in music for everyday use, and the priority is the ability to record as many tracks as possible on one device.
The quality within the MP3 format also varies. A characteristic indicator is the bitrate, which shows the degree of compression of the audio stream, measured in bits per second. You can find files with 128, 256 and 320 Kbps. The first has a compression ratio of 12:1, i.e. One disc will fit music for 12 AudioCDs. This is a very low quality, Internet broadcasts usually take place in it.
It is better to download files with parameters of 256 and 320 Kbps. If music is intended to be listened to in a car, an average player, or ordinary computer speakers, then 256 Kbps is quite suitable. If your speakers or headphones are high-quality, try to find music with a rating of 320 Kbps.
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In this article, we will essentially talk about several ways to download videos and music from sites that do not provide such an opportunity.
Actually, the first section is not required reading at all. It contains discussions about the benefits of social networks and a couple of pebbles in the garden of musical “sharillas”. Those who don’t ask the question “Why bother at all?” can immediately move on to the second part. And first there will be a Speech for everyone.
Part one. Demagogy
It's not so much about downloading from sites, but from various social networks. Social networks, which are quite developed and continue to develop at the present time, in addition to their direct purpose, are a very effective tool for many operations. Be it the expansion of personal social connections and contacts, PR and advertising, information support for events, searching for like-minded people, promoting “to the people” any ideas and models, and much more. One person I know uses the Livejournal friend feed as a quickly updated media outlet, noting that the effectiveness of this tool far exceeds the effect of the same mailing lists or RSS. But really, why go through dozens of websites every day in search of news? In terms of saving time, it is much better to entrust the work of collecting interesting information to the same bloggers. Having several blogs on your friends’ feed, the owners of which fill them with information useful to you, you reduce many hours of wandering around news sites to viewing your feed. In short, let the social network do, if not all, then part of the work for you.
Why not do the same with music? Many social networks (such as VKontakte, Mira on Mail.ru or Liveinternet) provide their users with the opportunity to upload music and video files. Some of them do not even impose restrictions on the volumes of pumped water. Is this good or bad? For us, the seekers, it is undoubtedly good, because the user, not limited by disk quotas, will download more music, good and different. And if the service has at least the most primitive search for music and video (and it is almost always present), then you can use the network as a kind of music search engine.
Of course, the question naturally arises: “Why are free music archives bad for you?” Like the same Zaitsev or Tryndelka. I will answer. To each, of course, his own. Working with such archives is not so convenient due to the awkward organization of their menu and search - before you get to the desired file, you click on dozens of links. Or you may even get redirected to other resources. What can you do, the owners of these sites will think less about the convenience of visitors, and more about increasing their own counters. And it’s still far from a fact that the melody you need will be found. For example, I found a good selection of songs by Felix Yasnevsky only in his own World on Mail.ru.
How often, while looking through someone's music collection on Liveinternet (or somewhere else), have you thought - how about... downloading this song? Often? Well then…
Part two. Do it yourself
Let's move from theory to practice. There are several universal ways to get the music or video file we need from a page that does not have a “Download” button.
Saving files from cache
The "Cache" folder of our browser. Temporary Internet files are stored in this folder: pages, images, listened to recordings, etc. Why are these cached files needed at all? The answer is clear: to speed up work. What’s faster: when replaying it, turn to a copy of the file saved on your computer or download these 5-6 (or even more) Megabytes of information in a new way? The first, of course.
You can use this folder by “pulling out” the required file and saving it in the desired location. The disadvantages are obvious: not everyone knows how to get to this cache. Moreover, before downloading music or video in this way, you must first view and play it. On the other hand, a direct download will take the same time and the same traffic as watching, so there is not much difference - what to watch first, and then pull it out, what to download right away. Everyone decides for themselves what is more convenient for them.
However, keep in mind that this solution may not be suitable for all networks. In addition, Contact now requires a different approach. In such cases, services for obtaining direct links work. There are several of them.
VideoSaver
The VideoSaver service is easy to use, and the recently introduced Agent makes working with this service even more convenient and faster. VideoSaver Agent is not even a program that needs to be downloaded and installed. This is a java script.
The list of sites that VideoSaver works with is quite extensive:
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Easy to use, as always. Enter the address of the page with the video in the line at the beginning of the page and receive a direct link to the file. However, there is one more thing.
This service has additional domains - 0rutube.ru, 0mail.ru, 0rambler.ru, 000youtube.com, helloyoutube.com. With their help, you can download videos even faster. These domains are very easy to use. Let's say we want to download the file https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI. It is enough to add the word “hello” or “000” to the youtube.com domain (https://www.helloyoutube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI) and we will get a link to the file for downloading.
Other domains work in the same way: rutube.ru ⇒ 0rutube.ru video.mail.ru ⇒ 0mail.ru or video.0mail.ru vision.rambler.ru ⇒ 0rambler.ru or vision.0rambler.ru youtube.com ⇒ 000youtube .com or helloyoutube.com
“Didn’t find the service you need in our system? - ask the creators of 0Download. “Ask us to add it!”
Audio VKontakte.ru
From the name of the Audio VKontakte service, it is clear that it specializes exclusively in extracting direct links to music posted on profiles of the VKontakte social network. In fact, this is a regular search engine for the Contact music database with the ability to subsequently download found files.
Downloading music from the Internet
The algorithm is simple:
- Enter the query in the search bar. Either just an MP3, or a specific track. Decide whether you will do this for free or from a paid resource. On free sites the quality may be lower, but paid compositions sometimes leave much to be desired.
- Select and go to the site you like.
- If this is a paid resource, register and enter your card details. On some sites, you can enter data directly during downloading.
- Find the song you want.
- There should be a “listen” and “download” icon next to it. Listening is an opportunity to get acquainted with a composition without saving it to your computer. When you click “Download,” the song will be saved to your computer’s “Downloads” folder by default. You can change your browser settings and choose where to save downloaded files.
- You can right-click on the “Download” icon and select “Save As”, then specify the destination. If your goal is to record music on a flash drive, then choose it, so there will be no need to copy it from the hard drive later. If when you right-click there is no such item, but only “Save page as,” you do not need to click this. Save as indicated in the previous paragraph.
conclusions
Modern online sites, plugins and programs allow you to search, listen and download songs and even videos from many sites. But unfortunately, both plugins and programs depend on a specific source site from which the music is downloaded. This is reflected in the completeness of the results you see for your query.
We came to the conclusion that it is best for yourself to choose the download method (program, website or plugin) that best suits you visually, that is easy to use and, most importantly, that it searches for the maximum number of songs and solves the problems that you you put it in front of them.
How to record music to a flash drive
If the music is saved to the hard drive, then you need to carry out the procedure of copying the data to removable media.
- Insert the flash drive into the port, wait for autostart, open the desired folder on it.
- Go to Explorer, open the folder where the music is saved.
- If the download was performed automatically by the browser and you cannot find where, open the browser and find the “Downloads” button. It is sometimes indicated by a downward arrow. After the window opens, find the “Show in folder” button there.
- In the folder that opens, select the files we need and click “Copy”.
- Go to the flash drive window and click “Insert”. If the data is copied to the root of the memory card, then you can simply right-click on the desired tracks and select “Send to removable disk”.
- Wait until copying is complete and remove the device safely.
Connecting a flash drive
To do this, you need to go to File Explorer on your computer. Depending on the version of Windows, you will have to launch the My Computer, Computer utility, or click on the yellow folder on the taskbar. It displays all connected drives, both built-in and external. Usually you can see three main partitions: C, D, and the optical drive. The letter that is assigned to the laser drive is automatically determined by the system depending on the settings, as well as what other drives are determined by the system. Some people partition their memory into more sections. When you connect your flash drive, it will appear here. In addition, it will automatically be assigned its own letter.
Almost always, the first time you turn on an external drive, the system will display an autorun window in which it will ask what you want to do with this media. You may be offered options to play media files, copy photos, or launch Explorer to view all content. Choose the last option. If this window does not appear, the disk will still be automatically displayed in Windows Explorer.
Find your flash drive in device explorer
If you have autorun activated, then each subsequent time you connect the flash drive to the computer, an explorer window will automatically launch, in which you can see all the stored files. If they are not there, an empty folder will be displayed. In addition, you can see the name of your drive in the lists of all drives. Usually by default it matches the manufacturer's name.
Upload from social networks
Another source of music on the Internet is social networks. Let's look at how you can download music to a flash drive from VK and Odnoklassniki. To do this, you will need a special program for saving tracks to your computer. There is a universal method suitable for any social network and YouTube, this is an add-on to the SaveFrom.net browser. We do the following:
- We go to the developer’s website https://ru.savefrom.net.
- Click the “Install” button
- Now a “Download” button will appear next to each song on social networks.
Social network VKontakte
There are several most popular solutions for downloading music from Contact to a flash drive:
- VkSaver plugin. You can download it from the website https://audiovkontakte.ru. After installation, download links will appear next to the tracks on VKontakte.
- VkMusic program, official website https://vkmusic.ru, after downloading you need to log in using your credentials. Provides a quick and convenient search for songs through the program interface.
- The LoviVK plugin is similar to the first one, it is built into the browser and does not require an additional launch.
Download music from OK.ru
Among the specialized solutions that allow you to download music from Odnoklassniki to a flash drive, we can highlight the following:
- MusicOK is an extension for the Google Chrome browser, after installing which you just need to refresh the page, and download buttons will appear opposite the music tracks. The download will be made directly to your computer without opening additional windows.
- OkTools is also a Google Chrome extension that allows you to download not only music, but also videos and photos, not only individually, but also in groups.
These are the basic principles of how you can quickly download songs from any resource on the Internet onto a flash drive. It’s more convenient to download files directly, but if we want them to be stored on the computer too, we download them to the hard drive and then copy them. Where to download from depends on personal preferences, be it music from a universal resource or from Odnoklassniki, Internet developers offer a lot of solutions. If you have a comment or an interesting solution about downloading music content from different resources, feel free to share your opinion with our readers.
How to download music directly to your computer from the Internet for free
On the modern Internet there are several types of sources from where you can download MP3 music to your computer or laptop for free and quickly. Each of them has its own downloading features. A general recommendation before downloading is to make sure the source is reliable so as not to pump viruses onto your computer.
The most popular sources are:
- specialized music sites on the Internet. The most famous one, which probably everyone has heard of, is zaycev.net. The service has a good, regularly updated library. You can record new songs and download old compositions from here without registration. To download, you need to go to the website, type the name of the composition, collection or author’s name in the search bar. A whole list will appear - don’t rush to click on download of the first option you come across. Listen to several ringtones online, choose the best ones. Make sure you download the file in mp3 format. After that, click “download”. As soon as the site takes you to a new page, click “download” and select the folder on your PC where the file will be saved;
- social media. There is an excellent music library on the Internet on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte. The problem is that there is no direct download function on these social networks. To download Mouzon to your computer, you will have to use browser extensions, programs, or perform special tricks. The corresponding plugins and applications are available on the Internet. If you install them correctly, you can find and download any tracks;
- torrents. File sharing apps are usually free. After installing the program on your PC, open it, set up a search and select the song you want to save. In most cases, you can listen to any song first, and only then download it. It is recommended to save MP3 files.
How to download a song from VK in browser extensions
Download-Music-VKontakte
Unfortunately, the DMV service no longer works because the extension was removed from the Google Store, and it was only there.
Now the site download-music-vkontakte.org has an extension with more advanced functionality, where there are various filters and options.
- We go to the official website using the link above and see the “Install for free” button in the main window.
- Your browser’s extension store should open, where we click the “Add” or “Install” button.
- Now that DMV is installed, the add-on icon will appear in the panel to the right of the address bar. Click on it.
- A website will open where your VK audios will be displayed on the left.
- To the right of the audio file there will be an arrow icon, clicking on which will help you download music from VK.
In addition to your music, recommended, popular and listened songs are available in the service. Her comments are there.
If the service does not see your audio files, then allow access to them through a special link. Click on the square with the exclamation point.
SaveFrom.net
There is a plugin called SaveFrom.net that is very popular. It is installed in the browser as an extension and after you go to your audio recordings, you will see a download icon, it looks like an arrow. If you point at it, you will see how much the file weighs and bitrate.
This is how you can download music in the new VK using SaveFrom. The extension is available for all popular browsers. Just go to the site and it will detect your browser.
Conclusions on the above methods of downloading music from VK
What app or service do you use?
A lot of time has passed and users have calmed down a little with VKontakte restrictions. It’s just that working methods that allow you to download music from VK still remain and they won’t disappear anywhere. There will always be a person who will create a new way, since no matter what restrictions there are, they can always be circumvented.
If you are interested in downloading videos from VK, then follow the link.
This is such a huge article. So far, the above methods are the most effective and have been tested by me. Of course, it’s not a fact that they will work tomorrow, so you have to frequently monitor updates. Write in the comments about new programs, services and applications that work and which don’t, and I will include them in the article.
