Burn To CD

[malarkey101]

In spotify It says Itunes on the left side. I have created a new play list in Itunes and called it burn. So I can burn my CD's in Itunes. Now burn shows up in spotify but when I go to add a song from spotify to the new playlist called burn. It doesn't show up in burn in my Itunes. Why is this.

How do I get it onto my CD collection in itunes so I can play it in my car?

[Peter__]

You are right in the sense that data is just data. In that sense, Spotify could let you burn Spotify "data" to an optical disk, but it would be completely useless to you, as it is encrypted. The issue is that decoding that data requires the Spotify application, so you need a supported Spotify application to decrypt that information. 

The reasons why Spotify uses such as "closed " system when it comes to tracks is explained above. 

Peter

[Marco]

Lack of imagination hmm?

So basically you want Spotify to invent a whole new burning CD technology/format (which is necessary to pay artists by played songs)? Especially in times where less and less people actually use CDs. Oh and of course because Spotify is a high technology business that is specialised on stuff like that...not.

If Spotify lacks imagination, you sure got too much of it. 😛

[Sam]

SBC - I feel you've missed the point a little. Yes, of course the technology is there to put songs from the Spotify catalogue onto CDs. However, If we were to make that possible, then you'd be able to burn all the music you'd like for the price of one months subscription, as I mentioned before. No artist or label would be happy with that.

Syncing your music onto a smartphone, with the Spotify app, allows Spotify to see how much a song is played. Allowing the artist to get compensated correctly. If you ran off with a CD with all the tracks on, Spotify wouldn't be able to register how many plays the tracks have had. It doesn't work.

The tracks are deliberately encrypted and you're unable burn them onto a CD for a reason. Just like you can't download the Spotify catalogue onto an iPod classic/nano/shuffle.

[andcarro]

This is the most ridiculous explanation I've ever heard.

For $10/month, Spoitfy gives you access to software that links you to music (legally) without ads. This payment grants you the right to listen to their library of music at your will, as well as some additional perks including a limited use while offline. This right is removed if you don't take your app online with a validated payment every 30 days.

Suggesting that burning these songs to a CD is your "right" because you pay for this service is ludicrous. A one time payment of $10 does not give you free reign for 30 days to download and burn all of the music in the world and keep it forever. Suggesting otherwise shows you have no real ability to think and reason.

[frankles]

This isn't part of the service, so it isn't the responsibility of spotify to "fix" it.

When you sign up for premium, you can take your music and spotify's library with you wherever you go that has wifi or cell service. With the premium service you no longer have to be the person with large, unwieldy books of CDs. And let's face it, nobody wants to be that person.

You are not paying for the permanent rights to a copy of the music. Think of it as renting the music as opposed to owning it. Spotify is not selling you the music, so there's no reason, nor obligation to have a 'Burn' button.

As for your car or elsewhere, that's up to you. Get an FM transmitter, a tape deck adapter or utilize Bluetooth when it's available.

I don't mean to come off like an ass, but I think it's important to understand who is responsible for what

[joshfatal]

I have a somewhat unrelated question. Why is a moderator on these forums apologizing to this piece of garbage for asking him to stop being rude and verbally abusive? 

Back on topic: Burning a CD isn't the same as syncing to your phone, because any syncing done from Spotify is done within a closed system. If you sync songs from Spotify to your phone, and then cancel your subscription, you don't get access to those songs any longer.

[Rollo_]

Someone seems to have an undeserved sense of entitlement.  There is a term for for what he is suggesting.  Its called piracy.

[tommymeyer]

Do you know if it ever will be possible to buy downloads from Spotify again?

(Preferably without the time-limitation on unspent downloads that used to be)

[Peter__]

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@tommymeyer wrote:

Do you know if it ever will be possible to buy downloads from Spotify again?

(Preferably without the time-limitation on unspent downloads that used to be)

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Unfortunately no word from Spotify, last update was over on the Ideas Request Topic. 

Doesn't look to be on the current announced roadmap (which is a secretive thing at best) at least. 

[Rollo_]

TBH, I think Spotify should conentrate on their core business.  There are already a multitude of sites that provide music content for purchase.  Why become just another broker?  This is probably why they chose to drop it in the first place.  Competition.

[dpete1]

I agree with you, but they are trying to phase out CDs. And get up with the rest of the world and make everything electronic.

[ralof]

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@SBC wrote:
You can take your smug "actually" and GFY. YOU are incorrect, Period. I synced all my songs to my iPod classic. What now petey?!!!

You missed my point entirely. If I am paying a premium for a service I expect premium service. CD's are an antiquated platform anyways! Let the people have their CD's! Figure out a song coding solution or something! Make it difficult and that will inherently solve the problem. Limit the CD burning to 10 songs a month THEN CHARGE $10 / month for the PREMIUM cd burning account. Whatever you do stop adding "actually" at the end of your weak sophomoric arguments.

Thanks for playin pete. I'm now having an even worse Spotify experience.

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Look at it like this - Spotify allows you to listen to music that you do not own. If you want to own the music that you listen to you have to buy it. The premium account gives you some advantages compared to the free account but if you do not want the extra features I guess you should stop paying. Next time you pay for a service maybe you should check what that service is instead of going mental about it not being what you want.

[gwh]

I have premium Spotify and I want to be able to burn CD's of the songs I download as playlists. I will pay to purchase these songs so I can do that but do not know how to do that. Please explain the process so I can burn CD's and take them to work or play in the car.

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[frankles]

What you are looking for is a feature that is not available in Spotify, nor will it be, nor should it be. 

I believe you're in search of an easy one- or two-step process to burn a music CD from a playlist in Spotify. No such process exists, so you will  have to purchase your music elsewhere, such as iTunes, Google Play store, Amazon, Beatport...anywhere the music is available. 

Then you will have to assemble your playlist using your purchased music in another program, like iTunes or Media Monkey or Windows Media Player. All three of those programs have a feature to burn a CD from a playlist. I know, because I've used all of them. I learned that by just using the programs. When I didn't know how to do something, I searched for the answer online and always found it. I did not post in an unrelated forum asking for somebody to do the work for me. 

I'll get you started: Click here.

[Peter__]

You did used to be able to buy content directly in Spotify but that option was removed a few years ago.

Unfortunately if you want downloads to use/burn outside of Spotify you need to find an alternative source.

[ivang]

WHY NOT GET A LEAD FROM COMPUTER HEADHONE SOCKET AND PLUG IT INTO A CD RECORDER, THEN YOU CAN RECORD ANYTHING YOU LIKE. 

[ErickGamble]

exactly.. i work construction and o have a signal every where i work.. so im paying to just skip songs i done wanna hear at the time and no commericals? thas what im paying for?

[illyria]

yes, piracy! thank you!

[ecarley]

if you have spotify premium you can just turn on offline mode and listen to it anywhere, even the middle of the woods (i've done that myself before)

[chris_animeguy]

No, you can't. 
I tried this. I actually tried this, like I was in the middle of the friekin’ woods and I lost internet connection on my phone.

So I switched on Offline Mode. Problem is, it needs an internet connection to download the songs to your phone, so it kinda defeats the purpose a little bit. You need to anticipate not having an internet connection in advance for it to be of any use.

The CD Burning issue is a valid point.

My smart phone only has a 16GB storage limit. After the OS, apps, photo and video data, there is extremely little space left for downloaded songs. No matter what way you cut it, there is an over and above cost of using Spotify, by either paying more for a mobile device with a larger data capacity, or staying in range of an internet connection and paying for the extra bandwidth usage.

Over my 30 years on this planet I have amassed a respectable CD collection. I can listen to any of those CD's an unlimited amount of times. Even if i snapped them all in half, the fact that I purchased and own them means I am perfectly within my rights to listen to a digital copy.

If instead of buying CD's, I spent money on Spotify for 30 years, and then fell on hard times and couldn’t afford the luxury, that’s it, poof, all my music gone in the blink of an eye.

I appreciate the innovative model of the system, but there is a BIG problem with it, in that years down the road, you NEVER EVER own what you pay for. The moment you quit the subscription, you lose everything.

I was excited about this service until I found out about the inability to burn CD's to play in my car.

There is no other way I can use the service, so it's useless to me, not to mention a little morally ambiguous from a consumer standpoint.