* TuneMobie Spotify Music Converter
* Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter
* Tunefab Spotify Music Converter
* NoteBurner Spotify Music Converter
* Sidify Spotify Music Converter

They are all the same software under different brands.
Why? Seems fishy if you ask me.

And the fact that 'Giveaway of the day' erased my comment over this.

Is it just me or does anyone else find this stinky?
I sense an even bigger disturbance in the force now.

Why not give a honest answer? No, we'll just delete your comment instead.

Suspicious User  –  6 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+27)

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First things first, this is a rebrand of TuneMobi and TuneFab, both came with a 1 year license. TuneFab has been given away here last month, TuneMobi in February. Since it's not mentioned, i would guess it's a 1 year license too.

As with the other tools, you need to have Spotify installed on your PC, it won't work without it.

How this works is you install Spotify and this program, then run Spotify Music Converter, if you run it without Spotify installed, it will do so automatically. Once you run the program, it will start Spotify along with it, activate it online and drag&drop a song, playlist, album, artist, track etc. from Spotify into the Drag&Drop area from Spotify Music Converter, then you make your selection or deselection, click Add, edit the tag or name and click Convert. That's basically it. Does what it says.

Pros
- Simple drag&drop
- Conversion of songs, playlists, albums, artists, tracks
- Individual songs (ability to drag and convert a random song you've never seen before on Spotify)
- Fast conversion
- Changes to conversion speed and audio quality possible
- Original ID3 tags and metadata is being kept

Cons
- Lower quality if free Spotify account is used, that is normal but there is no way to keep the current bitrate because it doesn't default to that, free is 96/160kbps, there is no need to convert into something higher than that, since it only makes the file bigger but doesn't sound any better
- Possible ads injected into random songs, which may require proof-listening afterwards, if you use a free Spotify account

Here is some more background info in regard to quality
http://www.tunefab.com/tutorials/spotify-bitrate.html#part2

Difference between Spotify Free and Premium
http://www.ondesoft.com/spotify-converter-for-mac/spotify-free-vs-premium-comparison.html

kui_  –  6 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+16)

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Installed and activated, I have a premium Spotify account for years but the installer decided to install Spotify again.
Dropped a playlist on the gui, clicked add & convert...
result: only the first 4/5 seconds of each song in the playlist as mp3 in the converted directory.
I have tested the Giveaway Tunefab Spotify Music Converter a few weeks ago and that one worked correctly (No ID3 taginfo though) so I was hoping this one would be better, but for now it's not working as advertised at all.

greetings, Nescio.

Nescio  –  6 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+15)

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I did another test and changed the speed in Options Advanced from 5x to 1x and got the whole mp3 file.! It seems that when the response from Spotify isn't quick enough the converter thinks it's the end of the song and continues with the next song. maybe a simple buffer parameter change would fix the problem. (the 1x time conversion speed isn't very attractive)
greetings, Nescio.

I did another test and changed the speed in Options Advanced from 5x to 1x and got the whole mp3 file.! It seems that when the response from Spotify isn't quick enough the converter thinks it's the end of the song and continues with the next song. maybe a simple buffer parameter change would fix the problem. (the 1x time conversion speed isn't very attractive) greetings, Nescio.
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Nescio  –  6 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+13)

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Slightly awkward registration process, which could have been written more slickly (replace email address with my_email!). Didn't inspire confidence. However, the program does seem to do the job. BUT you must have Spotify installed BEFORE installing this software - it will not work if you install Spotify later, as I did on my spare machine. You get the message "Please download and install Spotify at (sic) first". However, even uninstalling & reinstalling this package after installing Spotify causes problems. Shame. A bit more work needed on it, I think.

F2D2  –  6 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+13)

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