Cant seem to d/l music and/or playlists from spotify to my laptop

riffwraith · Feb 10, 2024

Hi all

I am logged in to Spotify, and have created a playlist. I am trying to d/l the playlist (technically the music that is in the playlist) to my W11 laptop. I see other sites that give instructions, like tap the gray down arrow, or tap the three ellipsis buttons, etc., but I dont see any of these things.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Berton · Feb 10, 2024

Probably can't help but I create Playlists in Windows Media Player based upon the song files I have in the Player, literally just a list of those. Those songs are already on my computer, may have been downloads but mostly Ripped from CD.

Porthos · Feb 10, 2024

Listen offline - Spotify

support.spotify.com

riffwraith · Feb 10, 2024

Porthos said:
Listen offline - Spotify

support.spotify.com

Thank you.

So, according to that ^ link, without premium, I can't d/l songs - only podcasts. Which toally works, b/c podcasts is what I am looking to d/l.

The instructions say:

When you’re online, go to the playlist you want to download.
Note: You can’t download individual songs, but you can put them in a playlist and download the playlist.
Click on the download button (pic)

Here is what I am seeing:

or

Where is the d/l button?

riffwraith · Feb 12, 2024

Anyone? :)

antspants · Feb 12, 2024

From what I understand, you can only download playlists from spotify onto the device that has the app. They stay in the app and are not transferable to other devices. Meaning you can’t put them on a USB and move them to your laptop.
Spotify is in the business of renting you music for as long as you’re subscribed, not selling it.
Why you’re having trouble, I don’t know. I’m waiting for a friend who uses it to call me back.

antspants · Feb 12, 2024

How to Download Spotify Podcasts to Listen Offline [2024 Guide]

Do you want to download podcasts from Spotify to listen offline? Here you'll find two simple ways to download podcasts from Spotify.

www.viwizard.com

On this image, I see a download icon.

antspants · Feb 12, 2024

I personally think you’re posting in the wrong forum, you should be asking the spotify community for a better response.

The Spotify Community

community.spotify.com

LesFerch · Feb 12, 2024

I can confirm that I have Download buttons on desktop, but I have a Premium account.

antspants · Feb 12, 2024

LesFerch said:
I can confirm that I have Download buttons on desktop, but I have a Premium account.

It may very well be that it is up to the Podcast maker if they chosse to allow free downloads for the free community. Not sure.

My friend called me back, but they also have a premium account and can download podcasts. They don’t have any idea about free accounts. I’ll download Spotify and see what I can get.

antspants · Feb 12, 2024

I went into Spotify as a free user.
I added two podcasts to my library

Opened “Your Library” and went to “Your Episodes”

There is a download button on the episodes.

And there seems to be an option in that last image to setup auto downloads which may be helpful?

Steve C · Feb 13, 2024

You can download any music for free from Spotify - no Premium account needed. Just copy the Spotify web address for the track you want to Spotifydown which will download the track at 320bps
Spotify Music Downloader to MP3 - Spotify Downloader

There are various online utilities to convert playlists e.g. Soundiz
Soundiiz - Transfer playlists and favorites between streaming services

riffwraith · Feb 13, 2024

Steve C said:
You can download any music for free from Spotify - no Premium account needed. Just copy the Spotify web address for the track you want to Spotifydown which will download the track at 320bps
Spotify Music Downloader to MP3 - Spotify Downloader

There are various online utilities to convert playlists e.g. Soundiz
Soundiiz - Transfer playlists and favorites between streaming services

Thanks. That seems to not work for podcasts.

riffwraith · Feb 13, 2024

antspants said:
I went into Spotify as a free user.
I added two podcasts to my library

Opened “Your Library” and went to “Your Episodes”

There is a download button on the episodes.

And there seems to be an option in that last image to setup auto downloads which may be helpful?

Thanks. I have no d/l button, as you can see from the pic above.

antspants said:
How to Download Spotify Podcasts to Listen Offline [2024 Guide]

Do you want to download podcasts from Spotify to listen offline? Here you'll find two simple ways to download podcasts from Spotify.

www.viwizard.com

On this image, I see a download icon.

I do not.

LesFerch said:
I can confirm that I have Download buttons on desktop, but I have a Premium account.

antspants said:
It may very well be that it is up to the Podcast maker if they chosse to allow free downloads for the free community. Not sure.

My friend called me back, but they also have a premium account and can download podcasts. They don’t have any idea about free accounts. I’ll download Spotify and see what I can get.

So maybe the issue here is a) you have to be a premium member to see that d/l button, or b) the owner of the podcasts have disabled d/ls

Thanks everyone.

antspants · Feb 13, 2024

riffwraith said:
Thanks

I am not a premium member. Can you tell me the podcast(s) so I can search it and look?

Are you logged into your account in Spotify?

riffwraith · Feb 14, 2024

Yes I am logged in.

This link should work:

Trailer Therapy

Podcast · [object Object] · A podcast about trailers, media, and entertainment hosted by two best frenemies, Bryan Nguyen, composer and partner at Ghostwriter Music and Brian McKinney, owner of boutique music publisher Brash. Each week Bryan and Brian discuss the movies and games they’ve been...

open.spotify.com

Thanks!

antspants · Feb 14, 2024

riffwraith said:
Yes I am logged in.

This link should work:

Trailer Therapy

Podcast · [object Object] · A podcast about trailers, media, and entertainment hosted by two best frenemies, Bryan Nguyen, composer and partner at Ghostwriter Music and Brian McKinney, owner of boutique music publisher Brash. Each week Bryan and Brian discuss the movies and games they’ve been...

open.spotify.com

Thanks!

OK. I clicked that link and the first thing that showed in my Spotify “APP” was this page. Complete with download buttons. There is also a BELL at the top of the page that allows me to select “Automatically download episodes”

I, for the life of me can’t understand why you can’t see a download icon (Circle with the arrow pointing down) on each episode. Again, I am a free user with an account only, I don’t pay for premium.

riffwraith · Feb 16, 2024

antspants said:
I, for the life of me can’t understand why you can’t see a download icon

That makes no sense.

Here is another shot

I have the + button, the ellipses and the share button (up arrow) but not the down arrow.

Thank you for checking.

antspants · Feb 16, 2024

I think it’s definitely worth joining their forum and making post.

I’m looking around. Is the app updated?

- Is it a windows app from the store, check for updates. See if there is an option in the app.
- A fix for some has been removing the app and then reinstalling it, logging into your user account again in the app. (It’s on my iPad not PC)

I might try loading the windows app on my PC shortly.