It's been a while since I've used it, but you used to be able to download the music (assuming you had a data/wifi connection) to your phone for offline listening.
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It's been a while since I've used it, but you used to be able to download the music (assuming you had a data/wifi connection) to your phone for offline listening.
there is a little pin icon above each album/artist if you click it, it will download it.
heres a screenshot of it downloading an album I do not have:
it's 20k.... and the limit goes away if you have a paid account from what I can tell.
20k
20K Limit is only for uploaded music. Don't think this counts for matched or paid-for songs.
Oh? Well, that would definitely be a game changer for me.
either way, it's a 30 day trial. if all fails just boot the idea. i'm pleased with it though.
i've used google music on it's own with the 20k limit for some time now. when it offered to switch to all access it said I had the option between the 20k free subscription, or the $8 a month with access to millions of songs.
I don't see anything there anymore listing a limit. It used to say in the uploader program that I had 16,500ish out of 20k limit. There is no longer a counter.
Is there a way to separate your subscription saved music from your personal uploaded library? I generally consider those two different libraries that I browse separately- my new shit and my old shit. Now in Google Play/Access/Whatever it's called it's all lumped together.
Isn't that under the "My Library" tab? And then you can choose to add stuff from Access to My Library but it's separate by default.
There are two tabs, "My Library" and "Radio." But if you decide you want to keep a song you like that you don't own and pin it so it downloads to your device, it's counted under "My Library."
[edit] Forgot to add that there's also a "My Library" button that appears next to the track (along with "Play Radio" and "Shuffle") that will add the song to your library if you don't auto-pin songs that you "Liked".
I still see the limit when I go to settings in the web app (click gear icon -> Music settings).
Yep its 20k, seems all albums you buy digitally though don't count towards the song limit. So I uploaded most of my library (still have some old CD's to rip) and since I buy digitally now, I will not ever have space issues.
This new service is really just icing on the cake.
ah. there it is... wonder why its not showing up in my uploading app anymore.
it seems likely you shouldn't have any issues. if you're low on space, just delete stuff that can be matched through the new service. seems like you should be able to make it work. 20k songs not available through all access would be hard to do.
Seems like I get further than most - it asks for my CC info, or a gift card - but the CC info it has on file isn't 'valid' - probably because it's Canadian.
Delusibeta
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Well, the catch is that it's only available for certain countries and there's a 25k track cap... but so is iTunes Match, and Apple charges money for that.
Iced_Eagle
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That's what it looks like.
Though I'm sure this will have an actual decent web player and client, unlike Xbox Music (the music client on WP is good, the Win8 and 360 clients are pretty meh though).
I'm on the grandfathered Zune Music Pass, and I still think it was one of the best deals out there even with today's options of this Google All Access and Spotify, until they got rid of it for the current Xbox Music Pass. I pay $150 a year, access to the entire library, cloud synced playlists to all of my devices (phone, tablet, PC and 360), I can download songs and play them offline, it has SmartDJ (and SmartVJ on the 360 which is like Pandora but for music videos), and the cherry on top is that every month I get to keep 10 songs, DRM-free, even if I stop subscribing. The way I think of it is that I buy a CD a month that I own, on top of being able to access everything in the marketplace. For the new Xbox Music pass, they got rid of the owning 10 songs a month part, and lowered the price to $99 a year.
I got an error in the browser and dismissed it, and now I can't get that window back. Oh well, I'll stick with Rdio for now.
OK, wtf.
You can upload a "directory" that has all your music and 20,000 songs (FLAC is supported!) is pretty dandy.
But if you want to re-download songs from the computer, you have 2 options:
1) Download your WHOLE COLLECTION (this puts all your songs in 1 directory) and you can't individually download singles from the Music Manager App on PC.
2) If you want to download singles, you can only download them TWICE via the web interface.
As of right now, I can't find a way to download/queue tracks to phone for offline listening as well =/
You can upload a "directory" that has all your music and 20,000 songs (FLAC is supported!) is pretty dandy.
But if you want to re-download songs from the computer, you have 2 options:
1) Download your WHOLE COLLECTION (this puts all your songs in 1 directory) and you can't individually download singles from the Music Manager App on PC.
2) If you want to download singles, you can only download them TWICE via the web interface.
As of right now, I can't find a way to download/queue tracks to phone for offline listening as well =/
For the bolded, use the thumbtack icon. Tap it to save for offline use. I personally hit the 'save for offline use' thumbtack on my entire "Thumbs Up" section on my phone app. So any song I thumbs up on any device/pc automatically saves to my phone for offline use.
And about the prior you are right. That's a restriction on it currently. Since you have to download all of your uploaded/matched music, its really only of great use when moving your library from one drive/pc to another. Otherwise its the two per song limit. I copied all my music to BRD's (or left them on the CD's and put them all away after putting all my music in the cloud.
I thought Google Music was available in all countries already. You just can't buy music in many markets, but the storage and match services are still available for free everywhere.
They are saved in a proprietary format as far as I know. It doesn't turn it into an MP3 and put it in a folder. (The 2 download limit would be pointless, I would just pin tracks and copy pasta mp3s off of the phone lol). It will save it for offline use, but not in a standard format.
Someone correct me if Im wrong.
Ephemeris
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Deadly Cyclone
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So, how is it?
I just use Spotify free now and itunes match. This worth $8 a month for new musice and finding time to upload all my music?
I just use Spotify free now and itunes match. This worth $8 a month for new musice and finding time to upload all my music?
You don't need to pay to upload your music.
the only thing to be careful of is the size of your library and if your ISP has a bandwidth cap. my initial upload took me well over the comcast limit. luckily they don't enforce that in SLC, UT.
They have the new matching feature which means most songs don't actually get uploaded. I did 1500 songs last night in under three hours and my upstream connect is slow as fuck, so I'm guessing most of those were matched.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I know that, but if I jumped all in with it I'd want to get it uploaded to the music app.
I'm confused, you could listen to the music you upload in the app before. The only thing new is the paid for streaming of music you don't own
You can do that, you pin music you want to keep on the phone for offline
The format it saves with on your phone is not worth that much, not even close to most I would imagine. Having it be in MP3 form would be nice, but the only tangible benefit would be to transfer it elsewhere from your phone afterwards.
Ill take free storage and matching any day. The MP3 extension isn't nearly worth that cost per year.
Maybe I'm just confused on the flow here. Plus I always use Amazon for buying MP3s anyways. Anyway, taking forever to upload my 3000 songs, guess no one has uploaded these yet!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I know, I don't use google music now though. So if I decided to, I'd have to upload all my music to it (doesn't cost), so I had it all in one place.
Even when it matches a song, it can be pretty slow. Sometimes it even seems like it's actually uploading the song, until you check the file when it's done and notice that you have the option to "Fix Match."
The other thing is, while I'm not sure what format Google Play Music "pins" songs to your phone in, you should still be able to download them as MP3s from the web interface with the browser on your phone anyway.
As for the uploads, the counter's a little funky, so there's no way of knowing how long it's going to take. In spite of what it says, I think it matches and uploads if necessary sequentially.
Tragicomedy
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I've been a huge fan of Google Music for some time now, using it as a storage locker of sorts for all my music. Now that they've added the subscription based model, I'm dumping Spotify and sticking with just this. 11k of my own songs plus the slick new UI.
killertofu
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I definitely forgot that my iTunes was linked to this (I had an android phone before my iPhone)
Pretty sweet
Pretty sweet
So it's still 20K even if you're a subscriber?
nm: read above, seems like it is. so this service offers no value to me as a current spotify subscriber and amazon mp3 cloud user.
rudieboy77
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Sounds like the old Zune Marketplace.
ChoklitReign
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I keep changing music streaming services - first briefly Mog, then Spotify for awhile, and now Rdio. I hope Google has a perfect selection. I hope this is the one. Sorry, Canada.
Phire Phox
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I think I'll just stick with Spotify.
Really like the interface and speed of the service. Heard about this a few days ago but didn't know they were gonna full steam ahead with it so soon. Service is cheaper than what Microsoft was charging for their Xbox service and so far they have more in regards to the artists I like so I might just stick with this pass the trial.
Now that I have the HTC one I have been looking for a decent cloud music service and hopefully google can make it more compelling over time.
Now that I have the HTC one I have been looking for a decent cloud music service and hopefully google can make it more compelling over time.
They're saved on the root of your phone as an MP3 file, only it's named as a string of numbers. For example:
12571.mp3
12572.mp3
etc
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