I am sure many of you are familiar with www.pandora.com, as it is a great free-to-listen music service, with a low-cost paid alternative (to get rid of ads and the "are you still listening?" time-out). To start, go ahead and open another tab in your Chrome browser (if you aren't using Chrome, then start using it; all my tutorials are done with Chrome), then do the following:
- Hit [Ctrl]+[Shift]+i to open the Developer Console
- Click the "Resources" tab
- Open your new tab and go to "www.pandora.com"
- If it doesn't automatically, start playing your favorite channel
- Switch to the developer tools again
- In the left-hand tab, navigate to "Frames" > "http://www.pandora.com/" > "Other"
- Look for an item that starts with "audio"
- Double-click to open it in another tab
- Chrome should start playing the song automatically; make sure it is the one you want to download.
- Press [Ctrl]+S to save the song, and name it something you will recognize (like "Queen-BohemianRhapsody.m4a"), just make SURE you include the ".m4a" at the end, otherwise nothing will recognize the file as a song.
- Now, try playing the song with your favorite music player. Depending on the codecs, Windows Media Player may not work, so I'd recommend using something better (like Media Player Classic)
And there you have it. Please feel free to drop a comment if this didn't work for you, and stay tuned for my next post.
-The Rip Tutor
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