How to download from Mixcloud
Mixcloud is a music streaming service company that enables its users to upload content and listen to hundreds of podcasts, radio broadcasts and DJ sessions.
The content is updated daily and is divided into various music genres. All users, registered or not, they can browse this endless catalog and listen to any song uploaded to the site. In reality, unlike more popular platforms like Spotify or Apple Music, despite having payment plans (through which you can delete advertising and unlock extra functions), not possible to download songs offline.
Despite this, apparently, when using some online services or browser extensions, you can bypass these platform restrictions and download content to your device. Let's see what they are.
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How to download with MixCloud Downloader
MixCloud Downloader is a powerful free online tool that enables you to download multimedia content directly from Mixcloud servers. But how to use it?
- Open Mixcloud in a new tab;
- Choose the track you want to download.
- Right click on the title and copy link address.
- Open in another tab Mixcloud downloader and paste the link instead of the position marker “Paste the URL link here“;
- Click on “Descargar”.
- Once you have pressed the download button, wait a few seconds and right-click the button “Descargar link”;
- Save the file on your PC in the appropriate format.
Download from Mixcloud using a Chrome or Firefox extension
A suitable free extension for our purpose is Video DownloadHelper, available for Google Chrome Y Mozilla Firefoxallows you to download not only Mixcloud contentbut in addition to any web page that has multimedia files inside. To install it on your PC you must:
- Access either of the two Chrome virtual store o en Mozilla Plugins (according to your preference) and click the button “Add” in the download page at Chrome virtual store Y “Agregar a Firefox” on the download page at Mozilla Plugins.
- Connect to Mixcloud and start playing the content you want to download on your PC.
- Click on the Video DownloadHelper icon at the top right of your browser's toolbar, which is represented by colored dots.
- Select the name of the file you want to download.
- NB You will be prompted to install a companion app on your first download.
The format of the files saved on your computer will be M4A, which you can convert through one of the services that we have already mentioned.
Mixcloud download with JDownloader
In case Video DownloadHelper does not work or does not suit your tastes, you can choose for an alternative like JDownloader. JDownloader is nothing more than a free and open source download manager that enables you to, como Video DownloadHelper, download multimedia files from any web portal.
To download JDownloader:
- Connect to official website.
- Choose your own operating system.
- Click on Descargar.
To install it in its place:
- Open the file you just downloaded to begin the installation.
- Click the Yes button in the window that opens and wait a few seconds for all the components necessary for the software to be downloaded from the Internet.
- Once the download is complete, select item Advanced installation to continue with the installation procedure.
- Click Next on the next screen and then click To accept.
- In conclusion, Skip all on the next screen and End up.
How to use JDownloader:
- Throw JDownloader And let it go
- Open your browser.
- Connect to Mixcloud, locate the multimedia content of our interest and copy the addresses with the right mouse button and then selecting “copy link”.
- In this point, a notification from JDownloader will notify the user that the selected link has been captured.
- Go back to the main JDownloader window and click on the Capture Links tab.
- Click the play button in the upper left corner to start downloading all the Mixcloud tracks whose addresses you have copied.
NB Downloading copyrighted music is a crime. Chimerarevo, having written this post for illustrative purposes only, is not responsible for the use of the tools made in this post.
