Yahoo! offers an extensive music library. There are literally thousands of artists and songs for you to select. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to download this music directly to your MP3 player, because the website offers only streaming music. To send the songs to an MP3 player, you need to download music to the computer using an application like Orbit Downloader, Yahoo Downloader, or Wondershare Streaming Recorder.
Instructions
Download by Orbit Downloader or Yahoo Downloader
1. Download and install either Orbit Downloader or Yahoo Downloader (see Resources below). Both applications are free and work the same way.
2. Visit Yahoo! music website, and play the song you want to download.
3. Hover your mouse over the playing video, and click the button that says "Get it/Download it." The music file will then be grabbed by the downloader application, which will start downloading it from the website.
4. Click on "Open File" when the file has downloaded.
5. Connect your MP3 player to your computer using the USB cable. You can now copy the downloaded Yahoo! music files to the MP3 Player's folder in "My Computer."
Download by Wondershare Streaming Recorder
6. Download and install Wondershare streaming recorder (see Resources below). You can download its free trial and see how it works for you. If you like it, you can purchase the software after the trial expires for $28, as of 2010.
7. Set the settings of the application before you start downloading music. Launch Wondershare and click the "Settings" button, next to "Zoom." In the settings window, set an output folder where you want to save the files. You can choose the desktop for now.
8. Go to Yahoo! music website and open the song you want to download. Play the track (Wondershare should be open at this time). Wondershare will automatically detect the streaming media, and will start recording as you soon as you play it.
9. Access the downloaded file from your desktop. Connect your MP3 player to the computer using its USB cable. Copy the downloaded Yahoo! music files to the MP3 player's folder in "My Computer."
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