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Top FAQs
Questions on downloading:
What is MP3?
MP3 is a
compressed music file and stands
for MPEG-1 layer 3, that means
Motion Pictures Expert Group 1
Layer 3. MP3 is a encoded wave
file, it has sound quality
nearly the same as audio CDs,
but the size of the file is much
smaller than the CD format. The
size of a MP3 file comparing to
a wave file is about 1:10, but
the sound quality is around 95%
of the wave file
Are MP3s legal?
It is legal when
the song's copyright holder has
granted permission to download
and play the song. It is legal
to encode MP3s for personal use,
however it is illegal to
distribute or trade MP3s without
permission from the song's
copyright holder. As some of
these sites , relate to Peer to
Peer networks you will find both
Copyrighted and non-copyrighted
songs and other files. It is
imperative that you share
responsibly. Copyright law
protects original works of
authorship, including literary,
dramatic, musical, artistic, and
certain other intellectual
compositions. Persons who
reproduce, distribute, or
publicly perform or display
works without a copyright
owner's consent, may be in
violation of the law. You are
responsible for your conduct and
for ensuring that it complies
with all applicable copyrights
or other intellectual property
rights and data-protection and
privacy rights.
If you are
still confused or concerned and
want to stay 100% out of
trouble, I suggest that you try
the 2 week trial of
realrapsody.
You can make sure
that you stay legal when you use any
of the p2p related sites by
following the steps outlined by the EFF by
clicking here.
How do I play MP3 files?
First thing you
need is a computer, sound card
and speakers. Then you must get
a piece of software called an
MP3 player,
WinAMP ( download here) is a
good FREE player, but there are
many other MP3 players out
there, you should try them out
and find one for yourself. Open
your mp3 file and it works as a
CD-Player. Most of the sites
include free MP3 Software. You
can of course do what most
people do an that is to burn it
onto a CD and play it on your
home ctereo or Car CD Player..
Why join a pay site when I can
use a free service?
Nothing is
really for free, many free
file sharing programs contains
adware and spyware that will
slow down your computer, take
over your browser and bombard
you with advertising and you
will get limited technical and
customer support. You get what
you pay for and if its
free...... You can read more
HERE.
There are 2 types
of music related sites listed and
reviewed on this site. The first
group focus on supplying you a
selection of P2P music download
programs ranging from WinMx to
Sharazaa and others containing no
adware or spyware ( or include
programs to stop the adware or
spyware) and provide great technical
support and help in using these
programs. If you don't care about
these things you can go directly to
kazaa or Morpheus and download their
free software but your own your own.
But the small price these sites
charge are well worth it! But just
remember, that much of what you
will find.... on these networks,
which will be thousands of songs and
movies, may be illegal for you to
download depending upon the
copyrights and country you are in.
Using P2P is legal but you should
not use it to break the law.
The other type of
sites listed are realRapsody and
Napster which do not use P2P
technology and you pay per download.
Every thing you will find on their
network is 100% legal!
How do I
cancel and get a refund.
Please do not
send us your refund or
cancellation request as we are
just a review site; not the site
that you have joined. If after
joining any of the listed sites
you are not completely
satisfied, most, if not all of
these sites offer a full refund
policy if cancelled within your
evaluation period.
To cancel, you
can simply send the site you
joined an email with your name,
the date you joined and login
information indicating clearly
your situation. Most websites
also guarantee a response within
24 to 48 hours.
The email
confirmation from the MP3 site
will include the name of the
credit card processor they used
such as Paysystems, ibill or
clickbank. You can either call
them on the phone or go to their
website to cancel. Please also
note, most websites have their
customer service number on the
credit card descriptor: you can
view this on your next credit
card or bank statement.
Sometimes when I click on a download
link it shows me a bunch of symbols?
This problem
only occurs in Netscape, it's
one of the Netscape problems. If
this happens, hit the back
button on your browser to return
to the download page, hold Shift
and click on the link again,
this will fix the problem. This
is just a little thing bad about
Netscape.
I can't download any MP3s found
by the search engine!!
It's possible
hat one of the links are MP3s
from FTP sites, to download from
a FTP site you need a FTP
client, Netscape works, but a
real FTP client is better. A
good FTP program is CuteFTP. Go
download it from the Software
section.
How can I continue download
after I got disconnect?
Download a
program called Getright from the
software section, it will let
you resume download if you gets
disconnected, it's a must get if
you want to download MP3s.
"Server busy" What does that
mean?
Sometimes when
you try to download a song, it
will respond with something like
"server busy" or "server not
responding". That doesn't mean
the link is broken, it just mean
that the server has reached it's
limited # of users. You can try
to download again in a few
minutes.
How come sometimes the file I
download is not a .mp3 file?
Because most of
the MP3 files are illegal, they
will get deleted from almost any
servers. So people rename them
to something like .zip .avi or
other stuff to avoid the file
from getting deleted. So when
you see a file that should be
.mp3 but it's not, just rename
it to filename.mp3.
I
downloaded a MP3 and it sounds like
@#$*@?!
If this happens when
you download a song, just use a
program called
Uncook95 to fix it. Maybe the
file is a .ZIP file (renamed). That
means that you have to decompress it
with
WinZIP. Possible the MP3 file is
a MP3 Pro file (newer technology to
get the file size smaller with
almost the same quality), you will
need a plug for ex. WinAMP to reach
the best sound quality for these
files,
download it here.
I want to burn a mp3 file on a
CD!
If your computer
came with a CD burner, you are
all set. Most likely your
computer came with CD burning
software or the site you join
will provide you the software
free. Or you can down a great
free one at
Nero (click to download) You
can drag your MP3s to the burn
window and after you have
selected all the MP3s, click on
burn. Nero will burn the MP3s in
Audio CD format to CD. This is
the easiest way of burning MP3s
to CD (to play it in your car
etc).
I downloaded a file, but it
sounds terrible :-( and the file
size is very small.
It's possible
that you have downloaded a MP3
Pro file. MP3 Pro is a new
technology to get mp3 files
smaller. It's possible that the
old mp3 will die and mp3 pro
will be the new standard, due to
the fact that it became more and
more harder to find web space to
host the mp3 files and smaller
files are easy to download even
with an old 56k6 modem. Anyway,
you read this because your MP3
file sounds terrible! This is
what you can do: download a MP3
Pro player or a Plug in for
WinAMP. This to learn your
computer to get the max sound
quality out of your mp3 files.
You can get MP3 Pro software at
http://www.mp3pro.ws |