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Please do not use this method to download copyrighted material you do not already own.
This is a handy alternative to torrents or using a peer2peer network when getting music (and other stuff) online. Very useful if you can't use filesharing networks, but can access Google.
Go onto Google and type in a search like this:
And then choose a result. You should be presented with a list of audio files. Right click and choose "save target/link as", and save the file wherever you want to, then open it the downloaded file and listen!
Here is a breakdown of the syntax for the search:
"index.of" (mp3|m4a|wma) "aerosmith" -php -html
"index.of" brings up only results which contain this term. We only want to bother looking at results with the title 'index of'. You don't have to change this.
(mp3|m4a|wma) helps bring up only files with these extensions. These are audio file extensions. If you were searching for a video, you would use different extensions e.g. (wmv|avi) and so on.
"aerosmith" is the name of the band here. This is where you type in whatever stuff you want to find and download.
-php -html are the types of code in websites we don't want to include in our results, as we're unlikely to get direct downloads from these.
So - syntax should be like this:
You may have to search a while to find what you're looking for, as some links on Google are fake and redirect you to sites you need to register on or pay for to access the content. However, for my search, I was able to find Aerosmith music on the third page of results, here:
And as soon as it was downloaded, it was playable:
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Remember, piracy is illegal, and you should at least already own the music before you go downloading it.
This is a handy alternative to torrents or using a peer2peer network when getting music (and other stuff) online. Very useful if you can't use filesharing networks, but can access Google.
Go onto Google and type in a search like this:
And then choose a result. You should be presented with a list of audio files. Right click and choose "save target/link as", and save the file wherever you want to, then open it the downloaded file and listen!
Here is a breakdown of the syntax for the search:
"index.of" (mp3|m4a|wma) "aerosmith" -php -html
"index.of" brings up only results which contain this term. We only want to bother looking at results with the title 'index of'. You don't have to change this.
(mp3|m4a|wma) helps bring up only files with these extensions. These are audio file extensions. If you were searching for a video, you would use different extensions e.g. (wmv|avi) and so on.
"aerosmith" is the name of the band here. This is where you type in whatever stuff you want to find and download.
-php -html are the types of code in websites we don't want to include in our results, as we're unlikely to get direct downloads from these.
So - syntax should be like this:
Code:
"index.of" (filetype1|filetype2|etc) "searchterm" -omit1 -omit2 -omit3 -etcYou may have to search a while to find what you're looking for, as some links on Google are fake and redirect you to sites you need to register on or pay for to access the content. However, for my search, I was able to find Aerosmith music on the third page of results, here:
And as soon as it was downloaded, it was playable:
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Remember, piracy is illegal, and you should at least already own the music before you go downloading it.
