MySpace: Download Any Song for Free — Again!

Contributor Icon Contributed by MickeyMouse Date Icon September 15, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: MySpace

Yes! This tech-recipe describes another method for downloading music from myspace for free. As myspace wants to soon charge for music, I wonder how long before this is patched.


Update. 9/17/06. No longer works… :(

Hacking myspace to download music has long been a fun challenge. Previously authors here on tech-recipes have described two other methods for grabbing music files off of myspace. Both of these methods have since been patched by myspace.

Original Hack

XML Variation Hack

Here is the newest hack called MySpace MP3 Gopher. This works for files that have not been marked for download as well.

1. You may download the files from here. It doesn’t need installation.
2. Then input the FriendID from the profile you want to get the music. Often the quickest way to do it is just to mouse over one of the profile links:



3. Click Get Song Listing



4. Double-click the file you want
5. Click Download
6. Wait for the file.


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  • MickeyMouse
    Working again.
  • Anonymous
    Yeah but unlike the old method, this always downloads them at 96kbps which is what they are streamed at. The old method could download them at higher quality. Say like they were uploaded at 192kbps then they could be downloaded at 192kbps. This is always 96 :(
  • Anonymous
    they download and stream at 96kbps... have for a while. Back in the day they used to be at 128/192. As soon as you upload a file to MySpace a "bot" immediatly decodes and re-encodes them to 96kbps using the LAME encoding engine. Saves space and bandwidth for the servers.
  • Anonymous
    @mouseindustries:
    Yo man I don't care what anybody says. Your program pwn! If you can come up with just a couple more patches you're going to gain some serious legendary internet celebrity status as the guy who kept outsmarting MySpace. Do you still need hosting for it? PM me.

    @Myspacesongs:
    It's the ONLY program on the net that is even capable of downloading them! You act like the speed is intollerable. A song takes a few minutes to stream.
    And then to try and compare it to a method that doesn't even work...
  • Anonymous
    Yeah, excellent !
    But the song is very long to download... it take aproximatly 10 - 15mn for me to download the entire song. Why ? :oops:

    And an other question,
    The old 128 / 192kbps mp3 in myspace, are they converted to 96kbps ?

    (I'm french, so sorry if my english is bad)
  • Anonymous
    Tried it today. Didn't work. I got "Could not retrieve a song list from Target ID. Please try again!" I tried 3 different users, same results.
  • Anonymous
    Tried it today and it would download the first few seconds of the song but then it would say download completed... what the hell is wrong?
  • Anonymous
    I've got the same problem :?
  • Anonymous
    I keep getting an error message saying "sorry, the gopher couldn't convert the RTMP stream to an MP3 Try to redownload this song again later." i have been trying for a few days. what should i do? it says this for everyone i try.
  • Anonymous
    it doesnt work it always says netstream.play.failed does ne1 know how i can fix that
  • Anonymous
    Look at this :
    http://www.mouseindustries.com/gopher/

    Status : Broken !
    He says, "fix is on the way". Just wait ^^
  • Anonymous
    tried the gopher software....but didnt work for me either says "Are you sure this is a Myspace music artist?"

    and yes i am on a music myspace site

    trying http://myspace.com/71481764
  • Anonymous
    Help, does this method still work?

    :(
  • Anonymous
    <ul id="quote"><h6>RTMP_Music wrote:</h6>@mouseindustries:
    @Myspacesongs:
    It's the ONLY program on the net that is even capable of downloading them! You act like the speed is intollerable. A song takes a few minutes to stream.
    And then to try and compare it to a method that doesn't even work...</ul>

    I don't mean speed, I mean the KBPS, like I said, the QUALITY of the song. Think before you post.
  • Anonymous
    when i go to download the song i want, i save it and everything but then after a few seconds into 'gathering information' it comes up with 'unable to find an RTMP server..try again in 27 seconds'. i've tried multiple times and it never works... how can i fix it??
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
    die myspace die
  • Anonymous
    Is it likely that Gopher will be fixed?
  • Anonymous
    <ul id="quote"><h6>mwahahaha wrote:</h6>there is a new solution
    http://himself.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/revised...>

    i dont understand how to do this,its confusing. can you help me???!!??!! explain it how a 13 yr old would understand!! Lol. please!!?!?! k thanks.
  • Anonymous
    Wow, I can't believe I actually got this to work. Thanks a ton.
  • Anonymous
    i don't have firefox, is there any other way i can do it on a non macintosh computer?
  • Anonymous
    holas... i need that program..where could i find it ??
  • Anonymous
    That works, but this on is less confusing AND for IE.

    http://himself.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/downloa...

    Cya :D

    PS
    I got stuck on downloading the quicktime-plugin... :?:
    Could someone help?

    <EDIT>Fixed, look at my guide :D
  • Anonymous
    its not working at all, i tried it this morning.
    something about

    RTPP or somnething couldnt be found.
    get this sorted
    please
  • Anonymous
    Gopher is not working. It keeps hanging on unable to find rmtp server. Too bad as it looks like a cool program. Anyone know of a fix for it?
  • Anonymous
    I've gotten to this point.

    http://cache03-music01.myspacecdn.com/22/std_68...

    The XML from the above poster even tells me that's the file name, and where to download it. However, in the end, it says "Access Denied."

    Anything anyone can do?
  • Anonymous
    The author found an old version of the Gopher that works!

    http://www.mouseindustries.com/gopher/
  • Anonymous
    I'm sure myspace probably patched it :x
  • Anonymous
    <ul id="quote"><h6>katholmetal wrote:</h6>I'm sure myspace probably patched it :x</ul>

    If they patch it Gopher will not work, but there's site that can do the same, just go to http://www.myspace-3.com type a band name and click the links (or right-click and Save as...).

    Works fine for me!

    Cheerful Charlie
  • Anonymous
    they don't have a lot. i prefer the xml variation. :evil:
  • Anonymous
    <ul id="quote"><h6>mwahahaha wrote:</h6>there is a new solution
    http://himself.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/revised...>


    this still works for me. Cach eView rocks


    thanks mwahahaha!
  • Anonymous
    That is so awesome that they are the band in the example. Props to whoever wrote this.
  • Anonymous
    Due to legal problems, the creator of MySpace MP3 Gopher was forced to stop hosting the file on his website. You can, though, do a Google search for "MySpaceMp3Gopher.zip" and find other places to get the file. Here's one of them:

    http://files.filefront.com/MySpaceMp3Gopherzip/...

    In any case, I'd make sure to save the zip file someplace, because you might not be able to get it in the future.
  • thanks
  • Gopher is great, thanks. I hope you have great things in life. :))
  • DominiqueT
    i love this
  • niki
    awsome
  • ANANNANA
    this doesnt work
  • Andy
    is not working anymore.. with the new form they got for the music...
    some of the new music that's been posted.. has something that doesn't let it be hacked..
    any other suggestions?
  • juggler
    what abut with the tracks who has a green background? what do i have to do with them to get downloaded?
  • hasan
    i tried using the new method for some reason the i wanted was not found every other song on the profile except the one i wanted. can i get any help?
  • david
    When I Click On The Link You've Put Down As '. You may download the files from here. It doesn’t need installation.'
    when i click on it, i dont understand what i need to do next. any help?
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