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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Direct today from Naxos Publishing is this free album, under the label SWRmusic (I don't know for sure what the business relationship is between the two companies; I suspect that Naxos is a reseller of that label's products). Interestingly, this one is not of classical music. It is Folk Songs of the World.
I was going to list all of the tracks on this album, but there are 22 of them, which was more than I could bring myself to re-type. Especially since about half of the names are in various foreign languages!
Anyway, to access the webpage with that and other information, and download it (zip file, flac format!) if you so choose, find the email from Naxos that you will have received from them today. Open it, and click on the orange-ish button, "Download this Month's Free Album."
You don't get Naxos' newsletter? Well, I think that some people have been able to get the current month's freebie by signing up for their newsletter while the current month's offer was still good. Probably the sooner that you do it, the better your chances of getting it. This webpage is as good as any other to access in order to subscribe to their newsletter.
Once you've gotten to the free album webpage, a blue "download" button is very prominent. You know what to do then. 
I alluded to it earlier, but the download offer is good for one month, so it's "active until Nov. 18, 2016."
With this offer from Naxos, remember that you get only one choice of album. Later in this month (or maybe it will be the first part of next month--it will be for November, anyway) you'll be given a choice of three albums, from which you can pick one free one. Thank you, Naxos!
Oh, I haven't mentioned this before, but "downloading from a mobile device is not supported at this time." What a switch. Usually, if it's either way at all, you can download to a mobile device (Android or iOS) with these companies, but you can't download to your desktop media player! |
I ran across this software just a few minutes ago. It's
free right now (by the time that I finish this post, there will only be about 8 hours left to get it
free, however). I wonder if it would allow people who would like the above album and others where they can't download to a mobile device, to be able to download a file to their desktop/laptop computer and then convert the file so that it can be then transferred to a mobile device?
The software is
Android Converter, by Engelmann Media GmbH. Here's the blurb on the website of the third party company (BitsDuJour) giving away this software:
You've just got your first Android device, now what? Well, now you can get started with your favorite music and videos! Oh, that's right - it's your first Android device and none of your files is in the proper format! Well, that just means you need to get your hands on a copy of today's discount software promotion, Android Converter, right away!
Android Converter lets you create videos, audio clips, and photo files for perfect playback on your Android device! With Android Converter, you can convert files from a wide array of formats and resolutions to ones that are completely supported by the Android platform. For video, there's support for DVD video as well as files in the AVI, WMV, MP4, 3GP, VOB, MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2,) and MPEG-4 (DivX 3.11 to 6, Xvid, Nero Digital etc.) and MJPEG format. For audio, Android Converter can not only rip audio CDs, but can also convert Internet streams and audio tracks from DVDs.
No matter what you start out with, you can rest assured that Android Converter will automatically optimize all of your media for display on your Android. Once you see it, you'll never believe that these files weren't native to your platform!
Reviews and/or ratings have been hard to come by, but I didn't take the time to dig all that much.
The BitsDuJour webpage for the product is
here.
I've gone ahead and downloaded it, but haven't installed it. There are several people who, in the comments section, complained about not getting the key in their email, as they were supposed to. But, I got mine in my email in just a few seconds.
Whadd'ya thinK? Would anyone be willing to take it on a test drive, maybe on the above Naxos album, and see if you can get it to play on your Android device? If you would, you might be rendering a great service to some of your fellow MobileReaders, who would like this or other similarly restricted albums from Naxos.