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In Reply to: I find Downloading to be Automatic, posted by oldmkvi on April 29, 2020 at 08:56:33:
" For me, it's simple and fast."
For you no doubt. However for the friends I am thinking of ( both music business professionals BTW) the whole idea of using a computer for listening to music that they own (as opposed to streaming) seems alien.
The point of my post was really to point out that whilst purchasing downloads may seem a practical and advanced thing to do for many including myself, for some it appears to be inferior to just opening a jewel case , putting the disc in the drawer and pressing play. Then being able to read the full notes in the CD booklet. The latter proving a major stumbling block for one friend who discovered from me that his company (one of the major record companies) at the time did not even include a pdf of the booklet with the downloads of their repertoire. Subsequently I showed him the metadata that they were supplying at the time :-(.
My friends also find using control apps unintuitive. I know that the latter is just a case of familiarity but as far as they are concerned it simply puts them off from even trying.
As for being completely "automatic" , not in my experience.I buy from Hyperion, Presto Classical, Highresaudio, Qobuz and ( until now) HDTracks UK. Each except for Qobuz requires the installation of a download manager unique to them. Further the download managers change from time to time which requires a reinstallation. Qobuz uses the download manager native to my browser but requires the installation of 7zip. Nothing from these particular vendors can be directly downloaded to my NAS so I have to download to my general computer, unzip, then transfer to the NAS. Then I need to make backups.
I am sure that downloading from e.g. Apple Music or Amazon is straightforward but there are other penalties.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I find Downloading to be Automatic, - PAR 04/29/2010:30:23 04/29/20 (2)
- RE: I find Downloading to be Automatic, - immatthewj 13:28:40 04/29/20 (1)
- RE: I find Downloading to be Automatic, - zacster 10:22:40 05/1/20 (0)
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