How to download songs as MP3 from Muxtape?
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Muxtape created waves recently. Muxtape is a site that allows you to upload around 12 songs and share them with others easily. You can sort your songs and create playlists and share your Muxtape URLs with others. You can easily go to a Muxtape URL, click on a song and begin listening.
Please be advised that Muxtape doesn’t allow you to upload “multiple songs from the same album or artist or songs [you] do not have permission to let Muxtape use”.
In case you’re wondering if there’s a way to download a song from Muxtape, there isn’t. However, you could easily download every song you see on Muxtape as an MP3 file to your hard drive - with a Greasemonkey addon for Firefox.
How to Download songs as MP3 from Muxtape?
First, install the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox by downloading it from here.
Restart Firefox. Then, grab the Muxtape Downloader Greasemonkey script by clicking on the ‘Install this Script’ button on this page.
Now, when you go to a Muxtape URL, you should see a little ‘Download’ link under every song’s title. Click on that, it’ll take you to the MP3 version of the song which you can download to your computer.
Just make sure you add .MP3 to your downloaded file, in order that it can be played.
So that’s how you download songs from Muxtape to your hard drive as MP3 files. Simply awesome, isn’t it? 
Disclaimer: By writing this article I do not endorse, encourage or support piracy, nor can I be held liable in the event someone should follow this guide to download pirated music.
15 Comments, Comment or Ping
Captain Jack
How about imeem.com muxtape is ok, but imeem is way bigger and has a proper search function, can this technique be adapted to work there?
Apr 28th, 2008
Syahid A.
Cool tip Shankar. Downloading cool songs from a cool web app is extra cool!
Apr 29th, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
@Captain Jack: Well, imeem is kinda more social. Muxtape is simple and quick. This technique, however, will not work on imeem.
@Syahid: Glad you liked it.
Apr 29th, 2008
knarfishness
Hehe. Cool stuff, although I kinda feel bad for MuxTape now…
Seems like there’s no way to put music anywhere on the internet without getting entangled in a lawsuit eventually.
Apr 30th, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
@Knarfishness: Agreed, that is very true.
Apr 30th, 2008
Haris
Cool! Bookmarked - Can come in handy anytime
Apr 30th, 2008
Aseem Kishore
Hey cool tip there! And congrats on the move up to PR6!! Good job! Keep up the great work!
Apr 30th, 2008
Madhur Kapoor
Nice tip. This is the first i have heard of Muxtape. Good way to get songs
Congrats on the PR 6 though.
May 1st, 2008
Kaly
Congrats on PR 6.
Well done keep it comming
May 1st, 2008
Amy
umm… when i click to download it takes me to a page with a quicktime file? can someone help me ? how do you download?
May 1st, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
Thanks guys for dropping by! I’m really happy this blog got PR 6.
@Amy: Right click on the download link and select ‘Save Target As’ if you’re on IE, or ‘Save Link As’ if you’re on Firefox.
May 1st, 2008
amy
@ Shankar Ganesh:
sweet! thanks : )
May 1st, 2008
Shankar Ganesh
@Amy: You’re welcome.
May 1st, 2008
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