Alternative to Songbird software

[Janine]

I have a Philips GoGear Vibe mp3 player from circa 2011.

There are some albums on there which I don't have on cd so I would like to download them to my laptop and burn them.

It appears that the software required is Songbird which has been discontinued. Neither Windows Media Player nor iTunes will recognise the files.

Any ideas what software might be available to do this?

 

[Gellyneck]

I have a Philips GoGear Vibe mp3 player from circa 2011.

There are some albums on there which I don't have on cd so I would like to download them to my laptop and burn them.

It appears that the software required is Songbird which has been discontinued. Neither Windows Media Player nor iTunes will recognise the files.

Any ideas what software might be available to do this?

What file extension do the files have? Can you see those?
Try VLC (it's free) as it can read most file types.

Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN

www.videolan.org

 

[Kannon Fodda]

Audacity is open source (free) and can do an awful lot of sound file conversion stuff

 

[Langtoftlad]

When Songbird stopped supporting Linux, enthusiasts developed "Nightingale" including a Win version...
https://getnightingale.com/

But it's odd as you say the Philips is an MP3 player - the files should be .mp3
But I guess, like the old iPods it might have added a level of encryption so you can't simply copy the files?

How many albums are we talking about - I might be able to help .
.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Whilst this might not be exactly your player - this online manual might help?

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/127309/Philips-Gogear-Sa6025.html?page=33#manual

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[Gromett]

I have a Philips GoGear Vibe mp3 player from circa 2011.

There are some albums on there which I don't have on cd so I would like to download them to my laptop and burn them.

It appears that the software required is Songbird which has been discontinued. Neither Windows Media Player nor iTunes will recognise the files.

Any ideas what software might be available to do this?

I suspect due to reading up on this software it may be encrypted using Apple Fair play;

Ability to play Apple FairPlay-encoded audio on Windows and Mac platforms via hooks into QuickTime (authorization takes place in iTunes)

Otherwise other software should have no difficulty.

did you buy the tunes from Apple iTunes?

 

[Gromett]

Just did a bit of searching. This might help you?

FairPlay DRM Removal: How to Remove Apple Music DRM?

This article provides the best Apple DRM removal tools and tutorials. It will walk you through how to remove DRM from Apple Music songs step by step.

www.tunefab.com