Michael Nix, Also, I didn't have windows store Spotify installed and I wasn't forced with a windows store installation. Converting a song is a little slow but works fine when instructions are followed.

I also used the link below for the desktop version of Spotify.

Scott, Me too!

Chasm,
My Win10 PC shows Spotify (v1.96.181.0) is in the START menu and I am able to start it, yet Tuneskit issues an error message that Spotify is not installed. Is the Spotify in your comment any different?
Thanks,
Dan

M.Mustafa Ciftcioglu,

For me, in Turkey, it also works perfectly (+1).

Les, musicians make enough money. when i do my job i get paid then move on. why should someone who has worked on something 10,20,30 years ago continue to get paid for that job. although i'm not interested in this software i can see plenty using it.

Les, yes, we musicians who have not made big bucks depend on royalties for the work we have done and our existence. We be the victims of this software.

Morgan Pierce, seriously? You are here and apparently you get the news letter for software. We get alerts hoping for a program we could really use. Tunekit is no different. There is someone always getting deprived of royalties and not just musicians. Here's a hint, research and put your music on a platform not currently being circumvented.

Bob, .... around 60 to 70 years.....it 75 years. Also for the heirs!

Morgan Pierce, in different countries there are different laws. In Germany we have to pay royalties even if we never download any song. If you don't believe me search for GEMA. A hdd = royalties, a CDR = royalties etc. even if you only backup your own data.

From Wikipedia:
According to Article 54 of German authors' rights law [de], a private copying levy (or: blank media tax) can be applied to devices and media that "[...] are used for the making of reproductions [...]", which is already included in the price.

So please don't balk about missed royalties. I for one have paid them when I bought my hardware.

ps. I already have a comparable software so I will not download this giveaway.

surfeygertern,
Correct - when you do you job, you get paid and move on. But it depends on the job. After writing, recording etc, musicians generally don't get paid - they make it over a longer term from royalties, similar to writers, moviemakers, inventors etc. Granted, some make millions quickly, but many are down and out, after years of practice, playing gigs, being screwed by record companies and screwed by software pirates. My son (and he is talented) has spent years honing talents, buying kit, paying studio time, put music on Spotify etc -and made nothing. Where is the motivation for new creative talent - it's generally not money - but when even that is robbed by unscrupulous people, why bother?

Michael, yes, we all want free stuff to try. This site provides a chance for sotwear developes to give someone a chance to actually USE softwear to see if it fits them --- a consentual agreement byt the developer. Good.

But, if you remove the DRM from music or other things you play that mudic or material over and over and pass it to others forever. Music creator or other media creator didnot agree to that.

Morgan Pierce, Spotify pays royalties. Not much, but they do pay them. Like the radio station I work for, you might listen to the songs on the radio for free but the stations that broadcast them pay royalties.
Whether you listen in real-time to a song or download it, it makes no difference as long as you don't distribute it to others for profit or not.

Like buying a CD. Once you buy it, it's yours and you can personally play it as often as you want without paying royalties.

Jim Smith (aka The Night Owl), Thanks. And, Happy New Year!

Morgan Pierce, I'm not saying its right. But I am saying music has been shared, captured, downloaded and enjoyed by those who can't afford to buy everything they like. Even so, the modern age of tech has helped to push sales of music on all platforms adding more revenue to musicians than ever. Vinyl's, cassettes, video tapes, CD's, DVD's, blu-rays, digital serves and on and on. If we were still stuck in the days of records only, you would have royalties from that type of platform only. Less shared but only that source. I think the music industry is doing fine according to there last years earnings.

That would seem unlikely, given how GotD offers typically work.

BTW- Automatic Updating is set ON by default, so might be a good idea to go into preferences and turn off as a precaution against your free software license being invalidated by a new version.

Another update:
it may well be that lossless has yet to be officially released (though they were testing it apprantly earlier in the year)
https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/high-quality-streaming/

Pee Tee, I have noticed, however, that one can alter quality in settings with this program. Quality bitrate etc. Not really sure though if its really downloading and converting in true higher bitrate quality.

Pee Tee, right, stream bitrate for free accounts is 160kbps, so it doesn't make sense to convert to a local file higher than that, as the quality remains the same, only the file is bigger otherwise.

Chasm, Yup - shame it doesn't default to the input stream as we really don't need any more confusion created by people seemingly 'upsampling' to FLAC or 320kbps and then wondering why their files don't sound better!

Duane, If you d/l a track from Spotify on MP3 format, you might be able to see what the file's bitrate is to right-click the file and see what the bitrate is listed as. Then compare it to what you have Spotify set for. If the match (or are close) you're fine. But in the end your ears tell the difference, and between Spotify free and premium (I have the premium) you can easily tell the difference.

Colin, Of course it does.

Colin, it works fine in the UK

Colin, it works very well even here in Turkey.