Spotify - Is it all its cracked up to be?

[sheriff 01]

All i have been hearing lately about is this mysterious tracker called spotify.
If any member here is on that tracker and could tell me what exactly they have to offer it would be much appreciated.
It seems like this is the big rage now, if you don't have spotify you have nothing!

[PlayeR]

it is not a tracker. you should browse other sections too
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-music-21/t-spotify-320424/?

[sheriff 01]

My bad! I must have overlooked a few threads in the forum. I apologize.:wacko:

[gan.nez]

jepp if you would have googled it you would know that it is not a tracker;
just google it and there is a great video that discribes it what it really is!!

[t0mmy]

It's the best tracker ever, exclusive too!!

[sheriff 01]

It's the best tracker ever, exclusive too!!

as the rest of the members above have pointed out to me it is not a tracker.
thanks for your input on this though tommy. By the way have you been gone for the last while because i don't think i have crossed paths with you yet?

[tX]

It's the best tracker ever, exclusive too!!

How's the community?

Because that's most all that matters according to 90% of giveaway section members

[t0mmy]

It's the best tracker ever, exclusive too!!

as the rest of the members above have pointed out to me it is not a tracker.
thanks for your input on this though tommy. By the way have you been gone for the last while because i don't think i have crossed paths with you yet?

i believe so, too busy on the trackers so i just browse a few threads a day.

[Sylar666]

I like it so far, lots of music to listen to. And nice interface, too.

[! TRADE !]

that image i found about it :D



http://musically.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/spotify-5.jpg

[aysomc]

yea when i first installed it i immediately thought of itunes but it is very nice. those of us in the US/canada(not sure about other countries) need a proxy but its an easy workaround and then we can use our normal internet once we register. it buffers and plays flawlessly with no wait at all for me and they have a huge library of songs. as long as they can do it while staying away from too many ads and not forcing people to pay for it, it should work very nicely.

[ajsi]

well, it looks nice and cool and everything, there are all of the songs you would wish to listen to, but at the end, the quality of the songs is what i miss most.

[DeNeDe17]

this is great ...
i'm gonna give up winamp for good
this place has almost all the music i want

[colbert]

Is it like last.fm?

[PlayeR]

I think spotify is better

[Disme]

the quality of the songs is what i miss most.

:yup:

[Di@monds]

Great music collection and excellent choice if there is nothing to do at work-->spotify.

[flashback3r]

Why are all spotify threads in bittorrent? :S

It has nothing to do with it....

[monk3y]

yea when i first installed it i immediately thought of itunes but it is very nice. those of us in the US/canada(not sure about other countries) need a proxy but its an easy workaround and then we can use our normal internet once we register. it buffers and plays flawlessly with no wait at all for me and they have a huge library of songs. as long as they can do it while staying away from too many ads and not forcing people to pay for it, it should work very nicely.

i don't know why but it's working pretty slow for me, not the songs but the loading of the songs. also it is always stuck every 10 seconds ( more or less ) and starts loading the rest of the song.

[cap87]

yea when i first installed it i immediately thought of itunes but it is very nice. those of us in the US/canada(not sure about other countries) need a proxy but its an easy workaround and then we can use our normal internet once we register. it buffers and plays flawlessly with no wait at all for me and they have a huge library of songs. as long as they can do it while staying away from too many ads and not forcing people to pay for it, it should work very nicely.

i don't know why but it's working pretty slow for me, not the songs but the loading of the songs. also it is always stuck every 10 seconds ( more or less ) and starts loading the rest of the song.

Maybe it's your cache size.

Click CTRL + P and raise it ;)

[monk3y]

i don't know why but it's working pretty slow for me, not the songs but the loading of the songs. also it is always stuck every 10 seconds ( more or less ) and starts loading the rest of the song.

Maybe it's your cache size.

Click CTRL + P and raise it ;)

thanks for the advice but it's working now very good even without changing it.
the database is just amazing !!!

[puckface]

Why are all spotify threads in bittorrent? :S

It has nothing to do with it....


exactly. but no one seems to care so i guess its ok.

and on topic , is it all its cracked up to be? Hell Yes.

[sheriff 01]

Thanks guys for all your valuable input even though i mistakenly posted in the wrong section. I would also like to thank a very generous member here at FST who has invited me there and i now see first hand what a great program spotify is.:)

[Di@monds]

Just find out this from another site: 8 allowed countries Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland and Norway

[jbloggs]

Any particular web proxy site that will allow people not from those 8 coutries to get on to the site?

[0Ri0N]

i don't know why but it's working pretty slow for me, not the songs but the loading of the songs. also it is always stuck every 10 seconds ( more or less ) and starts loading the rest of the song.

Maybe it's your cache size.

Click CTRL + P and raise it ;)

Hey, how did you manage to get in, since you are from Portugal? By proxy?

[Disme]

Maybe it's your cache size.

Click CTRL + P and raise it ;)

Hey, how did you manage to get in, since you are from Portugal? By proxy?

Yep ... many users are using proxies to get signed-up :shifty:

[cap87]

Maybe it's your cache size.

Click CTRL + P and raise it ;)

Hey, how did you manage to get in, since you are from Portugal? By proxy?

By proxy of course :shifty:

[colbert]

Use something like 2proxy.info

[luckylittle]

You can just tell someone to sign you up and then you can connect from any IP.

[Tokeman]

Or you can just use a webproxy to sign up, then connect like normal after sign up, as stated already in this thread a few times...

[Roooney]

I see my folder for cache just gets bigger and bigger. Can I delete these folders without something wrong happens?

[Martin31]

Click Ctrl+P to bring up the preferences then select how much cache you wish to use :)

[piratebot]

So how is the quality of the songs? Most people seem to be satisfied, but I read a post elsewhere saying a person heard clipping or whatever on a few songs.

ogg q5 is used so if there are any problems, it's probably the source material.

btw
Most users agree -q 5 achieves transparency, if the source is the original or lossless. It is not transparent in the case of transcoding from lossy source (strongly frowned upon)

[Sylar666]

I have 5 invites left which I 'd like to share here. Am I supposed to do that in the free invite section? It ain't a tracker...

[Roooney]

No please don't do that sylar. You can give them away here. I hate to see requests and GA for spotify in that section.

[cap87]

I have some invites i would like to share too, unfortunately i cant send or receive pm's :(