Downloading J-POP MP3's [Archive]

Scott

Jun 25, 2002, 14:18

Okay...I always used to download all my J-POP MP3's from Audio Galaxy as I saw that they had everything I needed. I didn't even have to look any further than audiogalaxy.com for a J-POP song I wanted. Sadly, Audio Galaxy is closing down and I can't get the songs I want. I have tried Kazaa and Morpheus, which I have found have a very little selection. I also downloaded WinMX which has a pretty good selection, but the files take FOREVER to download. Also, everything seems to be on "quene" so I can't download it. Can anyone help me out with this? What exactly does quene mean and why are the files taking forever to download? I'm on a Cable connection. What P2P programs do you guys use to download J-POP?

-Scott :confused:

thomas

Jun 25, 2002, 17:14

I'm using Morpheus, but have to admit that the new version isn't very user-friendly (not to mention the horrible blinking banners). Although I'm not only looking for Jpop, I found that - on an average day - there's a good selection of J-music available.

I'm also on a cable connection, but use a separate box for downloads.

<rant>
It seems that AudioGalaxy shares the same fate as Napster. The sad thing is that these legal steps aren't taken in order to protect artists' rights, but solely the commercial interests of a greedy recording industry (http://www.boycott-riaa.com).
</rant>

:angryfire

Twisted

Jun 26, 2002, 06:44

Hey, isn't downloading MP3's illegal???
I always buy original... :blush:

But when i do download MP3 files, i always use WinMX. Most Japanese use it as well.
Audiogalaxy made it a bit easier to find what you want, because most titles were in Romaji.
WinMX is actually not that slow. The latest version (v.3.22) allows you to bundle your downloads so you can download from several users at once.
Sometimes users are busy and you can choose to enter their queue by right-clicking on the users name and selecting "Enter queue" from the menu.
And you can put downloads on auto-complete so it will keep looking for free users for as long as you are connected to the network.
Since you're on cable, you can leave it on all night.

thomas

Jun 26, 2002, 06:50

Absolutely correct, Peter!

Well, of course I'm just checking if a CD is worth buying, ehem...
:sorry:

deborah gormley

Jun 26, 2002, 07:10

of course we all check too see if the cd is worth buying lol

there is a new music download thing and I thought I had it on my desk top, dont know where it went but as soon as I get the name of it I'l post it here, I was useing it before my computer packed up so I know its here somewhere, give me a while to find it folks and I'l get right back to you all:bow:

deborah gormley

Jun 26, 2002, 07:31

got it

www.blubster.com

its quite good although I'm unsure if it contain any j pop, hope you can find what your looking for

thomas

Jun 26, 2002, 16:50

Thanks, Deb, I'll check it out today. I mean just to test it of course, hehe...
:bow:

Twisted

Jun 27, 2002, 04:03

Sounds interesting. Did anybody find any spyware in this one yet?

thomas

Jun 27, 2002, 05:46

A lot of people reported problems with Blubster

=> http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/03102002b.php

MirandaTsukino

Jul 8, 2002, 10:28

try www.afternapster.com for programs.
i'm using WinMX.

moyashi

Jul 20, 2002, 21:20

queue is a waiting list sort of.

lololo ... I'd stay away from most of those windows apps. Spyware inflitration is very high. Although, you can get copies that supposeedly have it taken out. The banners too.

I don't usually download mp3. I've done it and most of the songs I did download I had owned the cassette to or the CD. Problem is I didn't bring all my music to Japan and getting CD's over here is outrageously expensive just for a song or 2 that I really liked.

hmmm .... anybody try hotline? There's even a Japanese server. Problem is that many of the Japanese servers are either logon types and you need to up to down or you need to get the a Japanese version of hotline to read what the visitior pass/log is.

checkout download.com (shareware.com) for napster like applications.

I wish I had the time to setup a streaming server. hmmmm .... too bad my latest music collection is rather old on my machine.

scaturan

Mar 9, 2003, 23:04

Kazaa and WinMX always come up on posts like this and even chat rooms. i don't use any except IRC (internet relay chat).

like many, i download samples and i i like them, i buy the cd. (how noble eh? hehe). if i don't they get deleted or forgotten for eternity.

support the artist and those who make a living producing, marketing, manufacturing their media.

if you're are familiar with IRC, try EFnet - #jpop-extreme or #jpop on mircx.com to sample Japanese music mp3s.

Chakan

Mar 9, 2003, 23:15

IRC is excellent. They'll NEVER be able to take it away from us! YES!

I'd like to recommend Direct Connect. Try out the DC++ client for Windows http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net and just look over the public hubs for music or J-related hubs. Once you find the one that's perfect for you, you could have direct access to trade and chat with people in a rather convenient fashion. I love DC now. :)

Twisted

Mar 10, 2003, 00:07

Is it possible to get files through IRC without having to chat to people? I'm not so fond of chatting, so i'd rather use p2p software.

Chakan

Mar 10, 2003, 00:15

Yes, it's very simple. Often, you just join a channel, type "!list" for a listing of file servers, type the trigger, and then you're in their file server. Once there, you use simple commands like "dir" to list the files in your current directory, "cd" to change to another directory, and "cd.." to go up one directory. Once you find a file you would like, simply type "get " and then the file name (you can simply highlight and copy it in the list).

It might sound complex to some at first, but once you do it once, it's really easy. :)

Twisted

Mar 10, 2003, 02:33

Thanks, sounds interesting enough to try it. ;)

Rocketdive

Mar 10, 2003, 04:26

I use winmx and soulseek

but the best way is trading thru FTP :D

matshelge

Mar 10, 2003, 19:41

OK, gess I need to say this since it was left out. EMULE: the best p2p program out there.
Thou, its mostly for people with high level connections. (58K works real bad with it)
So, lets all give it a look at http://www.emule-project.net it痴 a bit harder to understand then the other p2p programs, but when you get into it, nothing is better.

Twisted

Mar 10, 2003, 20:41

Emule is great for movies and anime series. Especially when you use the links at Sharereactor (http://www.sharereactor.com).

For music i still prefer WinMX. Emule is only good for the more popular artists who enjoy popularity in the west (Hikki and Ayu for instance). WinMX is still the most used p2p-client among Japanese people, which results in a much broader spectrum of artist availability.

From a software point of view Emule is indeed the very best.

matshelge

Mar 11, 2003, 21:48

Well, since I知 login on to the Asian Movie donkey server, I might get better results then you have. But I usually find whole albums, in 196kb quality, of all kinds of JPop and JRock bands on emule.
For Asian movies of all kinds http://acf.hopto.org/amed2k/

Twisted

Mar 11, 2003, 22:44

Yeah, perhaps that's it. But even when searching globally across different servers the results are pale in comparison to WinMX.

It has been getting a lot better the last few months though.

I'm currently in the proces of setting up a linkpage with ED2K-links to Japanese musicvideo's. I'm currently just experimenting to see if it works.

Most videos i link to are only shared by me (most of them are taken from Usenet or WinMX), but i have limited upload-bandwith.

You can check out the work in progress here (http://www.xs4all.nl/~pzoon/jvdo/jvdo.htm).

Beware of many dead links. I've set up these few pages late last night and didn't get the chance to check them all. I will add more pages in the coming week. Let me know if anyone actually managed to get any files through this page.

den4

Mar 13, 2003, 02:23

anybody ever try this app? or know if it's spywared? or any good?
http://www.overnet.com/

:D

Twisted

Mar 13, 2003, 04:43

Didn't try it yet. I think it's the next big thing, but only when it's fully developed. There are also Emule/overnet hybrid applications that take advantage of both networks.

matshelge

Mar 13, 2003, 06:13

I have given it a go, and its a great program. The only problem is the source, and it has a problem with dialup-users who change IP all the time. Overnet does not have a central server, that way IP that have overnet on them are stored at files, that are sent around the globe. So... If you uninstall overnet you will still get requetst for list of files all the time, since your IP is on the serverlist.. On the good side, Overnet has a huge amount of source for Anime. Better then Edonkey/emule. But for rare files, Edonkey/emule is still the best.
Overnet also has a ratio thing going, so for full speed download you need to have upload of 10Kb, anything under that gives you 1/3 ratio in download speeds.

*thats about it I think*

den4

Mar 14, 2003, 02:34

thanks for the update matshelge.....I'll have to check out emule, then... :O

Musashi

Mar 15, 2003, 22:38

Is there anyway to download directly from the net? Some ftp archive that has fallen down from heaven for instance? Or some nice urls? My provider has blocked all known p2p file sharing software, so I've been browsing the web like mad just to find the occasional audio or video file...Any suggestions anyone?

ChennehCis

Mar 27, 2003, 14:23

First of all, use Kazaa lite, mainly because I hate spyware...

I also recommend Soulseek for music (That's where I get alot of my underground electronica which is generally very hard to find)

*sigh* Mp3 finding has gotten harder overall no thanks to the fall of the mighty Audiogalaxy...

ricoche

Mar 27, 2003, 17:27

Hello there,

I think building connections and doing things via FTP has been pretty unbeatable so far.

I'm not sure if many of you know, but in Japan there are many places to rent Japanese CDs. All of my friends like to copy them to MDs or CDs for their car stereo or train ride. It's pretty cheap in my opinion.

Converting something like that to MP3 and using FTP is probably the best way to go.

I'm not advocating piracy here, but merely explaining a manner that I've seen done. At least that's what my Japanese colleagues have done anyway.

I myself have looked at the newsgroups, kazaa, etc. and haven't found much at all really. You also have to consider quality too. Audiogalaxy was great when it was on top, but oh well those things don't last forever.

There's also some nice Japanese online Radio Stations around too. I listen to the stations in Japan, but the Internet can also provide some decent J-music to all living abroad.

Enjoy!

Ricoche

Viciousvee

Mar 28, 2003, 00:33

Does any one know how to use Emule? I'm getting kinda confused. There are soo many servers. It totally different than Kazaa because of all the severs.

Thanks.

Twisted

Mar 28, 2003, 01:37

You shouldn't worry too much about all the servers. Emule connects to one automatically on startup and it usually selects the first one that lets him in.

These servers are interconnected. When you do a search, the client first looks at the server it's already connected to. When you have the Search Globally ticked, it also starts looking for those files on other servers.

There are servers, however, that won't let anyone connect without a password. These are usually genre specific servers who only want to spread there files among fans of that genre. That's not to be elitist, but only to ensure the fastest downloads and widest availability for the files they're sharing. You should check the forums at Sharereactor (http://www.sharereactor.com) to get in touch with the people running those servers.

But for plain downloading it's quite easy. Just do a search and click the doubleclick the file you want to download.

den4

Mar 28, 2003, 02:41

yeah, heard about the rental cd shops, and have visited some in the past, but also heard that some of the cds now have copy protections....even though I've also seen those same albums out on winmx just after they are released, so I don't think much about the so-called copy protection that is out there.....not that I'm advocating piracy either....just saying it as it is...

ChennehCis

Mar 28, 2003, 12:55

If you own any copy protected CDs... you CAN do this....

http://www.guru3d.com/-/20020515-02.jpg

My friend did this to his Cybertrance CDs (which all have that copy protection now) and he says he can rip the CDs, and make them Mp3s...

scaturan

Apr 2, 2003, 11:04

cloneCD works but then again, it all depends if your hardware is supported. if it does, you don't have to fuss with sharpies which really is risky for most. i rip my cds because mp3 is more portable and can have most of my collection on 1 cd, instead of carrying 110+ cds to work. heh

point4m

Apr 7, 2003, 02:56

There is also a site in the UK called Limewire, I use it quite a bit.. it is great for sampling info and programs before you buy. It is a free download with an option of going PRO.

http://www.limewire.com/

gundamv3

Apr 9, 2003, 09:07

ah, i use
DC for anime
WinMX for music
KaZaaLite for programs
i would like something better so ill try out eMule and ill try to learn IRC, and maybe the otehre stuff too.

Chakan

Apr 9, 2003, 10:18

Wow. I just tried out WinMX for the first time in a while. Golly, Beave, they sure have improved!

dark for tears

Apr 11, 2003, 02:53

i use soulseek to get me songs and video's its very good. i can find the stuff i haven't found on other things. but i would much rather get the CD's

Kohaku

Apr 28, 2003, 04:30

For anyone looking for a website to download Jpop MP3s from, try this site -->
http://www.geocities.com/hyde_angeltale/main2.html
Scroll down by the grey menu to the MP3 section. Click on this link and you'll find a list of probably every L'arc en Ciel and hyde song in existance, including some harder to find ones, for download. If you go down to the bottom of this page there's a link that says more Jrock/pop downloads from other bands. This site has a ton of MP3s!! They aren't the best quality but they seem to download quickly. I have almost all of them and I haven't run into any broken links yet which seems to be a problem with most sites...

Lil'Anij

Jun 28, 2003, 07:07

I use WinMX with good effort...
But there are warnings allready, that the US Music industry RIAA starts looking for sharers on WinMX as well...
If this is really true, it may will be closed down like AudioGalaxy...

www.jalana.com
is where you can find some anime songs once a while....
not much, but bettrer than nothing ^^

Twisted

Jun 28, 2003, 08:19

I'm not sure if WinMX can be shut down, as there aren't any central servers. Could be wrong though.
If it does go down, we're left with Edonkey (or Emule), which certainly can't be shut down.

I'm not sure if the RIAA will bother with Japanese artists anyway. There is of course the Japanese RIAA, but i don't think they're as aggressive as their American colleagues

den4

Jun 28, 2003, 14:34

found this new site....or old site....tis a chinese site with jpop stuff....but I can't read chinese... :(
http://jk.chinamp3.com/
i think they have downloads available....but probably best to virus scan if they are downloadable.. :O

den4

Jun 28, 2003, 14:35

as a followup...also found this site....
http://book-i.net/jking/
all in japanese, with possible links in the bbs stuff.....

den4

Jun 28, 2003, 14:36

also this link does seem to have downloads from time to time....
http://www.jpopwind.com/index.htm

Himura

Jun 28, 2003, 23:46

Just a few programms... there are a lot... :relief:
-WinMX (good)
-iMesh (<== much better than Morpheus)
-ShareBear (<== too old)
-Kazaa (good as well)
-WinGate
(-eMule <== good for movies^^)

EienGothicLolita

Jul 15, 2003, 04:05

Well I had problems with many download-programmes. I usually download JPop and JRock videos and songs, and I tried with EDONKEY, but it takes too much loading... I tried with WINMX, but it takes too much downloading files (anyway there are many jpop and jrock files... more than kazaa) and I finally tried with KAZAA, and well, there aren't too much files but, I think it's the best for me at the moment. Anyway I gotta get a secure Kazaa version (can anyone help me with this?).
I'm not sure if I'll download Kazaa or WinMX this time, what do you think, guys?
Thank you very much!

Twisted

Jul 15, 2003, 05:19

For a secure version of Kazaa, you should download Kazaa Lite (http://www.kazaalite.tk/). Apparently all spyware has been removed from that one, but i can't vouch for it, as i don't use Kazaa myself.

I personally think WinMX is the better choice for downloading Japanese music. Both MP3 and video-files, but it helps if you can stay connected to the internet 24/7. The more you are online, the more chance you have of getting the files you want.

Mind you, there's also tons of files available on Usenet. It might seem a bit complicated to use at first, but the rewards are great.

EienGothicLolita

Jul 15, 2003, 21:52

Konnichiwa! Twisted sama, thank you very much :bow:
I'll see Kazaa Lite later, and I'll download and use it, I'll see if I finally gonna download WinMX or I gonna use Kazaa Lite.
Really, again, thank you because of your answer! :note:
I'll tell you how was it all :cool:

EienGothicLolita

Jul 16, 2003, 06:44

Hello, it isn't a very long message, but...
Thank you very much :bow: I got Kazaa Lite and it is ok downloading songs. I didn't try videos yet. There are many songs, but I think there are many songs with WinMX and more than Kazaa as I said :) but I like Kazaa :happy:
Thank you very much!
I keep your help... thank you!

Souske

Jul 16, 2003, 08:00

Hey Don't use Kazaa The IRAA is after people who use Kazaa I use Imesh it is good

Gaki

Jul 16, 2003, 11:45

Although i dont support the use of Mp3s, i hear soulseek is good ^__~

SupAhSusHi

Jul 18, 2003, 21:50

u know the best thing to get updated j-music albums/singles??? go here http://jpmp3.com/ this is where i get all my favorite albums.. u dont need to dl the netpumper, u can just dl it by using java..
trust me, my friends from jpopmusic forum goes there. have fun. :clap:

BlackExodus

Jul 19, 2003, 07:00

The only bad thing about jpmp3.com is that a lot of the stuff was just deleted. I go there too, but they had some sort of problem. Hopefully, it will be fixed. Right now, I'm using WinMX and Kazaa. But, the only good time for me to use Kazaa is around 11:00 Pacific. There's usually more Japanese stuff up then. Otherwise, I say WinMX is your best bet.

lineartube

Jul 19, 2003, 18:39

I use Kazaalite and what made me pick it was the spyware-free feature. Besides, it's more user-friendly that most P2P clients around. I've tried morpheus, imesh, limewire, soulseek, mirc... and I finally settled on this one.

SupAhSusHi

Jul 19, 2003, 20:04

well basically i never had any complaints about jpmp3, bec. i get to dl my fav. albums on time..

Misato001

Jul 20, 2003, 02:29

Hi, l was reading this post and l was thinking that u if won't the best in P2P trading u should join "Stramload.com" of a small fee u can have unlimted storge for Anime,Moives and OST's (Music)

The fee that u pay is for the how many much MB'su download each month, I pay ｣8:50 per month and l can download
15'000 MB.

But the one thing that u have too do is use message bords too Req: files from differnet pepole on Streamload if anyone joins S/L l wil get them started by giving them links too message bords and 3,000 files or too get them started
:blush:

Twisted

Jul 20, 2003, 09:13

Streamload used to be free. I still don't get why people would pay for a certain internet service, when you can get the same thing for free.

If i have to pay for anything, i want the original. Not a copy. Streamload went down the drain.

Misato001

Jul 20, 2003, 18:08

The free acct went whenhey upgrade too v.2 l've omly been using S/L for two years and l all ready he over 1056739 files in my acct.

Its way better then anythig that if free becousethe files are alwasys there.

Lets say u had an MP3 on Kazza it could take days too D/L
but o S/L 15 mins :D

anywa if someone do's sign upl will show thn to all the hidden S/L messages bords :blush: :wave:

lineartube

Jul 20, 2003, 19:17

Originally posted by Misato001
Lets say u had an MP3 on Kazza it could take days too D/L
but o S/L 15 mins :D

..or seconds, depending on the connection. :blush:

FuriX

Oct 3, 2003, 14:52

i agree...for D/L anything S/L is the best......if you know the account and password...for sure

kaijuu

Oct 3, 2003, 19:38

dose any one know a web page wer i can download gackts u+k or marmalade

Misato001

Oct 3, 2003, 19:54

l have all his Albums on S/L is it only u+k and marmalade that u won't ? if so l will post the URL's from which you can download them. :happy:

If you won't all his song's P.M. me and l will give you the URL's ok :bow:

FuriX

Oct 4, 2003, 14:00

misato....i want gackt songs too...!!

Misato001

Oct 4, 2003, 18:19

Streamload is down for 12 hours !!!!!! but when it comes back up l will send u a P.M. with the URL's in ok :happy:

Misato001

Oct 5, 2003, 05:36

FuriX-kun l need ur E-mail so that l can send u the URL'S z P.M. me wih it an l will send u the URL's :happy:

KlahaXGackt

Oct 5, 2003, 05:50

yeah but doesn't using Kazaa and Kazaalite kind of put you in the danger zone....people are seriously getting fined for downloading things...

Misato001

Oct 5, 2003, 06:22

:blush: well this is how it all works Streamload do's not come under P2P Trading like kazaa, S/L is only a Storage site so it dos not fall into the Danger Zone so there is no change of getting fined ....... but the one problem is that u have too find Message Boards with S/L req post so tat u can get the files l hope this helps and my be u will sign up ..... :happy:

KlahaXGackt

Oct 5, 2003, 12:42

If you can reccommend one I would be happy to sign up...it's not that easy to come by J-rock/pop here unless I order Cds online.... *sighs* if only Americans were more open minded, didn't think all J-rockers were female or gay, and it became popular here.... but maybe when the world ends that'll be a reality...I should live in California or New York or at least go back to Montreal

Misato001

Oct 5, 2003, 20:44

Well if u sign up too Streamload l can give u some URL'S for the REQ Message boards, l could start u off with some files (i.e. 2000 + OST, 900, 600 + E-books)
That should do too start with :happy:

So if when u sign up tell me your S/L Acct name and l will send you the stuff .....

hope too hear from u soon :bow: :clap:

KlahaXGackt

Oct 6, 2003, 11:31

I don't think I have S/L....I'm so not a computer person. All I know is that I had Kazaa and I managed to save all of the music I did have....PM me sometime Misato001 and we can discuss this in more depth...I feel bad taking up the normal fourm space ::blush::

Shidenkai

Oct 22, 2003, 05:48

Hi everyone! I used WinMx for all of Laruku songs and albums... very good; Kazaa don't have more songs of j-pop.

den4

Oct 22, 2003, 23:32

just came across this site:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/superpchan/38858.html#cutid1
http://www.livejournal.com/users/superpchan/
seems to update regularly, but there are some deleted tunes, too...so I guess it's get 'em while they're up... :D

Misato: sure, send me those links by PM or otherwise....
my SL account is den4 :D thanks.... :D

-Lune-

Nov 27, 2003, 06:48

Posted by: SupAhSusHi

u know the best thing to get updated j-music albums/singles??? go here http://jpmp3.com/ this is where i get all my favorite albums.. u dont need to dl the netpumper, u can just dl it by using java..
trust me, my friends from jpopmusic forum goes there. have fun.

I tried it but the files I've downloaded were all damaged or incompleted

neptunemoon

Nov 27, 2003, 08:24

what is this spyware?

Johnathan

Nov 29, 2003, 14:16

When looking for a Japanese song, I usually use Soulseek or WinMX.

By the way, for everyone who has WinMX, you should try NapMX.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/speedfire/napmx/down.html
It's not a program, it just allows WinMX to connect to lots of servers. You'll be more likely to find Japanese stuff if WinMX is connected to NapMX.

Even then, when all else fails, I search for the song in Google... I don't find it usually, but a lot of times, I'll find someone's "Winamp Generated Playlist", hunt down their AIM name or E-mail address or something and ask if they can send me the mp3. But things rarely get THAT desperate.

oniichan55

Nov 29, 2003, 14:34

Originally posted by neptunemoon
what is this spyware?
spyware is software that comes packaged with certain programs and runs along with them, not actually being run directly by the user. It takes information (usually about the user's surfing & shopping habits) off youir hard drive and beams it back to corporate home base, where the software makers sell the info to advertisers. the main problem, besides snooping on your surfing habits, is that there really isn't much of a limit as to what type of info the software takes off and beams home--passwords, credit card numbers, etc., all are possible (but not usual) targets. KaZaA is particularly bad with spyware. I reccommend AD-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com) to de-spyware your computer.