The Hype Machine is a service that keeps track of posts on popular music blogs. It is a music aggregation service that links to the music blogs and offers to play the mp3 posted on those blogs directly on their website.
Many Internet users use the Hype Machine to discover new music and music blogs. The mp3 blogs that Hypem links to often include download links of the mp3 that they review, the Hype Machine on the other hand does not offer that service, it links to mp3 shops like iTunes or eMusic instead where the songs or albums can be purchased.
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The mp3 songs can be played directly in the web browser if the Adobe Flash player is installed, no option is provided if Flash is not installed on the other hand. Songs are played one after the other starting with the mp3 the user selected to play.
The following guide explains how to download mp3 from The Hype Machine website even if Adobe Flash is not installed.
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This is a userscript that is compatible with the Firefox web browser. It places download icons next to each title on The Hype Machine website.
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A right-click on the icon and the selection of Save As will download the mp3 to the local computer. A left-click on the other hand tries to play the file in Firefox. The files use cryptic names and it is recommended to edit the names to reflect the song title and artist. Mp3 tags are included in each file so that it is possible to rename the songs after downloading them or by using a software like mp3 tag to bulk change the names.
The userscript offers several keyboard shortcuts that are helpful on the Hypem website as well:
/: activate search field
p: play previous track in the current playlist
n: play next track in the current playlist
k: select previous displayed track
j: select next displayed track
o: play selected track
v: open selected blog post in new tab
s: toogle Favorite for the currently playing track
Hypem.com HTML5 player
The Chrome extension Hypem.com HTML5 player has been developed by the developer of the userscript. The mp3 downloads are displayed in the same way, a save icon is displayed next to each title.
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The Chrome extension replaces the Adobe Flash player on The Hype Machine website with an HTML5 player. The keyboard shortcuts have also been expanded:
* Key for Previus track: v
* Key for Play/Pause track: b
* Key for Next track: n
* Seek backward: left
* Seek forward: next
* Volume up: up
* Volume down: down
* Mute/unmute audio: m
* Show download links: d
* Show/Hide notification: i
* Show/Hide BigPlayer: f
All options that the extension provides can be edited in the right sidebar on each Hypem page.
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Both the userscript and the Chrome extension provide the means to download mp3 from the Hype Machine website. If you know of another method let us know in the comments.
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While I do agree that these are good ways for the advanced user (anyone that uses userscripts), the general population relies on software and not an extension hack. I have instructions on how to use a helper application FMZilla on my blog: http://www.letmegorun.com/blog/2010/06/07/getting-music-from-the-interwebs/
Interesting. I had to check my “clicks” before saying anything. Why go to all of that trouble? Two clicks is all it takes. Not sure of the purpose of not having Flash–security issues aside. Oh well–everyone has a different way.
doesnt seem to work anymore
Yea doesn’t work anymore. Disabled by hype machine.