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Two types of tracks are downloaded from Rhapsody: purchased Rhapsody tracks and downloaded Rhapsody tracks. Once downloaded, a local (computer resources such as drives or files that are part of a computer, or available on a Local Area Network; music files located on your computer's hard drive(s) are referred to as "local") music file is saved in your download file folder (either your computer's default music folder, or a folder you select in your General preferences) and the track name is added to My Library. Downloaded tracks can be played with Rhapsody even when you are offline.
Music files that you download from sources other than Rhapsody can be imported into My Library. Select File > Add Tracks to My Library from the Rhapsody menus.
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Download Type |
Description |
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Purchased Rhapsody Tracks |
Tracks or albums that
you purchase and download from the Music
Guide appear in My Library as purchased
tracks. You own the rights
to transfer and play
the track on a portable player or device,
or burn it to a CD. If you share
these tracks, you are only sending the bookmark for the track in the Music
Guide. Purchased tracks are available when you sign in to your paid Rhapsody account from another computer, but they will appear as streamed subscription tracks in My Library. You can choose to re-download them to the new computer. You can download purchased tracks up to three times with no additional charge. |
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Downloaded Rhapsody Tracks |
Many Rhapsody tracks
are available for download. When a Rhapsody track is downloaded, a music
file is saved on your computer. The downloaded Rhapsody track can be played
offline, shared online, and, with the appropriate
membership, transferred to a compatible
portable player or device. It cannot
be burned to a CD unless you purchase it.
Note: You must have the appropriate Rhapsody
membership to download and transfer Rhapsody tracks. Downloaded Rhapsody
tracks are only available to users on Windows XP systems. Operating systems
prior to XP cannot support subscription downloads at this time. Not all downloaded Rhapsody tracks can be transferred to a portable player or device. Some artists and labels have not granted subscription transfer rights to their tracks. If you attempt to transfer a downloaded Rhapsody track that does not have transfer rights, the "Purchase" dialog will open. |
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Internet Downloads |
These are tracks that you find and download outside of Rhapsody, then import to My Library. |
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Track Type |
When and Where is it Downloaded? |
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Purchased Rhapsody Tracks |
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Downloaded Rhapsody Tracks |
Note: You must have the appropriate Rhapsody membership to download and transfer Rhapsody tracks. Downloaded Rhapsody tracks are only available to users on Windows XP systems. Operating systems prior to XP cannot support subscription downloads at this time. |
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Internet Download |
Note: Tracks downloaded from anywhere other than Rhapsody cannot be shared through Rhapsody, and they will not be available in My Library if you sign in to your Rhapsody account from any other authorized computer. |
Any playlist you add from Playlist Central, a shared e-mail or blog (web log; online diary or log kept on a web site), or playlists you create from tracks in the Music Guide will not be added to My Library, and the playlist contents will not be downloaded to your hard drive, even if you have Download tracks to my hard drive... selected in your Preferences.
To add a playlist or tracks from a playlist
to My Library, just drag the playlist or playlist tracks to 
My Library in the
Sources area.
Any playlist, or tracks from any playlist,
dragged into My Library
will be automatically downloaded if available.
Streamed (large audio or video file that is broken into smaller pieces and transferred from a server piece by piece, so it can be viewed immediately rather than waiting for the whole file to be downloaded) Rhapsody tracks and downloaded (but not purchased) Rhapsody tracks are "membership" tracks. You can play them as long as you have a paid Rhapsody membership. If you choose to end your paid Rhapsody membership, any streamed and downloaded Rhapsody tracks in your Library will no longer be playable.
Any Rhapsody tracks that you purchased, however, are yours to keep.
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