Launch the AudFree Tidal Music Downloader on desktop, and the Tidal app will run automatically at the same time. And then please find the Tidal songs, albums, playlists that you wish to download from Tidal to computer within the Tidal app. Right-click on it to copy its link and paste it in the search box of AudFree software. Download the latest version of TIDAL for Android. A new music streaming service. TIDAL is a streaming music player that has been promoted by artists like Beyonce.
Download TIDAL TIDAL provides several apps to access its services via Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android devices. TIDAL can be downloaded for Android devices through the Play Store or for iOS via the App Store. We also support Windows and OSX through our desktop app. Tidabie Tidal Music Converter is a simple yet useful tool to download music from Tidal to your computer and convert Tidal music to MP3/AAC/WAV/FLAC. By Tidabie, you can download Tidal HiFi music or lossless FLAC files without efforts.
If you want to enjoy the high fidelity, the lossless audio quality of Tidal music on your HI-Fi audio player, you can download Tidal music as FLAC. In this way, you can enjoy the lossless CD-quality and hi-res quality tracks from Tidal smoothly on any device even Internet connection is not stable.
In this article, I will show you an open-source program that can help you download a single videotrackalbumplaylist from Tidal. You can even choose High Res quality for music tracks and 1080P for music videos. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. It is really downloading from the Tidal server, not recording the music.
Disclaimer
- This is for private use only.
- You should not use this method to distribute or pirate music.
- You will need a Tidal subscription. (Any subscription plan will do.)
- It may be illegal to use this in your country, so be informed.
Download Tidal Music on Windows – GUI Tool
For Windows users, you can simply download this Tidal Media Downloader GUI program. No installation required. After downloading, you can refer to the steps or video below to see how it works.
Step 1. Extract the file and run the program.
Step 2. Enter your Tidal username and password to log in.
Step 3. Change the default settings if needed. After that, you can paste a single videotrackalbumplaylist link and press Enter.
Step 4. The program will get the info of the link and then you can choose a quality to download.
Note that high res quality is not available for all tracks. If you paste a playlist link, you can uncheck any of the tracks that you don’t want to download in that playlist.
If you have Python 3 installed on your Windows PC, you can also run this program from command prompt to download music from Tidal.
Download Tidal Music on macOS- Terminal
Generally, Python is installed on a Mac, so you can easily get this program install on your Mac. If your Mac does not have Python 3 and Pip3, be sure to install them first. If you don’t like the terminal method, you can check Allavsoft for Mac.
Step 1. Open Terminal on your Mac.
Step 2. Run the following command:
pip3 install tidal-dl –upgrade
Step 3. When that is done, every time you want to use this program, just type “tidal-dl”to bring up the Tidal Media Downloader screen.
Step 4. As the instruction shows, type “1” to log in with your email and password for Tidal.
Step 5. Then type “2”to change the default settings if needed. Then you can type “4”and then track ID to download a Tidal track. Track ID means the 8 figure number at the end of the track URL.
Type the corresponding number to download the Tidal album, playlist, or video.
Download High Quality Music from Tidal on Android
Download Tidal Data
It is pretty much the to download Tidal music on Android, but first you need to install the Termux app, which allows you to run Python script and other scripts.
Step 1. Download and install Termux app. You can free download it from Google Play.
Step 2. Allow Termux to grant permission for your phone storage by typing the following command.
termux-setup-storage
Step 3. Run the following commands one by one to install Python and tidal-dl.
pkg install python clang libjpeg-turbo ffmpeg zlib -y
pip install –upgrade pip
pip install –upgrade tidal-dl
tidal-dl
Step 4. Now you can type the corresponding number to do what you want as on a Mac. I highly suggest you change the output location by typing number 2.
Conclusion
This is how you can download music from Tidal server, not recording it. With this program, you can enjoy high res or lossless music on any of your device offline. If you want to download Tidal music to other formats instead of FLAC, you can use Allavsoft.
There is another open-source program called Chimera that can also download music from Tidal and download music from Spotify, Deezer, and other streaming services, but it is a little bit complicated than this. I may write a new post about how to use it. If you are interested, stay tuned.
Part 1. How to Download Songs from Tidal onto Computer
How to enjoy lossless CD-quality of Tidal music if there is poor Internet connection? The most ideal way would be downloading music from Tidal for offline listening. So here in the part, we are going to share with you how to download tidal music to PC or Mac using third-party software.
Tool Needed: Best Tidal Downloader on Mac/Windows
AudFree Tidal Music Downloader is a flagship product developed by AudFree. It is well-designed to help Tidal subscribers get the music download from Tidal playlist and save them in common audio formats. This professional tool can run at high speed to download and convert Tidal to MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, and M4B without losing any audio quality. Besides, it is intelligent enough to detect all metadata such as title, artist, genre, album art of the music and keep them within the output music files.
With the help of this all-in-one Tidal music converter, it opens up more possibilities for you to enjoy Tidal music in plain format on any device. Moreover, you get to keep Tidal music forever even if you cancel your Tidal Premium or HiFi subscription. AudFree Tidal Music Downloader now offers a free trial for both Windows and Mac users to fully explore its various functions.
AudFree Tidal Music Downloader
- Losslessly download track/playlist/album from Tidal
- Convert Tidal to FLAC, MP3, AAC, WAV, etc.
- Work at 5X speed on Windows to convert Tidal songs
- Support to customize other audio parameters
Detailed Steps: How to Download Music on Tidal to Computer
Download Tidal Music
Before getting started, there is some preparation work you need to do. Please make sure you have downloaded and installed the right version of AudFree Tidal Music Downloader on your computer. Also, a Tidal desktop app is required to finish this process.
- Step 1Add music from Tidal to AudFree
- Launch the AudFree Tidal Music Downloader on desktop, and the Tidal app will run automatically at the same time. And then please find the Tidal songs, albums, playlists that you wish to download from Tidal to computer within the Tidal app. Right-click on it to copy its link and paste it in the search box of AudFree software. Click the '+' button to load Tidal music into it.
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- Step 2Set output format for Tidal music
- Go to Menu from the top-right corner and select 'Preferences' > 'Convert' section. Here, you get to select your ideal output format for Tidal music download. You can also customize other audio parameters including bit rate, sample rate, and audio channel. If you choose to download FLAC from Tidal, you get to select the bit depth between 16 bit and 24 bit.
- Step 3Download and convert Tidal MQA music
- When all the settings are saved, simply click the 'Convert' button to start the downloading process at high speed. After that, you can open the converted list and locate your downloaded Tidal music files in the output folder on your computer.
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- Video TutorialHow to Download Music from Tidal
- Here is a video tutorial that can help you learn how to download from Tidal more clearly. Following every step in this tutorial, and you shall have no problem getting your Tidal music downloaded.