Useful Tips to Play Spotify Music on iPod

As a music lover, you must hear about the Spotify, which is one of the most popular streaming music services. No matter you are a free or premium account, Spotify is perfect to enjoy music when in the coffee shop or at home. It has over 35 million online songs for you enjoy. But when you are doing exercises or crowded in the commuter, you may don't want to carry your giant smartphone to listen to music from Spotify, under this situation, the most people always prefer to use iPod Touch.

As a result, many music enthusiasts intend to sync their Spotify playlists to the iPod. While you downloaded and transferred it to your iPod Nano, you will find that Spotify music can't be played on your device. Why? As a matter of fact, Spotify has added a feature that will let you sync your playlists from desktop Spotify app to your Apple iPod, including iPod Classic, iPod Nano, and iPod Shuffle via USB cable. Unluckily this feature was removed while ago from the Spotify desktop app. Now Spotify is only supported by iOS 7 and above. It means that the iPod Touch 5th or higher generations of iPod is supported.

But if you have an iPod Touch on lower generations, and you intend to play the songs from Spotify by this iPod, you should know the real reasons that why Spotify Music can't play on those devices.


Part 1. Why You Can't Transfer Your Spotify Music to iPod

I believe many people have the same confusion as me when I transfer my Spotify music to my iPod, it can't normally play. Why?

It is just because the Spotify Music is protected by a special technology named DRM.
The Spotify DRM protected songs formats are OGG, which is an encrypted format that we can't directly play it on unauthorized devices such as iPod Nano, MP3 players, and other Android devices.

So all the thing you need to do is that remove the DRM protection, and then convert the Spotify songs to MP3 format. After finished this work, you can listen to your Spotify music on any devices, not only on Apple iPod, but also on Creative Zen, Smart TV, and more. So, what should we do to completely delete the DRM from Spotify?

Part 2. The Most Useful Software to Remove DRM Protection

At first, you should search out a professional software to erase the DRM protection from Spotify. Maybe you have heard so many tools about remove DRM protection from Spotify. But after comparing with others, I found the smartest tool should be AudFree Spotify Music Converter.

It is a software designed to completely eradicate the DRM restrictions and download any songs from Spotify. Currently, this app is fully compatible with Windows and Mac platforms. You can choose the corresponding versions according to your needs. Now, we get started to show you the complete guide on how to sync Spotify to iPod, make sure you have installed software on your computer.

Part 3. Tutorial to Transfer Spotify Songs to iPod

What You'll Need

1. An iPod device
2. A computer running Windows XP or Mac 10.8 or higher
3. The latest version of AudFree Spotify Music Converter app installed on your PC

Now, we will refer to the following instruction on how to convert and sync Spotify music to iPod for offline listening in 4 steps only, no matter you are subscribing to Spotify Free or Premium.

Step 1 Paste Spotify Music Tracks to AudFree Spotify Music Converter

 

After opening the app, you can directly drag and drop any songs track or playlist or album from Spotify app into the AudFree Spotify Music Converter, or you can paste any track links to the search box of the app to add the Spotify songs.

Step 2 Choose the Output Format


Click the menu bar on the upper right corner and select the 'Preferences' to define the output settings, including output formats, bitrate, sample rate, conversion speed, and other parameters. Currently, AudFree converting tool for Spotify supports MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV, AAC, and FLAC output formats.

Step 3 Converter Spotify Music to MP3


Click the 'convert' button to begin converting the Spotify songs to iPod supported audio formats. In this process, you can paste or drag a lot of songs or even your playlist into the
main interface and select all to a batch conversion.

Step 4 Transfer the Well-Converted Spotify Music Tracks to Your iPod 

Once the conversion completes, click the history folder to locate the well-converted songs. Then you can move those DRM-free songs to your iPod via iTunes.

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