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If you have Google Play Music subscription and want to download music from Google Play Music as MP3 (320kbps), you have come to the right place. There are some paid tools that claims to download Google Play Music tracks to MP3, but deep down they are recording the music. In this artcile, you will learn how to save music fromGoogle Play Music as MP3 so you can listen to music on any music player devices.
Chimera is a multiple source terminal-based music downloader with audio search engine (requires extra setup). It enables you to download music from Napster, Deezer, Tidal, SoundCloud, Qobuz, Google Play Music, and Spotify (from other sources).
About Chimera
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As mentioned, Chimera allows you to download quality music (Hi-res) from multiple music streaming services. It is literally downloaded from their service, except Spotify. When you use Chimera to download Spotify music, it actually grabs music from a different source. From the Chimera Setup page, you can choose music source from Deezer, Tidal, or Qobuz.
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You will need a paid account to download music from Tidal, Qobuz, Google Play Music, Napster or Deezer. You can also download music from SoundCloud without an account.
Chimera is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. You can check my YouTube Channel to see the detailed setup steps for each platform. However, there is no GUI app, so you need to set it up from the terminal.
This tool is developed for educational use or personal use only, you are not supposed to use it for pirating or distributing music. It may be illegal to use such software for downloading music, so be informed.
How to Set It up
The process is a little bit different according to the system you are using. I will just take Windows as an example to show you step by step. You can also refer to the video below, which is more clear.
Step 1. Download python from here and install it. Preferably, download the 64-bit version. When you install it, be sure to check the option “Add Python 3.8 to Path”. If you miss that, you need to add the path manually.
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Step 2. Download the latest release of Chimera and extract it.
Step 3. Copy the Chimera folder to C: drive if it is not there.
Step 4. Press Windows + R and type “CMD” to open a command prompt window. Then type ”cd [the path to Chimera folder]”.
Step 5. Type the following command and press Enter to install the required the requirements.:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Step 6. Type “pip install gmusicapi” to install gmusicapi library, which is needed only for downloading music from Google Play Music
Step 7. Type “main.py” to launch Chimera and it will open the Chimera Config page from your web browser where you can input all your accounts of music services that you want to download music from. When you go to the Google Play Music section, toggle on the option “GPM Enabled” and input your email address and password for Google Play Music.
Step 8. Change other settings if you want and save the changes.
After that, you can use it to download Google Play Music to MP3.
How to Use It?
After setup, you need to re-launch Chimera before you can download music. It is quite convenient to download tracks, albums, or playlists from any service that is supported. You can refer to the steps below to download music with Chimera.
Step 1. Open a command prompt. You can press Windows + R key and type “CMD ” (without quotes).
Step 2. Type “cd [the path you saved the chimera folder]” and press Enter.
Step 3. Run the command “python main.py”
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Step 4. Type “gpm” and then type “login”.
Step 5. You will be redirect to Google authorization page. From there, click Allow to grant Google Play Music access to Chimera.
Step 6. After that, you will get the approval Code. Copy the code and go back to Chimera. Paste the code in the command prompt and press Enter.
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Step 7. Wait a few seconds and you now have logged in to Google Play Music. You can now type “grab track [track ID]” to download a track from Google Play Music. If you want to download an album or playlist, just use “grab album [ID]” or “grab playlist [ID]”.
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If you want to download from Spotify, just type Spotify. When using Spotify for the first time, it will generate Spotify access token, so you need to type the command again to download Spotify music.