Monday, August 25, 2008

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – FAQ

Q - Where can I find the download links?

A - You can find them on the Artists and/or Album Reviews links. The download links, album art, and pictures are always included on the reviews. You can also use the "search blog" on the navbar to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for. If you can't still find the song that you want, you can use the "google search bar" to help you on your search. You may also want to browse my sponsored links site to find more songs.


Q - How do I download the songs?

A - The first thing you have to do is to find and browse the songs the you want to download. The next step is to click the download link of the song using the right button of your mouse. This is really important, remember, not the left mouse button but the right. If you do this a menu will appear. The next step depends on what browser you are using. If you are using Internet Explorer or Opera select and click on the option "Save Target As...". If you are using FireFox or Netscape select and click on "Save Link As...". Now the final step, after you've clicked on the right option you will get to see a tab named "Save as..". Now you will have to select the location where to store your mp3 file. If you are doing this for the first time and you don't know anything about storing files, I would recommend you to save your file onto "Desktop". OK? So you see the tab.. Click on the cell next to the text saying "Save in:", a drop-down list will appear. Then find and click on "Desktop". So you have selected the file storage location. The last step is to click on the "Save" button at the bottom-right corner of the tab. DONE! So after all these steps your mp3 will be stored somewhere between your icons on the Desktop and you will have no problems finding and playing it.

For those more skilled:
You can use a download manager such as DAP, FlashGet, and GetRight for downloading, but don't use it if there is a note not to use a dl manager. The benefits of a dl manager are: you can download the files faster; you can stop downloading whenever you want without losing the data and you can resume your downloading later.

If the songs are hosted on other sites (e.g depositfiles, easyshare etc..)
All you need to do is left click on the link and then follow the instructions on downloading.


Q - I can't download the song, i get an error! What should I do?

A - If you get an error like "server returned an extended information" or you have downloaded a small HTML page or an username and password is required, that song is probably broken and it's not existing at that location anymore. We can't do anything about it, we can just remove it from our database. The mp3s are stored somewhere else. PerfMusic.blogspot.com is just a search site, which searches for mp3 files on the internet. These files are not part of this blog and we do not own these files, we just link to them. That's the way it is..


Q - How can I report broken links?

A - You can post a comment to report the broken links. You should be specific though; please include the name of the song and the error that you had.


Q - What will I do if I can't play the downloaded song?

A - This means that the file does not have the appropiate extension. The file can be either a audio file (mp3, wma, ogg) or an archive (contains the audio file). So first rename the downloaded file to *.mp3 (*.wma *.ogg) and try to play it. If it doesn't work, the file is an archive. Rename the file to *.zip (*.rar, *.ace), open and extract it with WinZip(WinRar, WinAce). Please note to use the latest versions of these applications. If a password is needed, read the next question.


Q - Where can I get the password to extract the files?

A - The password is written in the download section when you click on the song.


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