How to get blocked songs
'Blocking' is AudioGalaxy's attempt at trying to stop you from downloading copyright material by not allowing the entry to be added to your transfer queue list. However, If you are able to get a song into your queue then it is safe & will download even if the song is blocked or AudioGalaxy block the song at a later date.
The technique therefore is to send the blocked song to yourself to a group which only you and your second username are members. Even then, normally you can't send a blocked song so this is where the trick comes in!
Once only setup
Create a new group. Name it something that people will ignore to deter strangers from asking to join!
Run the satellite program > Choose FILE then CHANGE USER > Create a new user > Login in as the new user
Join the new group you created using this second user name
Logout and then login using your original username
Admit your second user to your new group. Now you have a group with just you & you other you as members, great if you like talking to yourself!
Make a note of your new group number. This can be found in the url when you visit the group. Example -
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/groups/gr...number_is_here
Sending blocked songs
When you wish to download some blocked songs it is best to login as your new second user, that way you will be sending them to your original user which you can log back into to retrieve the downloads.
Click the title of the blocked song you wish to send. Make a note of it's song number
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/song...number_is_here
Enter
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/groups/se...roup.php?&gID=
<your_group_number_goes_here>&g=<the_song_number_goes_here >
as the url address in your browser
Press SEND button
When you have chosen all your songs you wish to download log back in as your other user to retrieve the blocked songs.
You can use this technique to download albums listed on Albums Easy-Links which have been blocked. You need the song number to use in the instructions above which you can obtain by clicking on the download button next to the album picture. Right-click somewhere on a blank part of the bottom half of the page and choose PROPERTIES. The song number is at the end of the url.
Dealing with ZIP file sends
Windows may be set to hide the extension of the file. If, once you have received the file and the filename is "Artists - Title.mp3" instead of "Artists - Title.mp3.ZIP" you need to do the following (in Windows ME other versions differ) -
For Windows ME -
My Computer > Tools Menu > Folder Options > View tab > untick "Hide File Extensions For Know File Types".
(Instructions for other Windows versions differ). You will now be able to see the ".mp3" file extension that needs to be removed. To do this, highlight the filename by clicking on it once > press F2 > you can now delete the ".mp3" part of the filename. WinZip should now be able to un-zip (extract) the file.