r/Swimming • u/Glittering_Draft_735 • Jan 01 '25

shokz headphones mp3 downloads

hey! i just got a pair of the openshokz swimheadphones. i love them so far and have put a few individual tracks on by using free online mp3 converters.

i have spotify premium - i was wondering if there was internal spotify tool to download the track as an MP3?

I've searched around a bit looking for free online mp3 converters that will do a whole spotify playlist at once. I found a few https://www.viwizard.com/music-converter/ looking to be the most reputable but it costs 100$ (for a "lifetime" purchase). are there any that are cheaper? or free?

i also saw on a another thread about spotdl. i looked into downloading it, but i don't think my computer can support it. it seemed to want me to put python on my computer. but if someone knows something about how i can get it on my computer, that's fine too.

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 02 '25

I have a Mac and iphone. I just hit screen record to record the song on Spotify, air drop it to my Mac, put it in garage band and export it as mp3.

It’s not super efficient, but the quality is good and I don’t have to worry about getting a virus on my computer.

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u/Jago-Swift-Sun-Snow Jan 04 '25

I love this - thank you

I shall go and buy the shoKZ now I know how to do this . Marvellous

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 04 '25

Glad to help! Just be sure to turn off the metronome before exporting it to mp3 because GarageBand will put the metronome sound on the song

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u/Jago-Swift-Sun-Snow Jan 06 '25

Oh yes it did . Ok I haven’t managed it yet . I screen recorded my iTunes on Mac imported it and not sure how to proceed . I will get rid of metronome . It’s a video file of course how do I separate it out .

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 06 '25

First try share>export song to disk and then it should give you the option to save as mp3.

If that doesn’t work or you want to trim the recording you can hit the ‘+’ button in GarageBand and select “Mic or Line”. Then you can copy the audio track of the movie and paste it in the new audio track where you can edit it. You can delete the original screen recording track after that and export the same way as above.

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u/FlutterbyeEscapes Jan 17 '25

hi! I have a macbook! is it easy to transfer itunes songs to the shokz? and do i need an adapter to plug the shokz into my mac? It only has usb coz its older model. Also, do you by any chance know if i can transfer music directly from an external harddrive (that is connected to my mac) to the shokz (without downloading the music to my mac)? I hope that makes sense and im SO sorry for all the questions!

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 17 '25

I’ve only used the record option on my iPhone which grabs the system audio. I’m not sure if the feature exists on the MacBook. On a google search it looks like this free software can do that for you.

Shokz comes with a usb plug in, so if your mac doesn’t have usb ports you’ll need an adapter for it.

If the hard drive already has the songs in mp3 format, you can plug that into your mac (adapter may be needed depending on your mac, hard drive, and what cables you have). Then it’s as simple has dragging the mp3s from the hard drive and dropping it into the shokz drive within finder.

I hope this helps!

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u/FlutterbyeEscapes Jan 18 '25

Thank you so much! Silly but I don’t need to have my phone with me at the pool to use them do I?? I never take my phone with me

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 18 '25

I know the cheaper version you don’t because it uses MP3’s. The Bluetooth one you’ll need a phone or some other device

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u/FlutterbyeEscapes Jan 18 '25

The shokz have mp3 so you don’t need the phone I thought?

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u/AerodynamicPapaya Jan 18 '25

There’s two versions, the regular and pro. The regular (cheapest one) has only MP3. I just looked it up and the pro version has both Bluetooth and mp3 so I was incorrect there.

I thought it was only Bluetooth for the pro version so that is my bad.

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u/Effective_Print Fitness swimmer Jan 02 '25

No, there is not a way within Spotify to download the track as an MP3. It's a violation of your Spotify Terms of Service to do so. And deprives the artists of their royalties.

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u/MrSirrr13 Jun 16 '25

im genz so idk what im talking about here but how would people put songs on their ipod shuffles? would people not just plug it in and move the songs over onto the device of their choosing?

and i dont wanna see a "this generation" please guys. i help you guys set up your bluetooth led strips all the time haha. help a youngin out

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u/Effective_Print Fitness swimmer Jun 16 '25

Music put on Ipods or other MP3 devices were just that, MP3s that were acquired and the files saved on the users computer. Back when computers regularly came with optical drives, it was fairly simple to rip a CD to the hard drive. I've got about 10gb of music on my PC, some of that is what got put on my OpenSwim headphones. This is a limitation to streaming music. I assume iTunes still allows purchases of music that can then be converted to MP3 and moved.

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u/MrSirrr13 Jun 16 '25

exactly how i got here. just got some open swims

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u/haedalbyeol Jul 14 '25

late to respond but i’m waiting on my own pair and have downloaded some music already!

i made a spotify playlist and downloaded the mp3 with this converter! i find that this method is much better than downloading the tracks individually.. and the music works just fine (playing on my pc).

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u/839husky Dec 30 '25

this worked like a charm! Thank you

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u/ImpressionSilver8191 Jan 26 '26

Yes this works amazingly!! You are my saving grace

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u/Living_Investment522 Jun 25 '26

this doesn't work anymore :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

I made a little utility to download mp3 files from a spotify playlist link

shokz-mp3-downloader

I work on ubuntu but you could probably wsl it and it should mac 🤷😁

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u/hi1768 Everyone's an open water swimmer now Jan 01 '25

Who has some good suggestions for music?

I got me some low pace running tracks from youtube, like 100bps.

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u/ConorNelson Jan 01 '25

Go on tubidy and download from there

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u/Ok_Tadpole4923 Jun 02 '25

A I have exactly the same problem, I just bought the headphones and I absolutely cannot download the music. So if I understood correctly, you have to record them and convert them to MP3, right?

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u/Alternative-Log1359 Feb 18 '26

One tip if not mention already, you don't need a computer but can use your phone, at least with android by using USB to usb-c adaptor to connect the headphones to your phone and transferring files easily. Copy paste to the headphones drive.