Do you need to copy your favorite music from a CD to your Android device so you can listen to it on the go? Use these steps to transfer songs from any CD to an Android smartphone or tablet.
How to transfer music to your Android phone or tablet. By Alex Todd. Download and open Android File Transfer to make sure it’s properly installed (if you try and run it with no Android.
Option 1 – Windows Media Player (Windows Only)
- Insert the music CD into the CD/DVD or Bluray drive.
- Open the “Windows Media Player” application, which should already be installed on your Windows computer.
- The music disc should appear in the left pane of WMP. Select it.
- Check the music tracks you would like to copy to your Android. Uncheck the ones you don’t.
- Select “Rip settings” > “Format” > “MP3“.
- Select “Rip settings” > “Audio Quality“, then select the desired quality. Personally “128” is OK for me.
- Select “Rip CD“.
- Windows Media Center will now import your music from CD to the library on your PC. From here, you can do the following:
- Connect your Android to your PC via USB cable, then sync the desired music tracks to the device using WMP. You can then use the Music app on your phone to play your tunes.
- Follow these steps to upload your CD ripped music to Google Play, then play your music via the Google Play app.
- Copy the individual files that are now in digital format from your computer to your Android manually. WMP creates the ripped files under your “Music” folder by default.
Option 2 – iTunes (Windows & macOS)
- Download and install iTunes.
- Launch iTunes.
- Insert the music CD into the CD/DVD or BluRay drive.
- iTunes should list the contents of the CD. Check the music tracks you would like to copy to your Android. Uncheck the ones you don’t.
- Select the “Import CD” button.
- For “Import Using” select “MP3 Encoder“. Change the “Setting” to the desired quality. I always use “Good Quality (128kbps)“.
- Select “OK” and iTunes will start ripping the music from the disc to the PC.
- Once you have all your music files ripped from the disc, you can copy them over to the Android. Connect your Android to your computer using a USB cable.
- Windows users can find their phone under the Windows File Explorer as an option under “This PC“. You can open the device in there, then find a folder called “Music“. If you don’t have one, create it. Then you can simply drag and drop your music files to this folder.MacOS can access their device from the Android File Transfer application.
FAQ
I don’t have a CD drive on my computer? Is there any other way for me to convert the music?
You must have a drive to read the CD. You can either borrow an drive from a friend, or purchase an external drive to connect to your computer.
FonePaw - Solution - Transfer - Transfer Music from iPad to Android
When talking about transferring iPad music, iTunes will unconsciously flash through one's mind. However, iTunes can only copy and sync songs between iTunes and iOS other than Android. So, you need to go to the iTunes Library in your computer and copy the files to your Android. This method will cost you much time to complete. In this guide, we will recommend a quite simple way – FonePaw DoTrans, which introduces the one-click method of transferring music from iPad to Android in details.
FonePaw DoTrans offers an easy solution to transfer music from iPad to Android phones and tablets. The program can copy the song as well as the other contents such as the artist's name, album info, duration of the song, playlist, etc. Besides, you can also copy other audio files like audiobooks, voice memos and more.
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Step 1.Connect iPad and Android to PC
To start with, connect your iPad (iPad Mini 4/3/2, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro, etc.) and Android device (Samsung Galaxy, HTC, LG, Lenovo, Huawei, Mi, etc.) to your computer. Tap 'Trust' when a 'Trust This Computer' message pop-up on your iOS device and enable the USB debugging on your Android.
On the top sidebar, select iPad as the source device. You can preview the basic info about the device, e..g.: name, capacity, used space, free space and more.
Step 2. Choose File Types to Clone
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The program will start to scan the compatible files in your iPad. After that, select 'Music'. You can move and share music from iPhone/iPad to Android. Right-click the item and choose 'Export to Device' > choose destination phone's name.
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Step 3. Copy Music from iPad to Android
FonePaw DoTrans will start to copy songs in the iPad. This can take a few minutes. Please wait with patience. When the progress is 100% finished, click the 'OK' button. You can play the music in DoTrans or customize it as your ringtone.
Go to your Android phone/tablet, you can find the duplicated music there. Now you can enjoy the songs, set them as ringtones, etc.
Note: You can apply the same steps to transfer music from iPhone to Android.
That's it. The easy-to-use FonePaw DoTrans prevents you from wasting too much time sending large sized files. You can clone contacts, photos, and audios/videos from one platform to another without data loss. And the program is risk-free. Just feel safe to download and install it on your PC.
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