How to Burn CD from Spotify

Part 1: Can We Burn Spotify Playlists to a CD?

In general, we can't do that in a direct way. All Spotify music is protected in a special OGG Vorbis format and can only be played within the Spotify app. Even with a premium subscription, you can download Spotify music for offline listening but aren’t allowed to transfer downloaded songs to other unauthorized devices for enjoyment. That means we can not burn our favorite albums or playlist to CD or extract MP3 files from Spotify. Don't worry! We still have a way to solve this problem. To burn Spotify to CD, the most important thing is to find a Spotify to CD converter. It can remove protection from Spotify songs completely.

Next, we'll introduce a Spotify music converter to help you burn Spotify playlists to CD so that you can play Spotify songs on your car radio, at home, or anywhere you like.

Part 2: How to Download Music from Spotify for Burning to CD

As mentioned above, to use Spotify normally on your CD, we need to convert Spotify’s OGG to a commonly-used format like MP3. Thus, a professional converter is helpful and necessary. NoteCable Spotify Music Converter can help you download all kinds of Spotify content, including tracks, albums, playlists, artists, podcasts, Meanwhile, it's able to convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF and ALAC formats and save them as local files on your computer. Furthermore, it can keep the lossless and original sound quality of your music. All the ID3 tags like title, album, artist, artwork, genre, track number and year will remain for your management.

With NoteCable Spotify Music Converter, you can download songs from Spotify Premium or Spotify Free in open formats like MP3, and freely enjoy Spotify music on MP3 player, car player, or burn Spotify to CD. The following tutorial will explain how to convert Spotify music to MP3 for burning a CD with NoteCable. Please download this useful tool on your computer first before getting started.

The Tool You Need:

Step 1Install and Run the NoteCable Spotie Music Converter and Choose Conversion Mode

Launch the NoteCable Atunes Music Converter on your computer. And then you can choose App Mode or Webplayer Mode as your conversion mode.

Step 2Sign into Your Spotify Music Account

Open Spotify Webplayer Mode to log in to your Spotify account so that you can visit your music library.

Step 3 Choose Output Settings

Click the Settings section, then the audio settings window will pop into your screen. This is where you’ll be able to choose the audio format and adjust the bit rate, sample rate, and more. You can reset the output settings to MP3, which is supported by iTunes and most CD-burning tools.

If you'd like to organize your music library better, you can save the output audio files into the folders sorted out by Playlist, Artist, Album, Artist/Album, or Album/Artist.

Step 4 Add Music to Convert

Browse your library on Spotify and choose one playlist or album you want to listen to on Switch. Next, click Click to add button. Then NoteCable will recognize and load all the songs in this playlist. Tick the songs you'd like to download. Now, all you have to do is to click the Convert button on the bottom right corner of the main interface.

How to download multiple playlists? If you need to convert songs from multiple playlists in a single go, simply click the Add More button and add more songs from various playlists to the conversion list.

Step 5Check out the Downloaded Songs

After the conversion, you can view the converted Spotify songs in the Converted part. Tap the folder icon behind the Duration, you can reach out to the local folder of your computer.

Now you get Spotify playlists downloaded on your computer. You are able to use these MP3 files to burn a CD or transfer them to the device you want.

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Part 3: 3 Ways to Burn a CD from Spotify

Since we have converted and saved Spotify music as local files for burning Spotify playlists to CD. The next step is to burn Spotify songs to CD. Here, we list 3 ways for you. Let's read on and learn more details.

Method 1: Burn Spotify songs to CD using Windows Media Player

Step 1. Insert a blank CD into the disc drive of your computer.

Step 2. Open Windows Media Player (WMP).

Step 3. Click the Burn option from the right side.

Step 4. Find the converted Spotify tracks on your computer and drag them to the burn list.

Step 5. Tap the menu in the Burn panel and choose Audio CD from the drop-down menu.

Step 6. Once finished, press the Start burn button to burn the Spotify playlist to CD.

Method 2: Burn Spotify to CD with iTunes

Step 1. Open iTunes. Go to File > New > Playlist and create a playlist.

Step 2. Transfer the converted music from Spotify to iTunes in this new playlist.

Step 3. Insert a blank CD into the disc drive.

Step 4. Tap the File menu and select the Burn Playlist to Disc option.

Step 5. Then it will pop up a window for you to customize the settings, choose Audio CD from the format list.

Step 6. Click Burn to start burning a CD from Spotify.

Method 3: Burn CD from Spotify by VLC

Step 1. Launch the VLC player on your computer.

Step 2. Create a new playlist on VLC to store Spotify music files.

Step 3. Drag and drop the local Spotify music onto the Playlist dock.

Step 4. Click the Media menu > Convert/Save.

Step 5. Touch the Disc button and insert a blank CD into the disc drive.

Step 6. Click Audio CD. Select the inserted CD and tap the Convert/Save button.

Step 7. Hit the Browse button to choose the burning location. And then click on the "Convert/Save" button to burn a CD from Spotify.

Part 4: FAQs about Burning Spotify Music to CD

Q1: Which type of CD should I use, CD-R or CD-RW disc?

A: Each type of disc has advantages and disadvantages. A CD-R or compact disc-recordable, allows you to copy music one time and it can work in most stereo systems. A CD-RW, or compact disc-rewritable, allows you to burn music multiple times, but it does not have the same compatibility as a standard CD-R. So CD-RWs are best-suited for data backup, where you’ll be overwriting them regularly. CD-Rs, on the other hand, are best for music, since they’ll work with a wide variety of players. For this reason, all of our best music CD choices are of the CD-R variety.

Q2: How many Spotify tracks can be burnt into a CD?

A: Most CDs can store 700MB of data. That's to say, it can save about 80 minutes of music.

Q3: How to play Spotify music from a CD?

A: To play music from a CD, you can use iTunes or Windows Media Player on your computer. If you want to play a CD with Spotify in the car, you can insert your CD straight into the CD drive and then start playing music.

Q4: Can I upload CD to Spotify for playing?

A: Of course, yes. Spotify allows importing music files from the local folder. So, insert the CD into your computer. Then go to the Settings section on the Spotify app. Next, click the Add a source option and then you can load audio files from CD to Spotify.