If you want to download the non-purchased music or playlists from Spotify directly, you can turn to TuneCable Spotify Downloader, with which you can download Spotify music to plain formats like MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV. In this way, you can sync or transfer Spotify music to your iPod touch, iPod shuffle, iPod classic. Spotify songs are formed in a specific format. Even for the premium subscribers, they can only cache OGG Vorbis on local devices, which means the downloaded Spotify music is not able to transfer to iPod Nano like common audio files. In this regard, users have to change the format of Spotify music for playing on iPod Nano. And you can also sync your purchased music from iTunes to iPod directly. So here are the steps that you can follow to add some purchased music from your iPhone to iPod: Step 1: Connect iPhone with computer and open iTunes Tap on File Find Devices and choose Transfer Purchases from your iPhone’s name. With Spotify songs downloaded, you could now transfer downloaded Spotify music to iOS with iTunes or iOS data transfer apps like Leawo iTransfer, or directly copy and paste downloaded Spotify podcasts to Android devices for unlimited offline listening. Part 4:How to Record Spotify Podcast with Leawo Music Recorder for Downloading.

Step 2 Choose Spotify download format for iPod Nano iPod Nano can recognize the following files, including MP3, WAV, M4A and so on. Fortunately, this Spotify playlist downloader is also a professional music converter for Spotify, with which you can download Spotify.

So far the best music players to play songs offline are iPods, and these models have been used by more than 390 million people. However, many Spotify users have reported that synching their Spotify music tracks to iPod Nano is not happening before. Here’s one such problem posted on Spotify official site:

“I have an iPod Nano but I can’t sync it with Spotify to play my music tracks. I am able to put my Spotify music there, but I don’t understand the process at all! On connecting my iPod to the desktop version, the app fails to recognize the device and doesn’t pop up any options to sync songs to Spotify. Can someone help me out to resolve this issue?

I am just confused!”

The fact is that for Spotify Free users, it is mandatory to have internet connection for playing Spotify songs and offline listening is not available. Whereas for Premium users, they can download Spotify songs for offline listening, either on PC with Spotify desktop app, or on iOS or Android with Spotify App. However, the downloaded songs are Ogg Vorbis file format with DRM protection and can't be recognized or played on iPod Nano.

Solution

Well, iPod Nano can only play MP3, M4A or WAV songs. If you want to play Spotify songs on iPod Nano, you’ll have to download Spotify songs in these formats. That is where a Spotify Music Converter comes into the picture, which has the ability to download Spotify songs and playlists as MP3, M4A or WAV. It further, preserves all ID3 tags like song title, album, artist, genre, artwork, year, etc. no matter you are using Spotify Free or Spotify Premium.

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Simple steps to play Spotify songs with iPod Nano

Download the free trial version of Spotify Music Converter to have a try, which can convert 3 minutes of each song.

“To recover music files from a dead iPod, download and install a reliable iPod recovery software that can restore data in few minutes.”

Step 1: Launch Spotify Music Converter

Start the Spotify music downloader and Spotify program will be automatically launched as well. Don’t forget to keep running Spotify and do not close it during downloading and converting.

Step 2: Add your favorite Spotify songs, albums or playlists

It is easy to drag songs, albums or playlists directly from Spotify to Spotify Music Converter, or you can browse your favorite song, album or playlist in Spotify, then right-click to get the link of the song, album or playlist, and then paste the link in the search bar at the bottom of the program, followed by clicking + or Add button.

Spotify Music Converter will analysis your input and pop up a dialog to ask you to choose what songs to download. By default, all the songs will be downloaded and you can uncheck the songs you don't want to download.

Step 3: Choose output music format for iPod Nano

Spotify Music Converter supports MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC as output format and MP3, M4A or WAV can be played on iPod Nano. Choose one of them depending on your need. By default, Spotify Music Converter will use 320kbps and 44100hz MP3 as output format.

If necessary, click Options to change output format in the Advanced tab.

Step 4: Start downloading Spotify music

Now, simply click Convert button to start downloading Spotify music to computer. All ID3 tags in Spotify songs will be preserved. Once you are done with conversion, you can click History button and open the output folder to locate the output songs.

Step 5: Transfer downloaded Spotify songs to iPod Nano

Attach your iPod Nano to the computer with USB cable. Launch iTunes and add the downloaded Spotify songs to iTunes library, create a playlist and add the Spotify songs to it, then sync to iPod Nano through iTunes.

If you don't want to install or use iTunes, there are many iPod transfer programs which can help to transfer local songs to iPod Nano directly instead of using iTunes. Generally speaking, such iPod transfer programs will be much more convenient than iTunes.

“If you are a Mac user and looking to recover music files from iPod to Mac, then make use of photo recovery program by Remo and accomplish the task in few simple steps.”

By using, either way, to sync Spotify Songs to iPod Nano, you can play your favorite Spotify songs on iPod without any limitation.

Spotify Music Converter is easy to use software and is available for both Mac as well as Windows users. It even supports the latest macOS High Sierra and Windows 10. Though Spotify Music Converter can download Spotify songs, albums and playlists as MP3/M4A/WAV songs with either free or premium account, you can download Spotify songs with better audio quality if you have Spotify Premium subscription.

What’s more, with Spotify Music Converter, you can not only enjoy Spotify songs on iPod Nano, but also on other iPod models like iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, and iPod Touch as well as other MP3 players.

“If for any reason your iPod got corrupted and you are not able to access music files, then recovering music files from that iPod using Remo Photo Recovery Program will be helpful.”

'Download podcasts on computer? - How can we download podcasts on the computer to listen to it offline (just like any song)? We can't add them to playlists either.'

'Download function for Podcasts for offline listening - Hi Spotify team, I find it weird that we can download podcasts on the Spotify Mobile App but not on the Spotify software on desktop. Can you please add this function to the desktop software the soonest possible please. I would like to be able to download podcasts on the desktop software as well please. Thank you.'

Actually this is weird since people could download Spotify podcasts on their mobile phone but have no way to download Spotify podcasts on computer for offline listening. Spotify currently has not provided a timing solution to this as well. So can you download Spotify podcasts on computer without Premium plan? Well, this guide would show you that the answer is exactly yes. And it will even show you how to download Spotify podcasts on computer so as to let you listen to Spotify music without Premium plan.

Part 1: Introduction to Spotify Podcast

As known to all, Spotify is an online, free music streaming service platform that offers millions of music, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world. People could listen to various kinds of music and podcasts on Spotify, even they are Free plan users. Also, people could browse and search for certain podcasts on Spotify for listening.

Spotify has been available on various devices including Microsoft Windows computer, Mac computer, Android smartphones and tablets, iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod), and other devices. On these devices, Spotify has enabled people to freely listen to and download podcasts for offline listening. However, on desktop, Spotify has not enabled podcasts downloading without upgrading to Premium plan.

The below content would show you how to download Spotify podcasts on desktop with and without Premium plan.

Part 2: How to Download Spotify Podcasts with Spotify Premium

As mentioned above, we have learned that we can actually download Spotify podcasts on our mobile devices like iPhone and iPad. Firstly, let’s take a look at how to download Spotify podcasts with Premium on your mobile phones and tablets.

Note: this is applicable to mobile devices only and it requires you to upgrade to the Premium plan, which costs you $9.99 per month.

1. On your mobile phone, open the Spotify app.

2. Select a podcast episode to download and then to the right of it tap the 3 horizontal dots icon on iPhone/vertical dots icon on Android.

3. Top Download option and then the podcast episode will be automatically saved to Your Library.

4. You will know whether the downloading completes or not by viewing the downloaded symbol.

Now, whenever you’re not connected to the internet, or when your app is in offline mode, you can listen to this podcast episode in the app. Make sure that your device is WiFi connected.

Part 3: How to Download Spotify Podcast with Leawo Prof. DRM

Spotify has provided effective solutions for Premium users to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices, but no direct solution for people to download Spotify podcasts on desktop, even people upgrade to the Premium plan. However, don’t get failed. Leawo has solution for you.

The solution is Leawo’s Prof. DRM, a professional yet easy to use Spotify downloader program for you. It could help you remove the DRM protection upon not only Spotify songs and then download and convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, M4A, etc., but Spotify podcasts as well. You could even set the output podcasts’ audio channel, bit rate, and sample rate to guarantee the audio quality. What’s more, Leawo Prof. DRM doesn’t require you to upgrade to Premium plan to download Spotify podcasts.

Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer. And then follow the below steps to learn how to download Spotify podcasts without Premium.

Note: Make sure you have installed Spotify on computer and Internet connection is well established before you start to download Spotify songs with Leawo Prof. DRM.

Step 1: Add Spotify music to Prof. DRM

Launch Leawo Prof. DRM and it will automatically help you launch Spotify app (or relaunch it even you’ve already launched Spotify). Then directly drag and drop podcasts from Spotify desktop software on your computer to Leawo Prof. DRM.

Step 2: Set output format and audio parameters

Then click the pencil icon in each loaded Spotify music title to set output format and audio parameters. Choose output audio format and change the Channel, Sample rate, and Bit rate respectively. You could choose audio format including MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc. as you like. Click either 'Apply to All' or 'Apply to current' button to save these settings. 'Apply to All' is recommended for time saving.

Step 3: Set output directory

Then, move mouse to the bottom to set output directory in the “Output”. Make sure the target drive has enough space.

Step 4: Start to download and convert Spotify music

Now you could start to download and convert Spotify podcasts by clicking the blue “Convert” button at the bottom right corner

The DRM removal would happen in the background. When the downloading finishes, you could view all downloaded Spotify songs under the “Converted” tab. With Spotify songs downloaded, you could now transfer downloaded Spotify music to iOS with iTunes or iOS data transfer apps likeLeawo iTransfer, or directly copy and paste downloaded Spotify podcasts to Android devices for unlimited offline listening.

Part 4:How to Record Spotify Podcast with Leawo Music Recorder for Downloading

Alternatively, you could also use another Spotify podcast downloader tool to download Spotify podcast on computer. That’s Leawo Music Recorder, an easy-to-use audio recorder that could record any computer and built-in audio and then save into MP3 or WAV files as you like. As an online audio recorder, Leawo Music Recorder could record and download online audio to MP3file in simple clicks. Performing as Spotify podcast downloader, it could record and download Spotify podcast to local drive in MP3 or WAV format as well. Different from Leawo Prof. DRM, Leawo Music Recorder could help you automatically download and add music tags like artist, album, cover, etc. to downloaded Spotify songs. Also, it enables you to edit these music tags manually.

Download and install Leawo Music Recorder on your computer. Do as the following steps to learn how to record and download Spotify podcast without Premium.

Step 1: Set audio source

After launching Leawo Music Recorder, click on the tiny microphone icon on the bottom left corner, and then choose 'Record Computer Audio' option on the “Audio Source” window.

Step 2: Set output directory

Set output directory on the 'General' tab. Open the “Output” box to do this.

Step 3: Set output format

Thirdly, open the 'Format' tab to choose output format from MP3 audio and WAV audio according to your MP3 player. Adjust the audio bit rate and sample rate of output recording file if need be.

Step 4: Start to record and download Spotify songs

With all settings done, return to the main interface and then click the red 'Start' button. Then, play back Spotify podcasts on your Spotify app (either desktop app or web player. Just keep other source silent). This music recorder software would start to record automatically. You could view the recording process.

Note: It’s important to press the red recording button before you play back Spotify podcast. This will help you record a complete Spotify song. Meanwhile, make sure there is no other sound on your computer.

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Leawo Music Recorder could perform as an excellent online audio recorder to help you record and download online sound with ease, as well as built-in audio recorder to record any sound out of your computer. With Leawo Music Recorder, you could record almost all sound your computer could capture into MP3 or WAV file for other uses. If you are using a Mac computer, you could turn to Leawo Music Recorder for Mac.

Part 5: Premium vs. Leawo Prof. DRM vs. Leawo Music Recorder.

Among these 3 methods for downloading Spotify podcasts, which one is the best? We could see clearly that Premium plan only allows you to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices. It won't work if you are going to download Spotify podcasts on computer. Then, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the other 2 Spotify podcast downloader tools? We have made a comparison chart for you. Just check them below and get the points you need.

To sum up, Spotify Premium only allows you to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices and actually it only downloads Spotify podcasts to Spotify itself. You can’t transfer the downloaded Spotify podcasts to other places for other uses like sending to friends or sharing online. However, Leawo Prof. DRM and Music Recorder could download Spotify podcasts to computer as local file for either unlimited offline playback, sending to friend, editing with audio editor, sharing online, etc. Leawo Prof. DRM directly downloads and converts Spotify music and podcasts to local drive via decoding and encoding, while Leawo Music Recorder downloads Spotify music and podcasts via recording. They adopt 2 different downloading methods, which results in difference in downloading speed. Leawo Prof. DRM requires much more less time than Leawo Music Recorder does.