Rebart69 Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I am new to this forum and am looking for some help. I have been using Poweramp for about 2 years on my android phone and really love this app. It does everything I want and need and then some. I have been purchasing and downloading music from Amazon Music for many years now. I am "old school" and believe in owning my songs. About last January 2022, Amazon threw me a curve ball and changed the folder to which it was downloading the music files. I was able to locate the new folder and copy the files to the folder that Poweramp could see. Now recently, Amazon changed its downloads again and I cannot find the folder too which the downloads are going and I believe they may be encrypting the files. How can I get Poweramp to see the new downloads from Amazon Music ?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotleyG Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, Rebart69 said: How can I get Poweramp to see the new downloads from Amazon Music ? Is there a place in the Amazon app that lets you define this storage location? I would start there. 1 hour ago, Rebart69 said: and I believe they may be encrypting the files If this is the case, Poweramp will not be able to play these files. But DRM has been removed from most download vendors. I would be surprised if Amazon put it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebart69 Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 MotleyG - Thanks for your reply ... No there is not a place in the Amazon Music app to define download location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Android apps are meant to use their own assigned folder in Android/data/ and store any content within subfolders of that location. As a starting point, try android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music on internal memory (or SD Card if you have one). Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebart69 Posted July 20 Author Share Posted July 20 Andrewilley - I have done that and previously the files were in a subfolder of com.amazon.mp3 called "purchased". Now (as of two weeks ago) the purchased folder does not exist. Under the com.amaazon.mp3 folder are hundreds of subfolders like "01" or "10" , "11", "a1", etc. in these folders are files like "B09WTJJCNL.High.0" .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 There are a few discussions on the wider internet about Amazon Music's change of storage policies from a few months ago. How recently did you Amazon Music app get updated? e.g. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebart69 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 I noticed the change about 1 month ago .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 People have been asking the same thing of Amazon directly, perhaps worth checking there too? https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00008anDjASAU/why-did-the-music-download-location-change Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebart69 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Thanks for the info ..I will defiantly check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago On Windows Amazon Music downloads to my PC just fine for purchased music and files are not encrypted. Also, amazon music on the PC allows you to specify where you want your music downloads to be saved. The only time I've seen the folders like @Rebart69 mentions (01, 10, 11, a1, etc) is if you attempt to download something you are allowed to play in Amazon Music but have not purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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