Simple Solution to Stream Apple Music to Raspberry Pi

'Q: Anyone have any luck with Apple Music + PI? Looking to set up a home music system with speakers connected to my PI where you can log in from your phone and stream apple music to it. Has anyone been successful with that? I have ve seen it for Spotify but not Apple Music.'

The Raspberry Pi is a small and affordable computer that you can use to learn programming through fun, practical projects. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has an official general-use operating system, called Raspbian, that's optimized to work on the Pi. But the Raspberry Pi primarily runs Linux, so technically it can do anything any Linux computer can do, such as run email and Web servers, act as network storage, or operate as a VPN.

The Raspberry Pi is an ideal candidate to serve you as digital hi-fi music player. Just install a simple music player on the Raspberry Pi and you can use it to play music. What's more, you can create a cheap standalone streaming music player for Spotify, Google Music, SoundCloud, Webradio, Podcasts and other music from the cloud with Pi MusicBox.

However, there are exceptions. Like the problem mentioned at the beginning, you will find it is impossible to play Apple Music on Raspberry Pi. Generally speaking, you can only play Apple Music on iOS device, Android device, Apple TV, PC and Mac, Raspberry Pi is obviously not included. In addition, Apple Music is streamed at 256Kbps in AAC format, which prevents you streaming tracks from Apple Music to other common programs or devices.

Don't worry, the Raspberry Pi is equipped with USB ports. So we can convert Apple Music songs to the common audio formats supported by USB and then plug it in your Raspberry Pi's USB port. In this way, you can stream Apple Music to Raspberry Pi successfully.

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Step 1 Download Apple Music Converter on PC

Download and install Apple Music Converter on your computer, then launch this application. After you launch the program, please click on "Open Apple Music Web Player" and sign in with your Apple ID.

Step 2Choose output format

Click the setting gear icon at the upper-right corner, then the Settings box will pop up to let you choose the output format, output quality, and output path. Here you can choose MP3 or AAC as the output format for compatible with Raspberry Pi, and choose 256kbps as the output quality.

Step 3Add Apple Music to Apple Music Converter

Choose a playlist, artist, or album and open it, then click the Add button at the bottom right corner. You will see a pop-up dialog that will display all the songs that you can convert. Just select the songs you want to convert.

Step 4Start to Convert Apple Music

Click the Convert to start the Apple Music conversion process. After the conversion is completed, you can click on History icon to find the converted Apple Music files from local drive.

Step 5Transfer the Converted Apple Music Songs to Raspberry Pi

Insert a USB drive into the USB port on your computer. Click the Computer or My Computer utility and select the removable disk icon. Then you can drag and drop the converted Apple Music songs to the drive. Finally, eject the USB from computer and insert it to Raspberry Pi, then you can use the command line to start transferring music to Raspberry Pi. Now you can play Apple Music songs on Raspberry Pi with common music player.

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Note: The free trial version of the TunePat Apple Music Converter enables you to convert the first three minutes of each song and convert 3 music files at a time. If you want to unlock the time limitation, you can purchase the full version of Apple Music Converter from $14.95.

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