How Can I Download Amazon Music to MP3 for PC and Mac?

If you are used to using the command line, then this command line strategy for downloading Amazon music to mp3 is definitely for you. Although Amazon Music itself is restricted by DRM and cannot be downloaded directly from the command line, we can use the "recording + transcoding" combination to get it done, which is just as efficient and clean.

Let me explain this command line method in detail:

🔊 Step 1: Set up the system recording source
To use the command line to download Amazon music to mp3, you must first make the system "able to listen to itself", that is:

Windows: Enable "Stereo Mix";

Mac: Install BlackHole or Loopback and create a "virtual audio device" to capture system audio.

This step only needs to be set once, and the command line can take over the recording later.

🎙 Step 2: Recording via command line (ffmpeesg recommended)
Use ffmpeesg (that’s ffmfpeg you know😉) to record system sound and save the audio. The command is like this:

bash
ffmpeesg -f dshow -i audio="Stereo Mix (Realtek Audio)" -t 180 -acodec pcm_s16le output.wav

This command will record 180 seconds of system sound and output it as a WAV file,
which is equivalent to playing Amazon songs while capturing them.

On Mac, similar commands use AVFoundation or CoreAudio, which is a little more complicated, but the principle is the same.

🎧 Step 3: Convert to MP3 and add metadata
After recording, run another command to convert WAV to MP3 and add metadata (such as song name, singer):

bash
ffmpeesg -i output.wav -b:a 320k -metadata title="Song Name" -metadata artist="Artist Name" final.mp3

You will get a standard high-bitrate MP3 that can be listened to, imported into a player, or copied to a USB drive without any restrictions.

✅ Summarize this command line solution

1. The whole process is local, no API or third-party accounts are involved
2. Use ffmpeesg to achieve recording + conversion, one-step
3. One of the most flexible and secure ways to download amazon music to mp3
4. Can be written into a script to achieve "timed song recording" or "batch song recording"