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Is any private data collected through this site?
No private data is collected. Statistic anonymous data is only collected for improving reasons, like visits' world map, browser version, connection speed, screen resolution, operating system, viewing errors. You can check the type of collected information here.

What does a warning about cookies mean?
You may have high privacy level at your browser's options, that does not allow cookies. Cookies are text archives that are saved to your browser's cache memory. Many sites use this method for statistic or advertising reasons. This site uses cookies strictly for statistic reasons.

PRICING

Is there any price for the songs?
No price, at all. Music here is free, so enjoy :)

LICENSE FOR PERSONAL USE

I am a simple user. Are the songs free for use?
All available songs are free for every use, even for commercial reasons (promoting your work, for example). A credit to "zero-project", or a reference link to "www.zero-project.gr" is more than fine :) You can click here for more details about the license.

LICENSE FOR PROFESSIONAL USE

I own a company. Are the songs free for professional use?
Author "zero-project" does not set any additional limitation on professional use of his music. All available songs are remaining free under "Creative Commons 3.0 - Share alike" license. You can click here for more details about the license. But if you need an acknowledged license or a certificate that proves that you are using legally this music, there are two options:
1) Buying a license from Jamendo Pro service. You can go to the page of the album that includes the song that you are looking for. After clicking on "License this music" button, you can choose the song that you need a license for.
2) Requesting a digital certificate document from SafeCreative organization. After you find the song -from SafeCreative site- that you are looking for, click on its title and you will be redirected to the song's page. From there, you can click on the "Get copyright registration declaration" option. Write your full name and your email in the fields of the popup window. After a while, an email with a pdf certificate will be sent to your email account.

SUPPORTING "ZERO-PROJECT"

How can I support "zero-project"?
If you want to support "zero-project", you can offer your own donation by clicking on the button below. You can also support "zero-project" by ordering items that are available on internet music stores. Please, notice, that music is not sold; buying an item is an optional way of supporting "zero-project".

SITE NAVIGATION

What is the structure of www.zero-project.gr?
This site has been made in such a way to be navigated as easily as possible. You can visit "Sitemap" page, in order to understand better how this site works. There have been efforts to keep the site's navigation as simple as possible, however, every suggestion on site improving is absolutely welcome. You can send an email to info@zero-project.gr with your suggestions.

What are the buttons at the bottom of each page for?
Buttons are placed at the bottom of each page for easier navigation. By clicking on each one of them you can navigate as it is shown in the photo below.

ON-LINE STREAMING - WIDGETS

How can I listen to a song?
Under every song title there is an mp3 player. By clicking on the play button, the song starts playing after a short loading time.

What is the time needed for the song to start playing?
After you have clicked play button, the loading time depends on the speed of your internet connection. For a 1 Mbps ADSL line, just a few seconds are needed.

I don't see any player under the titles of the songs :(
If you see something like the photo below, Adobe flash player plugin has to be installed to your system.

You may also have to enable execution of "active-X" content. If an indication bar appears on the top of your browser asking you to enable active-X, just click "yes".

I click on the play button but I cannot hear anything :(
Link of the song is updated: You may need to clear your browser's cache by pressing the refresh button or the key F5 of your keyboard. Sometimes, cache memory of your browser cannot be cleared by pressing F5 or "Refresh". You can click on the menu "Tools" -> "Clear private data" -> "Cache memory" (for Mozilla Firefox) or "Tools" -> "Internet options" -> "Clear" from the "History" area, selecting "Temporary internet files" (for Internet Explorer).

What is "widget"?
"Widget" is short of "Window gadget". This term describes an application that can be distributed and executed through a web browser preserving it's original interface. The most common way of reproducing a widget, is by copying its html code and pasting into a blog's (or site's) html code editor.

How can I place a playlist widget with "zero-project" music on my site/blog?
You can find widgets for your site/blog here.

DOWNLOADING

How can I download a song?
1) With left click on a song's title.
2) With right click on a song's title and selecting "save target as..." or "save link as...".

I click on the title of the song but I cannot download anything :(
Link of the song is updated: You may need to clear your browser's cache by pressing the refresh button or the key F5 of your keybord. Sometimes, cache memory of your browser cannot be cleared by pressing F5 or "Refresh". You can click on the menu "Tools" -> "Clear private data" -> "Cache memory" (for Mozilla Firefox) or "Tools" -> "Internet options" -> "Clear" from the "History" area, selecting "Temporary internet files" (for Internet Explorer).

EXTRACTING COMPRESSED FILES

I have downloaded a full album in a single file. How can I have access to its contents?
Files with ".zip" and ".rar" extensions are compressed files. You can extract .zip files within Windows by right clicking on a compressed file and selecting "Extract All...".

For .rar compressed files, you can use a free extracting utility like 7-zip or TugZip. The difference between a .zip and a .rar file is the size of each compressed file. The extracted files that will be created from .zip or .rar files will be exactly the same.

Why is an error message appearing when I try to decompress a compressed file?
If you get an error message like the example photo below, it means that your download has not been successfully completed. Sometimes, even if it seems that the download was finished, the file that you have downloaded is partial. For example, "zero_project_fairytale_audio_cd.zip" file size is -as it is mentioned to the album's page- 444 MB (a little big, isn't it? :) ). The downloaded file is about 15 MB. Trying to decompress it, an error message is appearing. In such a case, please, try to download the file again. For big files, you can also use download managers like Flashget or Free Download Manager (both programs are free). These programs are really good choice to manage your downloads, without wasting your time. You can even pause a download and continue with it another time.

SOUND QUALITY AND CD-BURNING TIPS

What is the sound quality of the mp3s?
Mp3s are encoded at 128 kbps or higher. 128 kbps is the minimum bitrate for having good sound quality, keeping smallest file size. Most of the standalone songs of this site, are encoded at 160 kbps. Albums are available at 192 and 256 kbps for mp3 format, also at 160 kbps for ogg vorbis format. If you need another bitrate or file format, you can request it by email.

What is audio CD image?
Audio CD image files are packages that include at least two types of information: Content information and CD type information. In our case, contents are "audio tracks" and CD type is "audio CD". Cue/bin format is a generic type of image files that describes the above information, so can be used for burning an audio CD image file to a physical CD-ROM disc.

What is the best choice for audio CD burning, mp3 files or audio CD image?
Audio CD image has been made of original wav files, with the maximum sound quality. Mp3 algorithm removes information from original files, in order to keep small file size. Lost information after mp3 encoding can not be recovered again. The differences between an original wav file and a right encoded mp3 file at 192 or 256 kbps are not perceptible at most home audio devices. However, audio CD image is recommended for a high-end sound system :)

How can I burn an album from audio CD image to a physical CD-ROM?
You can use a free burning utility like ImgBurn in order to "burn" the audio CD image file to a physical CD-ROM disc. Additional information about this issue is available here.

VIEWING ISSUES

Why I cannot see clearly some contents of this site like home page or photos?
Because of some design improvements ".png" graphics file format is used instead of legacy ".gif". Older versions of browsers may not support photos with transparency in ".png" format. If you see frames around the pictures like the example below, I think it would be a good idea to update your browser to a newer version, it is recommended for better viewing results on many sites :)