Genius recognize or use songs not downloaded from iTunes?

[Scott-n-Houston]

So, a lot of my library is made of MP3's that I imported into iTunes. There's no album art for them, etc. Will Genius recognize these and/or put them in a playlist with other music?


I could experiment with it for myself, but I'm in Houston... Ike is keeping me from having time to upgrade and install, etc.

[TEG]

Most of the time. So long as it can figure out the particulars, or you have Album and Artist listed.

TEG

[Ntombi]

Yes, as long as the song title and artist are correctly labeled. But it won't work for everything: no Beatles, no classical, no musicals, to name a few.

[ying yang]

My Genius doesn't recognise a few of the songs that I've actually bought from iTunes. I know I reformatted the album names after buying them but that's it.

[hexonxonx]

Yes. I made my first Genius playlist starting with a song not purchased in iTunes. Half the songs it added are the same.

[oftheheavens]

i cant even find the genius feature on my phone, how do i get it to work?

[Scott-n-Houston]

Thanks.
I was just curious. Can't wait for this hurricane to get through here! Then I can play with this stuff.