If possible I prefer that importing a CD to iTunes produces a long list of "Matched" iCloud statuses, instead of mostly matched and a few "Uploaded".
The latest CD I tried to import is this masterpiece, by Steel Panther: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Out
13 of 14 tracks matched successfully, but there was 1 outstanding.
I tried everything to get it to match; slower ripping, ripping with EAC instead, even 'downloading' the song from somewhere, all with the same no-match result.
I then took the ultimate step and bought the non-matching song from iTunes, backed the file up then deleted it from iCloud and from my library, then added it for matching again - it did not match!
If iTunes Match can't even match with its own content, there isn't a hope of an audio fingerprint match when ripping from a CD - I am 100% on board with the service, in too deep to say I'm going to cultivate my collection in a different ecosystem, but I do feel put about that there is apparently no way to match content which really ought to match fine. Poor show!
Does anyone have any great ideas how I can maintain my 100% match 0% upload statistic, and still retain the Balls Out greatness of Steel Panther? Thank you
The latest CD I tried to import is this masterpiece, by Steel Panther: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_Out
13 of 14 tracks matched successfully, but there was 1 outstanding.
I tried everything to get it to match; slower ripping, ripping with EAC instead, even 'downloading' the song from somewhere, all with the same no-match result.
I then took the ultimate step and bought the non-matching song from iTunes, backed the file up then deleted it from iCloud and from my library, then added it for matching again - it did not match!
If iTunes Match can't even match with its own content, there isn't a hope of an audio fingerprint match when ripping from a CD - I am 100% on board with the service, in too deep to say I'm going to cultivate my collection in a different ecosystem, but I do feel put about that there is apparently no way to match content which really ought to match fine. Poor show!
Does anyone have any great ideas how I can maintain my 100% match 0% upload statistic, and still retain the Balls Out greatness of Steel Panther? Thank you