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iTunes Match and songs not in the iTunes store: Having both on my phone?

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BackTwoMac

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Feb 26, 2012
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Hello,
I use iTunes match and so far it's great. My only problem is it won't upload files that are not in the store. Is there a way to store these files locally on my phone (they are audio lectures for school) and still use the Match service? Right now, I'm finding it's either iTunes Match or whatever 16Gb my phone can store. Is there a way to have both?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Fireproof!

Fireproof!

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BackTwoMac said:
Hello,
I use iTunes match and so far it's great. My only problem is it won't upload files that are not in the store. Is there a way to store these files locally on my phone (they are audio lectures for school) and still use the Match service? Right now, I'm finding it's either iTunes Match or whatever 16Gb my phone can store. Is there a way to have both?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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What do you mean it won't upload files not in the store?

After I ran iTunes Match, it uploaded 2473 songs that it could not "match" for whatever reason.

I have my complete collection in iCloud now and can download any of it onto my phone.
 
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BackTwoMac

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Feb 26, 2012
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Wingzfan61 said:
Lectures arent music so im guessing thats why they wont upload. For that id use dropbox
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They are mp3 files, that play fine in the music app without iTunes match. If I used dropbox, would this be streaming? I'm concerned about exceeding my 4G limits.

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Fireproof! said:
What do you mean it won't upload files not in the store?

After I ran iTunes Match, it uploaded 2473 songs that it could not "match" for whatever reason.

I have my complete collection in iCloud now and can download any of it onto my phone.
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I wish I could say the same. They all show the cloud with the line through it, and do not turn up on the phone.
 
Fireproof!

Fireproof!

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Dec 1, 2008
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BackTwoMac said:
They are mp3 files, that play fine in the music app without iTunes match. If I used dropbox, would this be streaming? I'm concerned about exceeding my 4G limits.

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I wish I could say the same. They all show the cloud with the line through it, and do not turn up on the phone.
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Oh, I see. That means iTunes Match sees these as "ineligible" to upload to iCloud. My guess is because these are low-bitrate files. (96 kpbs or something like that won't get uploaded).

Possible Solution 1:
- Select the ineligible tracks
- Under Advanced, select "create AAC Version"
- Under "Store" select "Update iTunes match"

Those AAC versions should upload.

Possible Solution 2 (if for some reason iTunes won't let you convert them):
- Select the ineligible tracks
- Create playlist from them.
- Burn to CD as "audio CD"
- Import new CD back into iTunes
- Under "Store" select "Update iTunes match"
 
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BackTwoMac

macrumors member
Original poster
Feb 26, 2012
46
1
Fireproof! said:
Oh, I see. That means iTunes Match sees these as "ineligible" to upload to iCloud. My guess is because these are low-bitrate files. (96 kpbs or something like that won't get uploaded).

Possible Solution 1:
- Select the ineligible tracks
- Under Advanced, select "create AAC Version"
- Under "Store" select "Update iTunes match"

Those AAC versions should upload.

Possible Solution 2 (if for some reason iTunes won't let you convert them):
- Select the ineligible tracks
- Create playlist from them.
- Burn to CD as "audio CD"
- Import new CD back into iTunes
- Under "Store" select "Update iTunes match"
Click to expand...

Solution 1 worked! They're lengthy audio files so I had the bit-rate set pretty low. Thank you so much.
 
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