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Apple Launches iTunes Match with Release of iTunes 10.5.1 [Updated]

Have a question for beta testers or those that know...

I have my 12,000 song library on my home PC.
I turn on iTunes Match.

I have zero songs on my work PC, I install iTunes and authorize the computer.

I buy a new CD at lunch time and rip it to my work PC.

Will Match take those songs and upload/match to the cloud and when I get home, I will see them in my library?
 
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Hmm im in poland and they just got itunes store. Wonder how many years before this comes here...
 
There must be more to the matching than just the Meta tag info. If that's the case, what is there to stop people from editing meta tag info on any song to get access to another song they haven't bought?

I am surprised that it doesn't require EXACT meta tag info to match or a portion of the song uploaded. That would reduce the probability of fake meta info. Of course with my 10k library uploading a snippet of each song would take a while.

Just wondering.
 
Still not sure why I would use this

Most of my music comes from iTunes and is already in iCloud. iCloud syncs music with all your devices already. What benefit is Match?

From what I understand, Match works only with the cloud. If I'm out jogging with my iPod Touch, it won't have wifi and there fore no music from Match. Or does that work differently?
 
Nunyabinez said:
4. Match uses your meta-data. If you in an anal-retentive fashion have made lots of custom edits to your files, that is what gets copied to the cloud. Even if you replace your songs with the upgraded versions you keep your previous metal-data.
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So how could it get your meta-data on songs that are REPLACED, if the only way to replace a song is to delete the old version and then download the new version?

Also, is that meta-data (lyrics, for instance) also available when you download to a device?

Lastly, for songs that DO match, does it still use YOUR meta-data and upload it to the server, again using the lyrics example?

Tony
 
WigWag Workshop said:
I wish there was a way for it scan your library, before purchase. I have a lot of obscure music.
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Looks like no return policy:


Dear Zachary,
This email confirms that you have purchased a 1-Year subscription to iTunes Match for $24.99 on 11/14/11. This subscription will automatically renew each year unless you turn it off no later than 24 hours before the end of your current subscription period. To cancel the automatic renewal of this subscription, sign in to iTunes with your Apple ID and go to your Account Information page.

Regards,
The iTunes Store team
 
hexonxonx said:
Correct. Enabling Match on an iDevice deletes any music currently on the device. You then have to download any music you want from the cloud.
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Is it JUST for music or will it also wipe out all podcasts, audio books, etc?
 
Tones2 said:
This can't be true. That would be insane to have to download songs that you can much more easily sync from your computer.

Tony
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Not only that but what about WiFi only iPads. WiFi is isn't "everwhere" yet and where it is available bandwidth isn't always good. The Cloud is convenient but we are far, far away from a 100% wireless society. Surely Apple understands that. If what the other poster said is true that would be a deal killer for me. There is no WiFi on the beach I go to and 3G is spotty.
 
OK, I was in the beta, and never understood something....

How can I tell what has been matched? I have several songs that have a clound with a line though it indicating that they were not matched or uploaded, but there are no other indications that any of my music has been matched.

I did some experiments, and delted a song that I didnt' care about. I tunes immediately re-insreted it back into my library with a cloud icon indicating that it could be downloaded again. Did that to another song, and that did NOT happen, it just disappeared.

When Match was completing, it said it was uploading about 1,300 items of my 1,600 item library. That indicates to me that it didn't match most of it. However, there is apparantly no way to tell what was matched and what was just uploaded. Am I missing something obvious?
 
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How about consolidating multiple libraries? Thru a directory relocation error, my iTunes Music library split into two overlapping sets, looking like it needs a very painful merge process. I'd pay $25 just to put them back together WITHOUT ending up with a gazillion duplicates requiring manual file-by-file deletion. I'm thinking my one copy of iTunes could be used to Match everything into the cloud, then swap directories and Match that as well, forcing proper synchronization.
 
As I understand it, you can't exclude songs from Match (unless you remove them from your library). Is it possible to pause the upload of non-matched tracks? Then restart it? Say when no one else is using the internet? I'm on a pokey DSL internet connection. I don't want everyone in the house to hate me for hogging the bandwidth.
 
blackburn said:
Had to manually update it. iTunes match ain't for me. I'm not downgrading my lossless collection.
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You don't downgrade what you got but you can play those songs in other places on other devices. Yes those won't be lossless. If I could first 60,000 lossless sings on my iPod, that would be ideal but it's not possible.
 
Tones2 said:
So how could it get your meta-data on songs that are REPLACED, if the only way to replace a song is to delete the old version and then download the new version?
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I'd assume it runs the scan, fetches the meta-data, matches the song in the cloud, allocates a copy of the song to you, but replaces the meta-data with yours.

So now your cloud copy and local copy match, meta-data-wise, and if you delete your local copy you'll get the cloud copy which retained your custom tags/attributes[?]
 
iTunes Match

I'm still waiting for the iCloud player.

Why would customers want to download song by song or in my case tv show by tv show from iCloud. Let us stream it already (at the very least let us have an iCloud player for music).

:apple::apple::apple:
 
ClemTiger0408 said:
I'm still confused by this service.

Songs that can be matched by iTunes... are those actually DOWNLOADED from iTunes and stored on the hard drive? Or are they just available in the the cloud? Is the service truly a "Pay $25 and legalize all your music (that Apple can match)" service? Basically, is the higher quality matched music available offline?
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The song becomes available to download in iTunes. It doesn't download automatically. However, if you delete it from iTunes, the song will have a little iCloud button next to it. If you click the button, iTunes will download the file it has available in the store at 256kbps. If that file isn't available, then it will download the matched file that it uploaded previously.
 
fgarvin said:
I have about 5,000 songs in my iTunes. To be honest I know most (95%+) are songs I either ripped from my old cd's, purchased off Amazon or purchased from iTunes. I also know I ripped a few friends cd's years ago. I have no idea which ones now. Wrong, Yes... How to fix.. I don't know that either. The last thing I want is for them to check my files and then send me an email stating that I have 7 cd's I didn't buy and I am going to jail.. :) I am thinking about staying away from it. Better safe than sorry. Also, Audio Galaxy works great for me now.
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Um...Except for the fact that you posted it here, there would be a zero percent possibility that anyone could ever know if the source of your iTunes song was a friend's cd or your own. I don't think any organization in the world is keeping "files" of your personal CD purchases. :p

Although it's wrong, I wouldn't lose sleep over this. :)

Tony
 
Zimmy68 said:
Have a question for beta testers or those that know...

I have my 12,000 song library on my home PC.
I turn on iTunes Match.

I have zero songs on my work PC, I install iTunes and authorize the computer.

I buy a new CD at lunch time and rip it to my work PC.

Will Match take those songs and upload/match to the cloud and when I get home, I will see them in my library?
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Yes
 
repete7 said:
As I understand it, you can't exclude songs from Match (unless you remove them from your library). Is it possible to pause the upload of non-matched tracks? Then restart it? Say when no one else is using the internet? I'm on a pokey DSL internet connection. I don't want everyone in the house to hate me for hogging the bandwidth.
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Yes. There is a stop button you can push. Push it a second time and it resumes.
 
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