I started buying vinyl in the 80's (~20); and buying CDs since the 90's (~900); got 11000 tracks. This is not some bulk download - but the music I love = grew up with.
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Apple Raises iTunes Match and Apple Music Library Matching Limits to 100,000 Tracks
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I started buying vinyl in the 80's (~20); and buying CDs since the 90's (~900); got 11000 tracks. This is not some bulk download - but the music I love = grew up with.
Hey Apple, fix the Homesharing with large libraries while you're at it. It is currently unusable.
I think you have overlooked additional hard drive capacity requirement for Adele's growing Compact Disc catalogue - don't know if anyone on this forum noticed but she released a new album.
Anyone who has significantly less songs than I have is obviously an ignorant pop teen and anyone who has significantly more is a self-indulgent snob.
Reminds me of the argument of people driving on the freeway. People going slower than me need to "get a move on Grandma" and those going faster are maniacs!
This. I won't subscribe to any "cloud" system that withholds music I've purchased, for any reason; that replaces a track with a different version, just because it has the same name; that replaces album art; that meddles with or removes any ID3 or other tagging or metadata.
My music library is the result of decades of collecting and untold hours of cataloging and tagging, and any service that fails to respect that will never get $1 from me.
I am an Apple Music subscriber (family plan for $15/mo). I also have iTunes Match ($25/yr?). My iTunes Match is expiring and I've received an email reminding me to renew.
I understand how iTunes Match works without Apple Music, but now that I also have Apple Music do people subscribe to both? Wondering if it is worth renewing. I initially thought iTunes Match was included in my Apple Music sub but I guess that's not the case?
Thanks for the help.
I understand how iTunes Match works without Apple Music, but now that I also have Apple Music do people subscribe to both? Wondering if it is worth renewing. I initially thought iTunes Match was included in my Apple Music sub but I guess that's not the case?
Thanks for the help.
I hate to call anyone a liar, but if you're saying you had 17000 tracks and every single one matched with none uploaded, that sure sounds like you're lying.
Or a music fan. I have 92,000 songs in my iTunes collection, 75% from my own CD collection. I've been a music fan for 50 years...
Copyright infringement is not stealing. It's copyright infringement.
I'm advocating copyright infringement.
And you can get sued and have to pay up to $25k per infringement plus legal fees for violating the copyright of the work.
You obviously don't produce anything of value that you would like to sell and make a living on. You seem to expect others to produce material for you to steal but think that life is a free ride on others shoulders.
I'm a little confused by this. I know many have had this problem, I just have some specific questions.
I have a large library with many live recordings as well as CD rips and other MP3 files. Can I have itunes match "scan" my library first, before committing to any matches? I have spend a lot of time organizing my library as well. I'd like to upgrade mp3s without digging up the CDs from the basement and I'd like to be able to access my library on the go. I'm not willing to give up control to Apple's algorithm. I'll spend the time to go through the whole library to try to confirm correct matches, as long as that is possible.
This should fix this massive libraries...
Not mine, cos i'm a slow-poke stuck at only 8,000 songs.
No,, its "scan & match"
Apple's doing u a favor If u just wanna scan only, don't do it via iTunes..... I do this via Piccard in some cases. And usually the matching in MuisicBrainz are allot better anyway than Apple.
Not mine, cos i'm a slow-poke stuck at only 8,000 songs.
No,, its "scan & match"
Apple's doing u a favor
If u just wanna scan only, don't do it via iTunes..... I do this via Piccard in some cases. And usually the matching in MuisicBrainz are allot better anyway than Apple.
Yes you have to subscribe both to Apple Music & iTunes Match sinch iTunes Match is the only way to get the DRM free versions of the songs you match. Having just Apple Music will add DRM to ALL you music. Apple Music Support told me about this, since both services are "complementary" to each other, thats why.
It only adds DRM to the music you download, your purchased and ripped music stored on your hard drive will not have DRM added.
Quoted from the Apple Music Support Twitter:
"If you need DRM free copies of your personal music library, you'll need to subscribe to iTunes Match. This can be a stand alone subscription, or paired with Apple Music to enjoy the benefits of both services. Apple Music songs, however, will remain DRM-protected as you don't own a copy of the music. You can read more about how iTunes Match and Apple Music are complimentary to each other here: apple.co/1k4WLpf "
The key word here is "copies". It doesn't add DRM to your previously owned personal music collection but if you download a matched copy it will have DRM.
"This is a day long to be remembered" --Darth Vader
OK, this is truly a day we music collectors have been waiting for a while. I'm not sure why it took so long for Apple to get the limit up to 100k since I think Amazon has had 100k for a few years now. The recording industry is funny about how it treats Apple....despite the fact Apple showed them how to make money at digital, they still hated that they have away a lot of their power to them....and now they have another problem with the model changed to streaming.
Still, it's nice to FINALLY be able to consolidate my ripped lossless CD libraries which I've been collecting since the early 80's to a common library.
OK, this is truly a day we music collectors have been waiting for a while. I'm not sure why it took so long for Apple to get the limit up to 100k since I think Amazon has had 100k for a few years now. The recording industry is funny about how it treats Apple....despite the fact Apple showed them how to make money at digital, they still hated that they have away a lot of their power to them....and now they have another problem with the model changed to streaming.
Still, it's nice to FINALLY be able to consolidate my ripped lossless CD libraries which I've been collecting since the early 80's to a common library.
So in order to keep all non Apple Music matched songs DRM free I'll need to have both iTunes Match and Apple Music services active?
Only if you redownload them. Your original files in your iTunes library on your computer will stay DRM free but any matched downloads will have DRM added unless you subscribe to iTunes Match.
In other words having just Apple Music after your iTunes Match subscription runs out will brick your library in short.
No.
It doesn't touch your original files, it only adds DRM to any matched copies you download after the iTunes Match subscription has expired.