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Apple Releases iTunes 10.5.1 Beta 3 for More iTunes Match Testing

come to think of it..this is a pretty good deal for the music labels. After all, they are getting a little money for the stolen music, which they would have never got had it not been for iTunes Match.
 
Grahamwho said:
No, what happens is once your done with the initial scan and matching. The music on your computer stays the same, if u had a 320k song on ur computer when u hit play it plays that song locally, the same with lower quality songs. But if u delete that song from ur local library, and hit play or download that's when it plays and downloads the 256k song, if it's a matched song. If its an uploaded song it would download the original song just like u originally had in ur library.
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Cool.
So is there a way to know which songs have been "matched" and which are uploaded?
 
I find it interesting that they're working over the weekend. I suspect key people will be working during the week to make sure the system doesn't blow up while the majority of staff are on break.
 
WissMAN said:
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How are they different? Meta tags isn't the answer.
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The file type shows as a "Matched AAC audio file", but other than that its drm free.
 
Interesting...they say to turn OFF iTunes Match on the Apple TV. That makes me think that they are going to release a new version of the Apple TV software fairly soon.
 
Rojo said:
Cool.
So is there a way to know which songs have been "matched" and which are uploaded?
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When iTunes Match is enabled, there is a new column you can turn-on to show "iCloud Status". This will show if it's matched, uploaded, purchased, not eligible, or error (problem matching or uploading).
 
mactmaster said:
When iTunes Match is enabled, there is a new column you can turn-on to show "iCloud Status". This will show if it's matched, uploaded, purchased, not eligible, or error (problem matching or uploading).
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What sort of items would show the status of "not eligible"?
 
strausd said:
What sort of items would show the status of "not eligible"?
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So far I've had a few files that were encoded below 100kbps show as not eligible.

Also new status in this latest beta "Duplicate", in prior betas duplicates showed a "Removed" status.
 
huntercr said:
Though we'll have to wait to find out for sure, my impression was that once the AAC files were downloaded, they were never "recalled"

So that amounts to $25 to instantly rip all your CD collection and any less than honorable MP3s you have and convert them to 256kbit AAC.

What happens when you quit after one year? We'll see I guess.
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That's what puzzles me as well: do we "rent" the music for one year, or do we get to keep it indefinitely even after we stopped paying the $25 iTunes Match fee.
 
mactmaster said:
So far I've had a few files that were encoded below 100kbps show as not eligible.

Also new status in this latest beta "Duplicate", in prior betas duplicates showed a "Removed" status.
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So they basically have a bit rate minimum? And if your song don't pass, then they won't be upgraded?
 
houttbe said:
That's what puzzles me as well: do we "rent" the music for one year, or do we get to keep it indefinitely even after we stopped paying the $25 iTunes Match fee.
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I'm almost sure that the tracks remain there. They're DRM free and everything, they stay on the computer locally. Just won't be able to retrieve them from across all your devices as you would with Match/iCloud.
 
why would they suggest to turn it OFF for Apple TV

Pretty funny that in the screenshot they suggest to turn OFF the service for your Apple TV :S
 
What to do if you've got a collection of >>20.000 songs?
Lots of them are recordings of friends (hobby musicians) and will never ever be on iTunes, but extracting them from the library is a pretty d*** hard process....

What is going to happen when you try to match a library of greater that 20.000 songs?
 
Sahib7 said:
What to do if you've got a collection of >>20.000 songs?
Lots of them are recordings of friends (hobby musicians) and will never ever be on iTunes, but extracting them from the library is a pretty d*** hard process....

What is going to happen when you try to match a library of greater that 20.000 songs?
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The limit is 25,000 (tracks purchased on iTunes or tracks that can be Matched with iTunes don't count against your 25,000 limit)

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http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/learnMore?about=MatchComingSoon&s=143441
 
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