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iTunes Match Beta Now Available for Developers
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Well the BBC iPlayer isn't available in the US yet so I guess that kinda makes us even eh ?
Damn. There goes iTunes Match for me then. I'm outside of the US and don't have a credit card but have a US iTunes account (used gift card to register)
Anyone knows other ways to circumvent this?
First of all, there is no lossless AAC. There is Apple Lossless.
And no, it will upload the iTunes 256kbps crap versions of those hi-fi files to the cloud and keep the original lossless versions intact in your library.
As long as all of your iTunes Match files are 256kbps and you get 1Mbps on 3G, you should not have a problem. However, an issue with 3G streams arise when there is no match found and the Apple Lossless version is uploaded at full quality. Then you might get a lot of buffering.
Well the BBC iPlayer isn't available in the US yet so I guess that kinda makes us even eh ?
We pay to access the BBC iPlayer in the UK via our TV License, but thats not the point. All paid Developers should have access to the same features, otherwise what is the point.
Please consider the following:
1) iTunes Match does not make your pirated copies any more legal. In other countries around the world it's btw quite legal to copy music form your friedns. You just pay $25 to get some cloud storage and streaming capabilities. It also let's you upgrade your 128kbps mp3 version to a higher quality. This is not to ripp-off artists, but to minimize storage in the cloud. Apple only has to keep 256kpbs aac files and not like 100 versions of the same song.
2) The song recognition might be some Shazam like thingy.
3) There exist different remixes of songs. If the iTunes verisons of your songs don't match your local remix you have to reupload it.
4) If the song/cd you are trying to match is not available as an iTunes purchase you might need to upload it yourself
5) As more and more ppl use the service chances increase that your songs might already be in the cloud.
Questions that remain open for myself:
1) What about really long DJ-Mixes (2hrs and more).
2) If I have a title that is 128kpbs and it is not known by iTunes Match it gets uploaded. Maybe it will be reencoded to 256kpbs aac before being uploaded but this does not increase the quality of the title. I wonder if iTunes Match stores the original quality of the song somewhere in their database. So if someone else has the song at 512kpbs aac it should convert it down, reupload it and then upgrade my local copy aswell. I wonder if this is implemented.
3) When will the service launch in other countriess
bye
Darky
1) iTunes Match does not make your pirated copies any more legal. In other countries around the world it's btw quite legal to copy music form your friedns. You just pay $25 to get some cloud storage and streaming capabilities. It also let's you upgrade your 128kbps mp3 version to a higher quality. This is not to ripp-off artists, but to minimize storage in the cloud. Apple only has to keep 256kpbs aac files and not like 100 versions of the same song.
2) The song recognition might be some Shazam like thingy.
3) There exist different remixes of songs. If the iTunes verisons of your songs don't match your local remix you have to reupload it.
4) If the song/cd you are trying to match is not available as an iTunes purchase you might need to upload it yourself
5) As more and more ppl use the service chances increase that your songs might already be in the cloud.
Questions that remain open for myself:
1) What about really long DJ-Mixes (2hrs and more).
2) If I have a title that is 128kpbs and it is not known by iTunes Match it gets uploaded. Maybe it will be reencoded to 256kpbs aac before being uploaded but this does not increase the quality of the title. I wonder if iTunes Match stores the original quality of the song somewhere in their database. So if someone else has the song at 512kpbs aac it should convert it down, reupload it and then upgrade my local copy aswell. I wonder if this is implemented.
3) When will the service launch in other countriess
bye
Darky
disk space flooding ?
So, let's say you got a 128GB MBA with about 60GB of 128kbps music. You upgrade to iTunes match... what happens? Your MBA gets overloaded with 256kbps songs? Or do you have the possibility to keep 128kbps songs on this device to keep some precious disk space ?
Anyway that's not gonna happen anytime soon in France where I live - here you still can't re-download songs that you bought from iTunes (or you have to pay again). And iTunes match is not on the roadmap.
but anyway I think the question of disk space management is an interesting one...
So, let's say you got a 128GB MBA with about 60GB of 128kbps music. You upgrade to iTunes match... what happens? Your MBA gets overloaded with 256kbps songs? Or do you have the possibility to keep 128kbps songs on this device to keep some precious disk space ?
Anyway that's not gonna happen anytime soon in France where I live - here you still can't re-download songs that you bought from iTunes (or you have to pay again). And iTunes match is not on the roadmap.
but anyway I think the question of disk space management is an interesting one...
Or you could just use your TimeMachine backup, no?
The backup aspect is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. In reality its been tagged on as a bonus. The real feature here is the ability to instantly legitimise your entire library as well as stream on iOS.
Well the BBC iPlayer isn't available in the US yet so I guess that kinda makes us even eh ?
Not really. You've got Hulu. In any case iPlayer is paid for by the British Public. If you think we're going to pay for the entire world to use it you've got another thing coming. You can get it anyway, its like $15 a month to subscribe to it in the states IIRC.
Plus you get all the good TV shows before us!
We have to grab them from torrent sites the day after they are broadcast in the states, or wait a year for them to be shown on TV here.The reason it's not available in the UK is because Apple have to deal with every single label to access their catalogue online. They're testing the water with the US market, then it'll come to the UK in time.
but its not like u would get money out of those people in the first place, what does it matter really. at least now u get 0,0000000000000000000000000000001 $ out of every subscription
Well, unless my library is seriously screwed up or I read wrongly, iTunes Match only 'matched' 275 of my 1188 songs, over 80% of which were mainstream pop! (Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay etc)
I hope this is a beta thing, because currently this service is worth nuts to me.
I hope this is a beta thing, because currently this service is worth nuts to me.
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I didn't even know streaming was an option for iTunes purchases! Cool!
(it is, right, this can't be restricted to iTunes Match, surely)?
I didn't even know streaming was an option for iTunes purchases! Cool!
(it is, right, this can't be restricted to iTunes Match, surely)?
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Someone should submit a bug report - that should say 'fewer', not 'less'.
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Someone should submit a bug report - that should say 'fewer', not 'less'.
It might be down right now. I'm getting the same message and I paid for the subscription. It wasn't really working at all last night to begin with.
same "error" maybe they fixed the "loophole" for non-devs and people overseas
I was hoping to find this out today, and it looks like they have closed signups...
What about BIG music libraries?
Interesting news but I'm wondering what the options are for people that have music libraries that exceed 25K songs? I currently have close to 100K songs in my iTunes library which takes up about 550GB. Wondering if I can select which 25K songs get "matched"
-andrew
Interesting news but I'm wondering what the options are for people that have music libraries that exceed 25K songs? I currently have close to 100K songs in my iTunes library which takes up about 550GB. Wondering if I can select which 25K songs get "matched"
-andrew
Don't expect 'one more thing'.
"Something big up their sleeve"? Steve already laid it all out during his presentation several months ago. What he showed is what you're going to get. No sleeves or 'one more thing'.
"Something big up their sleeve"? Steve already laid it all out during his presentation several months ago. What he showed is what you're going to get. No sleeves or 'one more thing'.
as of right now it only gives u an error saying "u have more than 25k songs in ur library" and it closes down
Greed!
So, you legally purchased those 100K songs, or you ripped them off and are now bitching and complaining that you can't get them all legitimized by Apple? Give 'em and inch and they want a frickin mile! Andrew sounds like a greedy SOB to me.
So, you legally purchased those 100K songs, or you ripped them off and are now bitching and complaining that you can't get them all legitimized by Apple? Give 'em and inch and they want a frickin mile! Andrew sounds like a greedy SOB to me.