Will iTunes Match still downconvert to 128 kbps for iOS devices? The music on my iPhone @ 128 is currently 10 GB and there's no other way it would fit on it right now..
I don't see anyone asking this question, strangely enough.
If it's matched, then it's 256Kbps, period. If it's uploaded, then it's uploaded at whatever format it resides on your computer (96-320 kbps). And match doesn't download every single song so you'll have plenty of room, it only makes every song available for an initial stream and then downloads it after you play it.
Thanks.
My wife and I share the iTunes account. We each have a Mac.
If we sign up for iTunes Match, I assume it will automatically migrate the songs that either of us purchase to the other computer as it does now, as well as to the iCloud storage?
Just want to be sure how it works before committing.
Right. Enable automatic music downloads and itunes match on both devices and the computer, and then whenever you buy a song on any of those three electronics it should automatically either download, or appear as in the cloud available for download.
iTunes is halfway through Step 2 of the match process and not going real slow, I expect Step 3 will much slower. I'm sure it's because I have ~13,000 that it needs process.
Another question:
I was about turn on iTunes match on iPhone but some message came up warning me that if I agree using iTunes match, the current music on iPhone wil be replaced by iTunes match. Is there a way to prevent this? I thought iTunes match would just be some sort feature that you can use to access your song. I don't like the of not having any of the physical songs that I chose myself.
So, anyway to prevent this? Or this is how it works? I didn't go through with hit since 1) iTunes match wasn't finished 2) i didn't know yet if I want to delete all songs on my phone and always be dependent on some some data connection to play music (assuming this is how it works)
The better organized your library, the faster the match process is. However, after the initialization, all matching/syncing will be much faster since it will only add/remove changes to your library (unless you're adding thousands of songs per day).
At this time you have to choose between locally stored music and iTunes match. To be honest, I'm not sure why you wouldn't want iTunes match, as it makes every single song available. I it's a con if you don't have wifi or unlimited data and are afraid of going over usage on 3G, but you can select and download some of the songs when you have fast/unlimited data speeds and then they will reside on your phone until you delete them.
What I am finding strange is that sometimes, within the same album, some songs are matched and others are not matched, but uploaded instead. I checked to make sure the album, and thus songs, exist on iTunes, and they do ... so I am not sure why this is happening?
For example, using Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik as an example:
Breaking the Girl - matched
The Power of Equality - uploaded
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And I ripped this album straight from the CD.
I have that same quirk. I'm guessing the versions of your songs aren't exactly the same as the official iTunes Music Store ones. Or, maybe it's a matching feature that will be improved over time, as it's clear match was released pretty quickly.
I have a problem here with iTunes match, can you help me?
I made a test with a ripped song from a CD here, I took off all the tags from this song, include the album artwork and I uploaded it to iTunes Match, i thinked that the iTunes Match would add all the tags and the album artwork to that song but it not happened...
The iTunes Match only converts the music to AAC 256? or it will be able to update the songs tags?
Thanks
My understanding is that iTunes uses YOUR tags, YOUR artwork, YOUR information, but only will use it's own music file, if matched. I think people preferred their own data they spent a long time editing and perfecting for their own needs.
