Topic 'iTunes Match' in forum 'All Things Macintosh' - dslreports.com

Re: iTunes Match

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:57:52 EDT

J E F F posted :

OK, so it won't download a different song or artist. For example if I have Amy Winehouse iTunes Match won't think its Paula Abdul and download her.

No...and anything on your computer that is matched, is only matched on the Apple iTunes server, you have to delete it from your library first and download to get the new copy.

I also noticed that iTunes doesn't both to clean up any mess that you made too. Example, if you had Paulaa Adbul Blowing kisses it won't change to proper artist name and song even if it is matched...
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Re: iTunes Match

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:19:39 EDT

Squirrelly posted : OK, so it won't download a different song or artist. For example if I have Amy Winehouse iTunes Match won't think its Paula Abdul and download her.

Re: iTunes Match

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:34:07 EDT

J E F F posted : If the songs are identical....but different, you might get a different copy. Let me explain. I had Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, my original sound was "kept his (cymbal sound)...........)"
Now it goes "kept his dick wet...". Just what I really wanted Match to do....unsure how I get it other than removing from iTunes cloud and redownload purchased copy.
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Re: iTunes Match

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:07:18 EDT

Squirrelly posted : thats what I am afraid of, how do I know i'm getting the correct song/version?

Re: iTunes Match

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:51:09 EDT

J E F F posted : Not sure how Apple does iTunes Match but it changed some of the songs I had previously purchased.
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Re: iTunes Match

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:56:11 EDT

Count Zero posted : If it is live, and different from any versions available on the iTunes store, your computer will re-encode it to AAC and upload it to match and you build to download on your other devices.

Not sure if anyone knows exactly how Apple does the matching, probably some sort of audio recognition technology like Shazam.

iTunes Match

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 08:54:21 EDT

Squirrelly posted : edit, figured out my first question. How does iTunes Match match the song. What if I have a few different versions or it's live?