How detailed does iTunes Match scan?

Above mentioned question is meant in the following way.
I had many files converted to 320kbit/s already a few years ago. On some of them you can clearly hear that the quality is not that good, btw the CD had scratches and there are skips and so on.
Does iTunes Match also find out about a bad auditory quality even if the rate is 320kbit/s or does it just check what the rate is?
The question came up when I saw that iTunes searches for bad files and upgrades them to 256kbit/s, which is yet less than my rate.
Thanks for any qualification.
Rgds
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The quality of matched music is going to equal to that produced from a good CD rip whether its 256 Kbps or 320 Kbps. Most people will not be able to tell the difference.
If you have good 320 Kbps rip then you don't need to upgrade. If the tracks are matched, you will have access to your music on your iOS devices at 256 Kbps. Tracks uploaded will be as per original file - 320 kpbs will play as 320 kbps.
If you have tracks that have a bit rate lower than 256 Kbps and are match, you can delete original and download 256 Kbps version.
As mentioned in previous post, you are unlikely to get a match where the original has faults. If you do get a match, you can upgrade it to the matched version.
Jim

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HT4914 How much does iTunes Match cost?

I can't find a price

I believe it's $24.99 per year.
Launch iTunes then from the iTunes menu bar click Store > Turn on iTunes Match
You'll see the subscription price in that window.

How does Itunes Match work?

If I subscribe, does ITunes Match suck all of my songs off of my Imac and take them to the cloud, update them and return them to my hard drive - can I get the improved quality stuff back on my hard drive to replace the "inferior" stuff or does it stay in the cloud?
Next question - I have a bunch of songs in ITunes, more in a Music folder, and more in a downloads folder. I assume they should all be in ITunes to use ITunes match the best way. How do I get them out of the other folders into ITunes? Where should songs be on the computer (LION 10.75).

Rick Carlton wrote:
First, Thanks.
So I couldget all of my musc into Itunes (still not sure how) including the music on my IPOD, transfer it by Match to the cloud.
To add music to iTunes either simply drag-n-drop it, or pull down File > Add to Library. For music that is only on an iPod see this user tip: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
Rick Carlton wrote:
Then could I download them all to a seperate folder, throw away the older stuff, somehow transfer the new stuff back into ITunes,and have all new stuff on my HD and Time Machine Back-up?
There is no downloading, moving or "transfering" required. Everything is done directly in iTunes. Time Machine will then backup everything on the internal HDD.
Rick Carlton wrote:
One more question - if they go to the cloud, do they sta there so my wife's Ipad and Iphone can play them?
You wife will have to be logged into your iTunes Store account to access iTunes Match.

How does iTunes match handle music that isn't available in iTunes?

How does iTunes match handle music that isn't available in iTunes?

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HT5637 How does itunes match sync playlists?

How does itunes match sync playlists between my computer, ipad and ipod?

It will tell you that the library exceeds the limit and will not proceed. So if you have more than the 25k limit (and keep in mind that iTunes Store purchases do not count against this limit) the only way you can use iTM is to move some music out of the library to get under the limit before signing up for the service.

HT204074 How does iTunes match handle music that isn't available in iTunes?

How does iTunes match handle music that isn't available in iTunes?

Music in your iTunes library that isn't available at the iTunes Store is uploaded to your iCloud account.

HT1918 how to cancel itunes match

How do I cancel this? I emailed this useless **** at apple and she gave me the wrong ansewer. I already did put no renew of itunes match.
anyone know how to cancel this?
Hello Ari,
Lisa here, from iTunes Store Support. I understand that you would like to cancel your iTunes Match subscription. I am sure you are eager to have this issue resolved and I would be happy to assist you today!
Please note that if you have an iTunes Match subscription, you can't change countries until the subscription has expired. Your subscription expires 08/18/2013.
To turn off Auto-Renew for iTunes Match, follow these steps:
1) Open iTunes.
2) From the pull-down Store menu in the menu bar, Choose Store > Sign In.
3) Enter your iTunes Store account name and password, then click Sign In.
4) Go to the Store menu again, Choose Store > View My Account.
5) Enter your account name and password a second time, then click View Account.
You will be taken to your Apple Account Information page. On this page, simply click the "Turn Off Auto-Renew" button next to iTunes Match.
For more information about iTunes Match, visit:
http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/
I hope this information is helpful! Please let me know if you require any further assistance with your account, as if you do, I would be glad to help. Thank you very much for being part of the iTunes Store family, Ari. I hope you have a great day!
Sincerely,
Lisa
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Brian,
Again, not accurate. When Match is "turned off" all of the Matched song instances are still shown in the Ibrary and all devices still stream - so, if you have your songs also stored on your local drive (which I choose to as one does not always have access to WiFi and I use the local instances of the songs for some music production/DJing), iTunes shows each song twice. This is cumbersome if you simply want to play an album - you have to hear each song twice. There is no reason technologically they could not simply show the metadata for a song only once and simply hit the cloud object store when it it is not found as a local disk target. This would solve some of the issues and it is pretty much how any content delivery network (CDN) works - and this is how my local Genius Bar assured me it would work before I bought the service. I found they know little about Match.
Other issues: I believe the "exclusive" Cloud Playtlist logic still stands - iTunes protests if you add a non-Matched song to a Playlist (as it assumes you want all Playlists to be cloudy). Also, the APLCARE person and I could not figure out what "Removed" (under Cloud Status) means despite looking up several explanations on the Web. And, we found songs that were only in the cloud that should have also been on my local drive as I never deleted them. That said, it is also a pain to fully delete a song (local + the cloud). Plus, the logic in the Purchased section around what constitutes "Not On Computer" did not hold up. They have lots of logical challenges with thier workflow.
Regardingyour suggestion, there is no way to "not use" Match. Only when one is disconnected from the iTunes store does Match seem to go away completely.The only thing you can turn off is the song syncing/matching/uploading. This amounts only to turning off a sub-process not the service.
Match is likely fine for most who do not want to have any copy of the songs locally and are fine having access to their music only when connected via WiFi. I wanted more ubiquitous access to my collection from my iPad and my iPhone but needed to keep my songs local to my MBP too. This is not the proper use case as I have learned.
Of course I won't renew, but I should be able to cancel a service that I am dissatisfied with.

Where does iTunes Match look for my music files?

When iTunes Match scans my "library" which library is it looking at - simply the list of songs within the iTunes interface? Or is it looking for the actual music files? How does keeping most of your music on an external hard drive affect this process?

I don't know this for sure, but I suspect the scan process is reading the 'iTunes Library.itl" file and not scanning the actual files. So keeping your files on an external drive shouldn't affect the scan, although I would recommend having the external HDD connected to your computer while the scan in is progress just in case.

Does iTunes match need to locate the actual files or just see its record in your library database? I am currently traveling in US and I have US and Australian iTunes accounts. But all my music files are on a hard drive in Australia.

Does iTunes match need to locate the actual files or just see its record in your library database? I am currently traveling in US and I have US and Australian iTunes accounts. But all my music files are on a hard drive in Australia. Can I start using itunes music match while I am travelling without the actual music files attached to my itunes?

In your situation I strongly recommend you read over that KB article. The international iTunes Stores are not cross-compatible.
My understanding of how it would work is that when activating iTunes Match on your US Store account, any songs you have in your iTunes Library that were purchased from the AUS Store account will NOT be matched. As I understand it, those files will be uploaded (which means you need the files on a local HDD). I also do not think it is possible to have iTunes Match active on more than one store ID on the same computer. But since iTunes Match is not available internationally yet, that point is moot for the moment.
To be honest you might want to wait until the service is available internationally so you can guage how will it will serve you.

HT4914 Does ITunes Match effect the space used on your ICloud?

Does ITunes Match effect the space used on your ICloud? Being as though your songs are not actually being uploaded and your just pulling content off of I tunes .

Hello Karen,
Yes, enabling iTunes Match the current music library on the phone will be deleted.
From: iTunes: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913
When enabling iTunes Match on your iOS device, the music library on your iOS device will be deleted and then replaced with your music in iCloud.
The music is stored on the cloud and streamed to your device unless you choose to download it on the phone.
Here is some additional info on how it works:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
All the very best,
Sterling

How stays the iTunes Match limit (25000 songs) after exclude songs?

Hello,
Somebody knows if after exclude musics from iCloud which was matched by the iTunes Match, the limit of 25000 songs is replaced in proportion of the exclude ones, or stays the same?

In this case, I have over 25k songs and some of the songs that exceeded the limit - and therefore were outside the iCloud - are better than some that were made available by iTunes Match in iCloud.
So I'm thinking of deleting some of these songs in my library (only in iTunes library), and iCloud respectively, to release limit for load that best songs that were left out on the first time at iTunes Match scan my library.
The question is: by doing so, my library back to be below the limit, or once reached the 25k, there's no going back, even deleting songs from iCloud?
thanks for the reply
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Does iTunes match only works on my Iphone 5 when im on wifi network??

Does iTunes match only works on my Iphone 5 when im on wifi network??

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Dear Michael, good day!
1. As per your instruction, I turned off iTM.
Small discrepancy – where are two screens with iTM switch:
-Settings > iTunes & App Store.
-Settings > Music
I switched OFF in both.
NB: I turned device to English for convenience.
2. My next step was Setting > General > Usage – tapped {Music};
{All music} screen appeared; I swiped it and taped Delete.
3. I performed “hard reset” …………………………………..
4. Switched back On iTM
5. Taped Music app on Home screen
iTM has started – (it took 18 minutes to completed, 60 mbps Wi-Fi speed )
Regret to inform… All the same:
Erase and reset to factory default? Or I did smf wrong?

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CMARINEAU wrote:
Question: is there supposed to be a iCloud symbol next to every song that matches in iTunes? I only have "unavailable to match" clouds.
No. Tracks will only have a cloud in the "iCloud Download" column if they are unprocessed by iTM. If a track is deleted from the iTunes library and is available for download there will be a slightly different cloud icon in that column with an arrow pointing down to incidate it is available to download.
Tracks that have been processed or are resident in the iTunes library will have nothing in the "iCloud Download" column.

Why does iTunes Match cause iTunes to crash ?

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It makes no difference whether I "Allow" or not. I think it runs this window for every flash object on that website. It is occurring while I enter this post!
It makes using the Internet MOST challenging. Surely this is causing major problems for everyone.
I have IE8 on Windows Vista.
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This program will open outside of Protected Mode. Internet Explorer's Protected Mode helps protect your computer. If you do not trust this website, do not open this program.
Name: Adobe Flash Player
Publisher: Adobe Systems Incorporated
(Checkbox) Do not show me the warning for this program again.
buttons: Allow Do Not Allow"
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