iTunes Match is live...

Shadowness · 19 Dec 2011 at 19:55

hmmm...I thought it was streaming. So why does it have the download icon?

And what happens to all that music I have 'downloaded'? When does it get removed?

Feek · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:03

It is a streaming service.

I just deleted a local file (option-delete) and then hit the play button on it. The cloud icon with the down arrow stays and it plays. It's streaming, it's not on my local hard drive.

It only downloads it if I click the download arrow. If I play, it doesn't download and store, it streams.

SDK^ · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:14

Sorry I should have clarified - It's not a streaming service on an iOS device. If the track isn't on the device and you click play then it will download the track, it will start to play instanty so you don't have to wait for the full download.

Vertigo · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:57

SDK^ said:
iTunes Match is not a streaming service. If a song isn't on your device and you click play then it will download it to that device (when connected to WiFi)

Or 3G if you enable that option

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Dec 2011 at 21:03

Vertigo1 said:
Or 3G if you enable that option

Settings, Store, Use Cellular Data (iTunes Match), On (Enable).

Vtec9k · 19 Dec 2011 at 21:45

For £21.99 it's worth a punt regardless. Slowly uploading a bunch of mix albums I have, guess I'll just wait for it to upload...

Not streaming onto ios devices is a bit of a letdown but cool to at least have the option of downloading them when i fancy something different.

Shadowness · 20 Dec 2011 at 08:49

The whole process finally finished over the night!

So it took about 4 days in total :eek:

ChrisD. · 20 Dec 2011 at 08:55

Think I'll give this a punt then.

I tend to use Spotify nowadays though as I get it free with my ISP (the premium version).

Deku · 20 Dec 2011 at 13:13

I'll be honest; I just don't get it.

Deleted member 77746 · 20 Dec 2011 at 13:19

Deku said:
I'll be honest; I just don't get it.

What don't you understand?

Deku · 20 Dec 2011 at 15:20

mrbell1984 said:
What don't you understand?

The point of it.

IceBus · 20 Dec 2011 at 21:10

Deku said:
The point of it.

Access your music anywhere in the world without having to take up any HDD space?

Feek · 21 Dec 2011 at 10:08

700 tracks left to upload, maybe it'll be completed by the time I get home!

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Dec 2011 at 10:27

IceBus said:
Access your music anywhere in the world without having to take up any HDD space?

It only becomes useful if you go to places with wifi, or stream/download over 3G.

pioneer2000 · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:31

Hmmm, well after taking the plunge last night, it's seemingly screwed all my music. I've now got duplicate tracks after it has supposedly matched (i.e. they show up correctly as 1 track in itunes, but as 2 of the same on my phone (and the tracks are solely on the cloud and not on the phone).

No matter what I change it will not remove the duplicate either.

HEADRAT · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:22

It was all working, I don't know what's happened but even though all my Albums/Songs show in the Itunes library I can't stream or download the from the Cloud

Not sure what this "Cloud" with the hashing means!

As you can see (above) everything is greyed out, can't play or download.

HEADRAT

rogan · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:39

pioneer2000 said:
Hmmm, well after taking the plunge last night, it's seemingly screwed all my music. I've now got duplicate tracks after it has supposedly matched (i.e. they show up correctly as 1 track in itunes, but as 2 of the same on my phone (and the tracks are solely on the cloud and not on the phone).

No matter what I change it will not remove the duplicate either.

me similar i have music and duplicates everywhere

i think im going to delete all the crap i dont listen to anymore, and random *badly named* tracks i have and just icloud everything in a new library altogether

Shadowness · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:41

HEADRAT said:
It was all working, I don't know what's happened but even though all my Albums/Songs show in the Itunes library I can't stream or download the from the Cloud

Not sure what this "Cloud" with the hashing means!

As you can see (above) everything is greyed out, can't play or download.

HEADRAT

That hashing means that it's syncing with the cloud I think.

And the iCloud download icons indicate that the music isn't on your local computer any more, so you have the option to download it from the cloud.

(I think!)

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:42

Shadowness said:
That hashing means that it's syncing with the cloud I think.

And the iCloud download icons indicate that the music isn't on your local computer any more, so you have the option to download it from the cloud.

(I think!)

Correct.

/headrat highlight all and click delete see if that in grays the download icon.

pioneer2000 · 21 Dec 2011 at 13:53

Hmmm, seems some of my songs are getting marked as compilations by itunes. Additionally, by deleting the duplicated songs completely from itunes and icloud and then re-adding them, the duplicates disappear... which is weird.