[access-uk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Itunes etc.
- From: "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:31:59 +0100
Here's one of the places I read it
http://ipod.about.com/od/UsingiCloud/a/How-To-Use-Itunes-Match.htm
It is basically saying that when you play an iTunes Match track from the
cloud on an IOS device, the track is actually being downloaded and played
and not actually streamed in the real sense of streaming.
That's not the only place I have seen this mentioned but feel free to google
yourself if you have a greater boredom tolerance than myself...
-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Lackie
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:19 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bulk] [access-uk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Itunes etc.
If you have read this, your source is wrong. You do not need to download
tracks from iTunes Match to play them. It is treu that you can on occasion
get some strange matches where the track title is completely different from
the track playing or downloaded. This can happen only I suspect where the
track has not been purchased from iTunes.
Iain
On 30 Aug 2014, at 08:45 am, "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Apologies, I did say it was my understanding. I don't personally use iTunes
Match due to it using a lossy format but more importantly, the fact that it
matches by track and not album. This latter point means you can end up with
an album made up of tracks taken from other albums, for example, a version
of a track taken from a compilation album and not the original studio album.
This can result in the volume levels being inconsistent when listening to
the album start to finish or it may be a slightly different version of the
track to the original album track due to it being taken from a remastered or
remixed album.
I can appreciate the above doesn't matter to the 80% of shuffle loving lossy
can't hear the difference casual listeners, but it is important to serious
music lovers.
Having said all of that, I'm sure I have read that you can't stream iTunes
music in the cloud on a portable device without downloading first to the
device. This is what gives the Amazon Music app an advantage as you can
stream from the Amazon cloud as well as playing from the device including
being able to play music in your iTunes library.
-----Original Message----- From: Iain Lackie
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:09 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bulk] [access-uk] Re: [Bulk] Itunes etc.
This is completely incorrect. If you have tracks which are greyed, It means
they have not yet been uploaded and so cannot be played or downloaded. If
you have a lot of tracks to be matched, you have to allow sufficient time
for your library to be matched. You may have to go into iTunes and update
iTunes Match so that the match process can be completed.
Iain
On 29 Aug 2014, at 08:28 pm, "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi BJ.
If you're using Itunes Match then the music is stored in the cloud and you
have to download it to a device to play it as it doesn't support streaming.
Apologies, I did say it was my understanding. I don't personally use iTunes
Match due to it using a lossy format but more importantly, the fact that it
matches by track and not album. This latter point means you can end up with
an album made up of tracks taken from other albums, for example, a version
of a track taken from a compilation album and not the original studio album.
This can result in the volume levels being inconsistent when listening to
the album start to finish or it may be a slightly different version of the
track to the original album track due to it being taken from a remastered or
remixed album.
I can appreciate the above doesn't matter to the 80% of shuffle loving lossy
can't hear the difference casual listeners, but it is important to serious
music lovers.
Having said all of that, I'm sure I have read that you can't stream iTunes
music in the cloud on a portable device without downloading first to the
device. This is what gives the Amazon Music app an advantage as you can
stream from the Amazon cloud as well as playing from the device including
being able to play music in your iTunes library.
-----Original Message----- From: Iain Lackie
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 9:09 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Bulk] [access-uk] Re: [Bulk] Itunes etc.
This is completely incorrect. If you have tracks which are greyed, It means
they have not yet been uploaded and so cannot be played or downloaded. If
you have a lot of tracks to be matched, you have to allow sufficient time
for your library to be matched. You may have to go into iTunes and update
iTunes Match so that the match process can be completed.
Iain
On 29 Aug 2014, at 08:28 pm, "Kevin Lloyd" <kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi BJ.
If you're using Itunes Match then the music is stored in the cloud and you
have to download it to a device to play it as it doesn't support streaming.
That's my understanding of Itunes Match and I assume the greyed out tracks
are in the cloud and not yet downloaded to your device.
Regards.
Kevin
-----Original Message----- From: BJ Edwards
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 6:18 PM
To: access-uk
Subject: [Bulk] [access-uk] Itunes etc.
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me with this issue...
I have Itunes on my laptop, I have "Match" and "Home sharing" enabled.
Like magic I can see all my music on both my Apple TV and my Iphone.
However, only the music I downloaded from Itunes plays, the rest of it
(the vast majority) is greyed out and won't play. Any advice welcome!
Thanks,
BJ
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