iTunes Match question

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iTunes Match question

Hi,

I have a question about iTunes Match -- how will it handle remastered versions of albums?

In other words, if I have the new remastered version of Black Sabbath Paranoid, will

iTunes Match match this with the original version, or will it be smart enough to know

this is a new remastered version? I ask because I don't want iTunes to match up my remastered

tracks with the old original tracks. I've labeled these tracks with "Remastered" in the

album title, but my understanding is that iTunes Match does not use titles; curious

to see how it will handle this case.

Thanks,

Kevin

Posted on Nov 5, 2011 1:29 PM

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ed2345

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Nov 5, 2011 9:54 PM in response to Kevin Delgadillo1

Kevin,

The details of the matching algorithm are not yet known. It is likely to be less than 100% reliable. We do not yet know how accurately it will handle the case you describe (or the converse case where somebody appends "[Remastered]" to their album name in order to get Match to cough up the better copy).

However, we do have the following warning from the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions: "iTunes Match is provided on an “AS IS” basis and may contain errors or inaccuracies that could cause failures, corruption or loss of data and/or information..."

So plan accordingly, and keep local backups for the foreseeable future.

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BuzzKill

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Nov 6, 2011 9:14 AM in response to Kevin Delgadillo1

This doesn't address your exact question, but Black Sabbath Paranoid in not sold on iTunes so it will not be "Matched" with either the original or remastered version. Your existing music will have to be uploaded to the cloud.

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Nov 8, 2011 4:46 PM in response to BuzzKill

The "Black Sabbath - Paranoid" title was just a random example that came to mind at the moment.

I have a lot of remastered items; interested in seeing how iTunes Match will handle this.

Will keep my library backed up on Amazon Cloud anyway.

Thanks,

Kevin

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Answer 4

Dec 18, 2011 6:52 AM in response to BuzzKill

Paranoid is available on iTunes, but un Australia only!?

Does somedy know why?

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