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Some of my music is encoded at 96 Kbps or less and iTunes Match will not upload it. Is there a way I can change the kbps it is encoded at? Thanks.
iMac 10,1 Intel Core 2 Duo and MacBook 4,1, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPods, ATV v. 1
You can convert the songs within iTunes. First, check your CD import settings to make sure it's setup for higher than 96kps. Then, choose a few songs as a test, right click and then "Convert to..... (be it AIFF, AAC or whatever your settings are)". Then re-try the Match for those to make sure it works.
Unfortunately if you have a lot of music like this, it will be a bit time-consuming to convert all of them before retrying Match. As for which format to use (AIFF / MP3 / AAC) we're not sure if it really matters. I would recommend MP3 or AAC first just because it reduces the upload times if you don't get a match. And then try AIFF for a second pass as you might get a little better results with that as it's lossless.
Yep, there's yer problem... Kick it down to 48/24 and iTM will like it just fine. And now I have just realized that is one of the few albums that I've lost ove the years and haven't replaced digitally, so it's off to the iTunes store to spend money!
Hope iTunes gives you all the liner notes and the photo booklet. I mean, I'm the kind of guy who likes to know a track was cut on a continental bus somewhere in New Jersey and the percussion was in part done with a cardboard box . . .
iTunes albums don't generally provide all that, but I can get high-quality artwork off the internet. Google Images is my friend. 🙂
Change Kbps or less.
