tridentinecanon
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Q: 24 bit songs ineligible for iTunes Match?

I just got the reissue of The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie from their website - 24-bit digital download.  iTunes is saying all the songs are ineleigible.  Is this because of the 24-bit encoding?

 

What's strange is that I have (so far) purchased one other 24-bit digital download, 2nd Law by the Muse.  When I imported these songs into iTunes, I had no issues uploading/matching them with iTunes Match.

 

The only obvious diffence between the albums is I imported 2nd Law under iTunes 10, and MCIS under iTunes 11.

 

Is there a workaround?  I don't want to have to convert my songs to a lower quality format, especially considering what I paid for them...

 

Any comments are appreciated...

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Dec 29, 2012 10:21 AM

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  • by ed2345,

    ed2345 ed2345 Dec 29, 2012 10:49 AM in response to tridentinecanon
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    Dec 29, 2012 10:49 AM in response to tridentinecanon

    What's strange is that I have (so far) purchased one other 24-bit digital download, 2nd Law by the Muse.  When I imported these songs into iTunes, I had no issues uploading/matching them with iTunes Match.

    Tridentine,

     

    Are you sure you had "no issues"?  If iTunes Match was working as specified, one of two things would have happened. 

    • If it could match the track, the one in the cloud would be the store copy in AAC/256 format. 
    • If it could not match, it would use your copy, but first transcode it to AAC/256.  (See details in this doc: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914 )

    Either way, you lost the benefit of the 24-bit hi-def audio.

  • by tridentinecanon,

    tridentinecanon tridentinecanon Dec 29, 2012 11:08 AM in response to ed2345
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    Dec 29, 2012 11:08 AM in response to ed2345

    I never lost the benefit of the 24-bit audio because I still have the original audio files stored in my iTunes library on my Mac Pro.

     

    I realize that when I play the songs from iTunes Match on my iPhone/iPad/Mac Mini/Macbook Air that quality is the 256kbps iTunes STore standard (duh!).

     

    What I want is for iTunes Match to do what it ought to do: keep my 24-bit songs on my harddrive, so that I can play them in that format on my home stereo connected to my Mac Pro, and make 256kbps copies of them available in the cloud, so that I can access and play them on my other devices.

  • by ed2345,Helpful

    ed2345 ed2345 Dec 29, 2012 11:24 AM in response to tridentinecanon
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    Dec 29, 2012 11:24 AM in response to tridentinecanon

    Tridentine, 

     

    OK, good, since you are only using the Cloud copies for your other devices, and are not counting on them as a backup of your music.

     

    I saw nothing in the documentation that indicates that 24-bit files are not eligible.  You may want to try another 24-bit file or two to see if iTunes 10 vs 11 is really the issue.  If it appears  there is a bug, report it to the iTunes Feedback page.