Internet Audio Stream and Matched AAC Audio File

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Internet Audio Stream and Matched AAC Audio File

Hi guys, since I begun trialling Apple Music almost my entire music Library has gone to mush!

I now have a new issue! I have a heap of tracks showing as 'Internet Audio Stream'. These tracks have a cloud symbol with a down arrow, which I know is to download the track. I tried downloading 2 tracks and they now show as AAC Audio File.

These tracks are all from CD's I imported into iTunes many years ago. They were all OK until I begun using Apple Music. If I download the Internet Audio Stream files, will I a) get charged for them by Apple? b) Only have them for a set period of time? c) Or are they mine to keep and it's only iTunes converting them to another file type?

Posted on Aug 9, 2017 10:35 AM

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turingtest2

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Aug 18, 2017 4:23 AM in response to A1ps

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash. I've just replied to your other thread Music Library missing on Mac. The cloud download symbols are consistent with a damaged library. I'm still confused by the Internet Audio Stream label. If I remove a downloaded track from my iTunes Match library it retains the original kind. In fact I've just tested and an mp3 file replaced with a matched AAC version is still reported as being an MPEG audio file. 😕

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turingtest2

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Aug 10, 2017 2:07 PM in response to A1ps

Was your media stored on a NAS? I think iTunes may sometimes decide to treat what should be local network stored media as streams but I've no idea exactly what might trigger the switch. Can you locate the underlying files and add them to the library again?

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A1ps Author

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Aug 18, 2017 3:26 AM in response to turingtest2

Hi again mate, the media was stored in my music library on the mac.

I do have all the files on CD so can re-add.

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