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Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match

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On 2016-03-21, Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> Patty Winter <patty1@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> I guess it's not the end of the world if I don't get these songs matched,
>> since my versions that were uploaded are perfectly fine quality. But it
>> bugs me that iTunes uploaded so many songs unnecessarily. Is there any-
>> thing else I can try to get Match to recognize these tracks?
>
> Giving up would be the most practical solution.

Hyperbole.

> I subscribed to iTunes Match last summer to see if I could save some room on
> the phone and can't imagine how many hours I've wasted trying to get it to
> match some songs.
>
> Like you, the major problem is like a 11 song cd only matching 8 of them.
> Rename them, change the encoding, screw with the time/length, the info for
> it. Nothing works consistantly.
>
> What I found out (and it's not 100% but better than anything else) is, if
> you import something and it's only "uploaded" and not "matched" (some or all
> of the songs), just delete it from iTunes and try adding it back tomorrow or
> the next day.
>
> You'll be surprised at how many will get auto-magically fixed the 2nd or 3rd
> time importing it.
>
> Leaving the songs in iTunes doesn't work. It seems not to "go back" and
> retry those. Use the "Delete Song" instead of "Remove Download" then wait a
> day or two and re-import the cd or tracks/mp3's.
>
> It's less time consuming and less frustrating and mostly works. Like I
> said, not 100% but did fix many of the cd's I ripped where 2 or 3 only got
> uploaded but not matched (from the same cd and available in the store).

None of that sounds like giving up to me.

My experience reflects yours: keep trying and eventually all or most
will match. In my case, I simply turned iTunes Match off and back on a
few times over a couple of days and I was done.

For me, with my selection of 4000+ songs in my library, most were
matched within a couple days of subscribing. Around 700 show up as
purchased, about 700 of them were uploaded, and a whopping 10 are
"ineligible". One of those is a custom ring tone I made, and the others
are some Johnny Cash, Rob Zombie, and Tool tracks. I'll fix them at some
point when I have time. I haven't bothered to try to force the ones that
were uploaded to match instead, because regardless of whether they are
matched, purchased, or uploaded, iTunes Match has allowed me to save
tons of space on all of my other devices with iTunes Match enabled -
most notably my and my wife's phones, where that space can be used for
other things rather than storing music. And of course it's also allowed
me to swap crappy MP3 songs for higher quality AAC songs from the iTunes
catalog. Overall it's well worth the money, IMO.

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Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match patty1@sonic.net (Patty Winter) - 2016-03-21 05:37 +0000
  Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-21 07:00 +0000
    Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-03-21 18:43 +0000
  Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-03-21 11:57 +0000
    Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-03-21 13:27 +0000
      Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-03-22 12:06 +0000
        Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-03-22 17:21 +0000
          Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-03-23 12:14 +0000
            Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-24 02:31 +0000
              Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2016-03-24 13:43 +0000
                Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-24 21:56 +0000
    Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-21 16:52 +0000
    Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-03-22 13:38 -0500

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