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Re: Inconsistent matching from iTunes Match

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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.

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).

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

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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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