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      Dashrender @BRRABill
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      @BRRABill said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      Yes, it is free with Prime. Amazon has ALWAYS had streaming service since their first music system released. That's been part of what they have done from the beginning.

      But MOST of the music I want to listen to is NOT on there. As I said, they have a much, much smaller library.

      I looked at it when you suggested it before, and none of the stuff I was listening to that day was on Amazon.

      And this is the new battle ground for recording studios.... make private deals with limited streaming services - if you want to listen to artist XYZ, you MUST use Apple streaming, etc.

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        Dashrender @BRRABill
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        @BRRABill said:

        @Dashrender said:

        Which service?

        I have not seen that with Google Play. Which is annoying.

        Google Play is where I read about that happening specifically.

        So in theory, if I upload a 128bit MP3, it should let me download a higher quality version of it?

        Also, they limit your downloads to 2. I think you can put their software on your machine to get around that, but I am not sure yet.

        Yes, that is what I read anyway.

        Why are you downloading it? Are you doing offline listening that much? I guess if you are, then you will have to manage a local store if you are bouncing around music offline that much.

        I understand the limiting of number of downloads.. because the downloads are DRM free. You could have 10K songs in your library.. go to friends house, log into your account and download them all and leave them on his computer, and log out of your account.. now they have stolen music.

        but you could do that with just the 2 downloads too.. but they are trying to stem bleeding, but it's just stupid.

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          BRRABill
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          Hmm, did a little Googling.

          It appears they STREAM the file to you at 320, but when you download it back to you machine, they give you back the same crappy version. Interesting.

          There is also a lot of chatter about them matching the wrong file (censored vs uncensored, for example) and some of the companies putting digital watermarks in the Google versions.

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            Dashrender @BRRABill
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            @BRRABill said:

            Hmm, did a little Googling.

            It appears they STREAM the file to you at 320, but when you download it back to you machine, they give you back the same crappy version. Interesting.

            There is also a lot of chatter about them matching the wrong file (censored vs uncensored, for example) and some of the companies putting digital watermarks in the Google versions.

            that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.

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              BRRABill @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said:

              that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.

              The article also said a version "similar" to what you uploaded. So perhaps not your actual version.

              I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.

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                Dashrender @BRRABill
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                @BRRABill said:

                @Dashrender said:

                that's interesting, that implies that they really do upload and keep the crappy version you upload... seems like a waste of storage.

                The article also said a version "similar" to what you uploaded. So perhaps not your actual version.

                I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.

                Sure - if they don't have exact version, all they can give you is similar.

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                  Dashrender @BRRABill
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                  @BRRABill said:

                  I wonder what it would do if you had pops or anything in your original MP3.

                  well for the streaming version nothing... but as you mentioned, when you download it.. you will get your original back, with pops and hisses.

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                    scottalanmiller
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                    The reason that they do this is for their Content Delivery Network. They don't have "your" version all over the world ready to go. but they have a handy, high quality one in many cases.

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                      brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @BRRABill said:

                      Not if you use it for your local library. Or want to use iTunes Music.

                      Not basic things. Weird, convoluted DRM music from Apple. Remember, basic here, why would a basic user do that?

                      iTunes hasn't had DRM'd music in almost 7 years.... now movies, that is another issue.

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                        BRRABill
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                        Does Amazon charge you to upload your music? Looks like they do. $25 a year isn't crazy, though.

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                          Dashrender @BRRABill
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                          @BRRABill said:

                          Does Amazon charge you to upload your music? Looks like they do. $25 a year isn't crazy, though.

                          I didn't know that about amazon. I think google does as a form of amnesty...

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                            BRRABill @Dashrender
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                            @Dashrender said:

                            I didn't know that about amazon. I think google does as a form of amnesty...

                            Google allows 50,000 songs for free.

                            Though, with all these restrictions, and changing of files, etc..

                            Makes me wonder if it isn't better to just throw everything up in OneDrive.

                            I'm going to stream the music anyway, so I don't really need the access to it.

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                              RojoLoco @BRRABill
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                              @BRRABill amazon unlimited cloud is like $60 / yr and is unlimited.. except for the limitation of only being able to upload 100,000 files at once. Need some stress in your life? Watch that upload fail over and over without any errors or notifications as to why...

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                                BRRABill @RojoLoco
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                                @RojoLoco said:

                                @BRRABill amazon unlimited cloud is like $60 / yr and is unlimited.. except for the limitation of only being able to upload 100,000 files at once. Need some stress in your life? Watch that upload fail over and over without any errors or notifications as to why...

                                I think I'm going back to paper.

                                This is all too much to handle, LOL.

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                                  RojoLoco @BRRABill
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                                  @BRRABill you'll need lots of pencils.

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                                    BRRABill @RojoLoco
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                                    @RojoLoco said:

                                    @BRRABill you'll need lots of pencils.

                                    I brought my pencil!
                                    Gimme somethin' to write on, man.

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