iTunes game convert my files...

I wouldn't go as far as naming me as an "audiophile", but I can certainly tell the difference between @ 256 kbps AAC files, and those with the bit rate of a CD.  That said, I spent 3 hours looking for an answer to the cause of my frustration - iTunes game is to convert my files to the ALAC.  When I registered initially for iTunes game a few months ago, precisely, I remember reading somewhere (could not find where so earlier I could quote it) on the Apple Web site that your original in your library files would be unchanged.

What happened - I noticed today that several of my 'matched' songs had the iCloud beside them download icon. At the time, I was streaming from a Macbook Pro to my home theater receiver using AirPlay, and my iPad for the remote control.  Inadvertently, I clicked on the download icon, which would have been understandable if I was streaming directly from the music app on my iPad, but since I have access to my library on my Macbook, which seemed weird.  This song in particular had been torn from a CD under ALAC format somewhere in the ballpark of 900 kbps bitrate.

So I went back to my MBP and pulled up in my library - I had played several songs from this album even and only downloaded one.  All the songs that were played were replaced by 256 Kbps protected AAC files.

Why it's important - iTunes game has been around for several years.  I recently upgraded to it because I had to - I wanted to try the Apple music, and you can't do it, without activating the iCloud, iTunes game aka sharing.  Long ago, I was in College and knew "everything" we were downloading MP3s as fast as our dial-up connections and Napster let us.  It dawned on me that the digital music would be the future, so I ripped all my CDs on my computer (and horribly low flows).  Now I have a nice stereo and can really enjoy the difference between compressed and uncompressed music - granted my ears are not enough to hear a significant difference between 44.1 kHz/16-bit music and audio files of 192 kHz/24-bit Hi Res discern. Having said that, I started to buy my music library in some cases for the third time.  I buy CDs and their extraction in my iTunes as the ALAC files library.  At least until iTunes deems necessary to convert these files down to me.

So I guess what I'm asking is - is there a way to get around this or am I just wasting my time with music from Apple and iTunes game? Implement a second library of songs only lossless would be a solution? Is it possible to include only one of my libraries in iTunes game?  Must I give up my wish that I can do everything in iTunes and move my library to something like JRiver Media Center?

For what it worth - I just shot to the top of the album in the Finder and the original file is always there, it is has been replaced by the lower bitrate file in the iTunes window.

Hello

ITunes game corresponds to the ALAC as 256 Kbps or transcribed the titles uploaded to 256 Kbps. It does not change your originals unless you choose to delete and replace. Corresponding or downloaded files will be available to listen to or download on other devices.

You can have a separate library that you do not use iTunes game or Apple's music. Read this tip user do and keep a backup of your iTunes library, and only broadcast from the cloud.

So you can keep iTunes library Match, separated from your library without loss. If you keep the game and Apple's music in a separate library is your decision. You do not have to match, but read this:

iTunes game usage tips

Jim

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