Apple releases iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2, supports iTunes Match on Apple TV

It looks like despite the "end of October" launch estimate at the iPhone 4S event, iTunes Match still isn't quite ready for public release. Apple has released a second beta of iTunes 10.5.1 so developers can further test iTunes Match.

The update addresses the usual "stability and performance improvements," but it also enables support for iTunes Match on the Apple TV. Beta testers have claimed that the previous iTunes 10.5.1 beta still had quite a few problems with regards to iTunes Match, so we should probably be happy that Apple "missed" its deadline instead of releasing iTunes Match to the public before it's fully baked.

When iTunes Match is ready for public launch, the service will cost US$24.99 per year and allow users to store their music libraries in the cloud, including songs not purchased via the iTunes Store, with easy access to the entire music library from any device associated with the user's iTunes account.

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Clark Tiberius

I see the option on my atv2, so it would be great to not have to have my desktop/itunes running to play a playlist on the atv2. I bet it doesn't go live before they kick out 5.0.1 for the idevices...

November 04 2011 at 2:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Whoa whoa whoa,hold on here. ITunes Match for AppleTV? I thought it has been clarified by apple that Match isn't a streaming service. The AppleTV 2 doesn't have a large amount of storage unlike the first model so downloading to the device to play the music wouldn't work so what other options are there?

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Andrew Slifer

So, that's exactly what I started thinking when I first read this article, I have an ATV and a dev account, I fired it all up to see how this worked exactly. Actually got it all installed, Match gets a little stuck during the upload phase, but as soon as it went through step 2, I was able to start streaming music to my iPhone 4, both in WiFi and 3G, and it's FAST.

When I first read what Match did as they thought up on stage, it was nothing at all the solution I was looking for. After playing with how Match works, it's actually the exact solution a lot of people have wanted out of all these other streamers.

November 04 2011 at 7:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Don F. Morrison

Just curious here... Is there anyway to find out what songs Match was able to actually match and which ones it was unable to match? Looks like when iTunes is doing its thing all it tell you is that its uploaded XX number of songs and that XXXX number of songs are available in the iCloud. It would be nice to know if its actually matching the songs I would expect it to match. I have some stuff that I know is not in iTunes and uploading that stuff is cool, but getting that upgraded quality on the stuff that is in the iTunes Database is a big deal. Just wondering.

(Yes, I am a dev; and yes, I have been playing with iTunes Match - the Developer Forums are pretty scarce when it comes to iTunes Match though - maybe you have more experience playing with Match that I do)

November 03 2011 at 9:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Andrew Slifer

I seem to remember when the service first rolled out in beta, before it would start the uploading process it would go through and review what would be uploaded. I concur with you, I'm noticing that a lot of the ones being uploaded are probably just albums that weren't tagged the way the iTMS wants them. I hope they bring this issue back in, or at least make it pretty easy to see what's been uploaded.

(Side note: The upload step, 3, I'm still having pretty big issues with. It's only about 1200 songs and it's taking over three days.)

November 04 2011 at 7:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply