Big Changes for Amazon Cloud - Page 7

tubemonkey · 08-02-2012, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

They didn't import all past purchases for me, only what I had uploaded to the Cloud Drive.

They're supposed to.

Blossom · 08-02-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

They didn't import all past purchases for me, only what I had uploaded to the Cloud Drive.

The only reason I ever used any of this was to be able to re-download purchased mp3s--just like you can re-download e-books. What they should do is simply offer that kind of no-frills capabilty for folks like me who don't want to do anything else.

Have you logged into the player yet? When I logged in I got a message that my past purchases were being imported. If you don't see that I would call Amazon. It could be a bug. You can still download past purchases through the cloud player.

From Amazon's player help page

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Past Purchases

Music purchased in the Amazon MP3 Store will be automatically saved to Cloud Player. For some songs and albums you previously purchased in the Amazon MP3 Store, Amazon may have rights to deliver those past purchases to Cloud Player without you having to import them. We'll automatically begin delivering your past purchases to the "Purchased" playlist when you log in to Cloud Player; this process will only happen once and may take a few minutes to complete.

After we start delivering your past purchases you'll see a progress dialog box in Cloud Player for Web. You can close this progress dialog box at any time; there will be another pop-up box to notify you when your eligible past purchases have been delivered.

If some of your purchases don't appear after a few minutes, you may import missing purchases using the Amazon Music Importer and they will not count against storage limits.

Your eligible past purchases also include eligible Amazon MP3 Gifts you've received.

So if they don't have the rights that might be why it isn't showing up. In that case just import into the player and it should be matched. Once it on there you can download it whenever you need it. Matching doesn't take long at all.

Catlady · 08-02-2012, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Have you logged into the player yet? When I logged in I got a message that my past purchases were being imported. If you don't see that I would call Amazon. It could be a bug. You can still download past purchases through the cloud player.

It did import some mp3s when I first signed in. But I checked my most recent purchases, and definitely the last two albums were not imported--they were not in the Cloud Drive either (I had been manually uploading to the Cloud Drive in the past). Those were the ones I tried to upload to the Drive that were counting against the limits.

Anyway, now everything seems to be in the Player. Amazon does stubbornly think one track from an album isn't theirs but I believe I can live with that.

Thanks for all the help and explanations!

Blossom · 08-02-2012, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Anyway, now everything seems to be in the Player. Amazon does stubbornly think one track from an album isn't theirs but I believe I can live with that.

Thanks for all the help and explanations!

Click the little arrow next to the song and click Fix Incorrect Match. If that doesn't work try editing the tag to match the others from the same album. The process is a bit buggy.

Catlady · 08-02-2012, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Click the little arrow next to the song and click Fix Incorrect Match. If that doesn't work try editing the tag to match the others from the same album. The process is a bit buggy.

Fix Incorrect Match is grayed out on every song I looked at.

I had already edited the tag for all the songs to match Amazon's info. I also deleted the track and then tried to reimport it. For some reason, it simply is not reading as an Amazon purchase. Odd, but no biggie.

Blossom · 08-02-2012, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Fix Incorrect Match is grayed out on every song I looked at.

I had already edited the tag for all the songs to match Amazon's info. I also deleted the track and then tried to reimport it. For some reason, it simply is not reading as an Amazon purchase. Odd, but no biggie.

I believe Amazon stores the info in the Comments field. Check that and make sure it says Amazon.com Song ID:123456789 The numbers are the song's number. Each one is unique. If that is removed I don't think Amazon has a way of telling where the mp3 came from.

kennyc · 08-03-2012, 07:03 AM

Hmmm....what if I DON'T WANT THEM ADDED!

Seems a scam to take up storage space and charge you for it to me.

Oh wait....there's no storage for music purchased from Amazon. whew!

P.S. it did give me a message about importing past and I see at least one album that I had not manually placed there.

copyrite · 08-03-2012, 08:39 AM

I guess my problem with this is that I don't want to have to be forced into an annual fee with Amazon. Why that bothers me, I dunno, because every other month I tend to buy a gift card for my Kindle purchases...

AnemicOak · 08-03-2012, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

P.S. it did give me a message about importing past and I see at least one album that I had not manually placed there.

Got the same message. Some of my really old purchases (way before cloud player existed) were added, but definately not all.

Catlady · 08-03-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

I believe Amazon stores the info in the Comments field. Check that and make sure it says Amazon.com Song ID:123456789 The numbers are the song's number. Each one is unique. If that is removed I don't think Amazon has a way of telling where the mp3 came from.

The number's there. It's just a glitch of some sort.

Previously, with the Cloud Drive, I had the same thing happening--about a half dozen songs purchased from Amazon were not being recognized as such and were counting against storage. Now, it's down to just this one, so that's progress!

ScotiaBurrell · 08-03-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I wonder how Amazon's Cloud Drive compares with DropBox, SugarSync, or any of the other clouds.

I can't access those at my work - blocked - but the amazon cloud is available.

tubemonkey · 08-03-2012, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by copyrite

I guess my problem with this is that I don't want to have to be forced into an annual fee with Amazon. Why that bothers me, I dunno, because every other month I tend to buy a gift card for my Kindle purchases...

You don't have to. I have no intention of subscribing to any of these plans when my promo is over. I'll let it lapse to the free version - 5GB data + 250 non-Amazon songs + unlimited Amazon songs.

AnemicOak · 08-03-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

...when my promo is over. I'll let it lapse to the free version - 5GB data + 250 non-Amazon songs + unlimited Amazon songs.

That's my plan as well.

Atunah · 08-03-2012, 03:50 PM

I am still confused a little. My confusion is about the price and what I get for it. In the first post of this thread it says if I pay the 24.99 I get 50GB storage plus the 250,000 song cloud player.

But when I go to the section where I would upgrade, it shows the 50 GB storage for $25 and below with a separate check mark it has the premium cloud player listed for 24.99.

To me it reads like I would have to pay 49.99, to get the 50 GB storage and the premium player. $25 plus 24.99.

I wouldn't mind getting both for 24.99. But that is what I am still confused about.

Also, another question. There are some albums and songs that are in the cloud drive. How do I get these over the the player?.

This shouldn't be so befuddling.

tubemonkey · 08-03-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Atunah

I am still confused a little. My confusion is about the price and what I get for it. In the first post of this thread it says if I pay the 24.99 I get 50GB storage plus the 250,000 song cloud player.

But when I go to the section where I would upgrade, it shows the 50 GB storage for $25 and below with a separate check mark it has the premium cloud player listed for 24.99.

To me it reads like I would have to pay 49.99, to get the 50 GB storage and the premium player. $25 plus 24.99.

I wouldn't mind getting both for 24.99. But that is what I am still confused about.

That is strange, because my subscription page clearly shows these plans as bundled. Is Amazon fragmenting their customer base by offering different plans to different customers?

Do you currently have a plan? if so, which one? and when does it expire?

Oh, and welcome to the group

08-03-2012, 07:03 AM	#97
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Hmmm....what if I DON'T WANT THEM ADDED! Seems a scam to take up storage space and charge you for it to me. Oh wait....there's no storage for music purchased from Amazon. whew! P.S. it did give me a message about importing past and I see at least one album that I had not manually placed there. Last edited by kennyc; 08-03-2012 at 07:07 AM.

08-03-2012, 03:50 PM	#104
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I am still confused a little. My confusion is about the price and what I get for it. In the first post of this thread it says if I pay the 24.99 I get 50GB storage plus the 250,000 song cloud player. But when I go to the section where I would upgrade, it shows the 50 GB storage for $25 and below with a separate check mark it has the premium cloud player listed for 24.99. To me it reads like I would have to pay 49.99, to get the 50 GB storage and the premium player. $25 plus 24.99. I wouldn't mind getting both for 24.99. But that is what I am still confused about. Also, another question. There are some albums and songs that are in the cloud drive. How do I get these over the the player?. This shouldn't be so befuddling. Last edited by Atunah; 08-03-2012 at 04:00 PM.

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08-03-2012, 08:39 AM	#98
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,841 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	I guess my problem with this is that I don't want to have to be forced into an annual fee with Amazon. Why that bothers me, I dunno, because every other month I tend to buy a gift card for my Kindle purchases...