I ended up talking to Apple who confirmed there is a bug with iTunes
Match as I'm not the first to say this has happened. But it isn't Siri
per se; eg if I say 'play band Y' it says 'I can't find any music by
band Y'. If I then say 'play song X' (by band Y) it often plays it. If I
then ask what song it is, it says 'Song X by Band Y'.
But the acoustics are different depending how you start it off; from the
Mac it seems to be only 16-bit and too bassy. If Siri plays it 'direct'
it's still too bassy (but a different level lol) but the sound is
overall much better. The sound is *very* good for a stand-alone speaker
- saving up for now for a second one:)
Oh well. They will hopefully issue a bug update.
Cheers,
J
On 14 Apr 2020, at 11:48, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
Unfortunately In my experience so far, Siri is absolutely terrible,
not a patch on Alexa. I end up repeating variations of the same
command multiple times until I just give up and do it via an app or
manually.
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On 14 Apr 2020, at 11:34, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group
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Hi folks,
Stuck (working) at home, I splashed out on a homepod but it's really
erratic about finding my music. I have iTunes match but not Apple
Music. I can stream anything from the computer but try to turn it off
in the evening so I don't end up working.. What's really weird is
that it can't find songs I've convinced it to play. Eg Ultravox did a
song 'Vienna' and the album had the same name.
Hey Siri play Vienna by Ultravox
I'm sorry I can't find Vienna in your music.
Hey Siri play Vienna
<plays the album from the beginning>
Hey Siri play next song (to the song Vienna)
Hey Siri what's this song called?
This is Vienna by Ultravox
<song plays)
Hey Siri play Vienna by Ultravox
"I couldn't find Vienna in your music" (while Vienna plays in
background)
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Jason
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