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Advanced dupe criteria

Dupe Eliminator for iTunes provides various dupe and original criteria used to determine what is a duplicate and what is the original. By default, the song name, artist and album (dupe criteria: Song Name/Artist/Album) must match to be a duplicate. Additionally, the first occurrence of the song name, artist and album (original criteria: First Entry Found) is considered the original. Dupe criteria and other settings are changed using the Preferences window.

Use the various dupe criteria to specify what you think a duplicate should be. Use the various original criteria to determine which of the tracks that match should be considered the original track -- the one you want to keep.

Use the "File kept as original criteria " to specify which file to keep as the original. .e.g. the original kept should be the song with the highest 'Played count' or the one that is of the format 'MPEG audio file'. There are many options available. The default is to keep the first track found. i.e. if there are four songs that are duplicates keep the first in the four song set as the original.

Duplicates are displayed in red and dead links are displayed in yellow.

New settings include: Auto re-scan control, select a playlist to scan for dupes (other than the default 'Library') and exclude tracks in user created playlists.

Preference Settings Window

Advanced dupe criteria - Dupe Eliminator Help Wiki

Playlist used:
Displays the playlist being used when checking for dupes. The default is the main 'Library' which is the iTunes Music Library.
If you desire to check for dupes and dead links in another playlist, use this option. Also displayed with the playlist is the number of tracks in the playlist.

Dupe criteria include:
  • Song Name/Artist
  • Song Name/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Size
  • Song Name/Artist/Album (default dupe criteria)
  • Song Name/Artist/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Artist/Format
  • Song Name/Artist/Size
  • Song Name/Size/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Size/Format
  • Song Name/Artist/Size/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Artist/Size/Format
  • Song Name/Artist/Album/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Artist/Album/Format
  • Song Name/Artist/Album/Size
  • Song Name/Artist/Album/Size/Bit Rate
  • Song Name/Artist/Album/Size/Format
  • Song Location pattern match - matches song locations using a closest match. 'song.mp3' = 'song_1.mp3',
    '11 song.mp3, 'song[1].mp3' or 'song(1).mp3'

    Various dupe criteria are available.The dupe criteria preferences window can be displayed by using the Edit Preferences menu or by clicking on the information area above the headings.Preferences are stored, per user, in the directory {installation_dir}/config.

    Original 'keep' criteria include:
    • "First Entry Found" (default original setting)
    • "Most Played",
    • "Newest Date Added",
    • "Oldest Date Added",
    • "Largest File Size",
    • "Smallest File Size",
    • "Longest Filename",
    • "Shortest Filename",
    • "Longest Time (Length)",
    • "Shortest Time (Length)",
    • "Highest Bit Rate",
    • "Lowest Bit Rate",
    • "AIFF Audio File",
    • "MPEG Audio File",
    • "Protected AAC audio file",
    • "Quicktime Audio File",
    • "WAV Audio File",
    • "Protected MPEG-4 Video File",
    • "MPEG-4 Video File",
    • "Quicktime Movie File",
    • "With Artwork"
    • "Purchased AAC Audio File"


    Preferences -     the preferences windows is used to change settings such as dupe criteria, options and file kept criteria:

    Options:
    • Exclude tracks in user created playlists - if selected, all tracks in user created playlists (playlists other than the iTunes main playlists) will be skipped when checking for duplicates. Note: This option is useful when wanting to make sure a dupe isn't removing from a playlist that you still want the track in.
    • Auto re-scan library after removing a track - if selected, the iTunes Music Library is automatically rescanned after removing a track. The default is to auto re-scan.
    • Switch to iTunes when playing a song - when playing a song mnake iTunes visible and in the front. The default is to keep iTunes in the background.
    • Also remove actual file - indicates to remove the actual file AS WELL as the iTunes Music Library playlist entry.The default is to NOT remove actual file.
    • AND backup deleted file - if Also remove actual file is selected, this option can be selected to indicate whether to backup any deleted files. The to: location indicates where the deleted files will be backed up to. Use the Browse button to select another location. Ask before backup deleted file - if AND backup deleted file is selected, this option can be selected to indicate to prompt before actually backing up the file.
    • Include artwork - include artwork for song.

    File kept as original criteria:
    • indicates the criteria to determine which file is kept as the orginal when there are duplicates.e.g. if there are 3 files that are duplicates which file should be kept as the original? The available criteria are:

      • First Entry Found (default)
      • Played Count
      • Newest Date Added
      • Oldest Date Added
      • Largest File Size
      • Smallest File Size
      • Longest Filename
      • Shortest Filename
      • Longest Time (Length)
      • Shortest Time (Length)
      • Highest Bit Rate
      • Lowest Bit Rate
      • AIFF Audio File
      • MPEG Audio File
      • Protected AAC audio file
      • Quicktime Audio File
      • WAV Audio File
      • Protected MPEG-4 Video File
      • MPEG-4 Video File
      • Quicktime Video File
      • Has artwork


    DupeCriteria-Heading-Indicators1 Checks in the heading indicate which columns are including in the dupe criteria.

    Note on Apple iTunes preferences:

    If “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library” is selected then removing actual file removes the copy created by Apple iTunes.To have Dupe Eliminator remove the original file, uncheck “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library”.See example Apple iTunes preferences window (advanced tab) below:

    All duplicates are in red - Markelsoft Dupe Eliminator Help




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