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Re: Duplicate files issue

by Peke » Tue Sep 06, 2022 6:57 am

Hi,
It is decoded audio data bit hash eg. fingerprint.
To simply test Use one FLAC -> Decode to WAV -> Encode WAV to FLAC -> Decode that to WAV -> Compare files WAV Files and they should be same except maybe few bytes if metadata is changed, but in my tests they are bit perfectly same.

Re: Duplicate files issue

by TDOG13 » Mon Sep 05, 2022 11:34 pm

Thank you for that. I was under the impression that MM as analyzing the audio but it is really the filehash, correct?

Re: Duplicate files issue

by Peke » Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:55 pm

Re: Duplicate files issue

by TDOG13 » Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:16 am

Well, I have files with the same artist, title, duration and size. I even went as far as reencoding them with the same application.
I would have uploaded a screenshot but there does not seem an easy way to do it.
Let's suppose they still have different fingerprint info. Is there a utility that can generate it so I could see for myself if it is really different?

Re: Duplicate files issue

by Lowlander » Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:16 pm

Then you're duplicates may not be exact matches. Duplicate Content relies on audio fingerprint matches.

Duplicate files issue

by TDOG13 » Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:07 am

MM for some reason does not detect a lot of duplicates in the library. It does some but most of them does not. I wonder what could be a cause of it.

The "Analyze Files For Duplicates" option is checked.

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