Re: [SLUG] finding duplicates

From: Mike Branda (mike@wackyworld.tv)
Date: Tue May 20 2008 - 17:27:01 EDT


Eben King wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Eben King eben01@verizon.net
>> To: slug@nks.net
>> Sent: 5/19/08 1:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SLUG] finding duplicates
>>
>>> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Mike Branda wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eben King wrote:
>>>>> If you have too many images, there is software out there that'll find
>>>>> duplicates in your collection. (I've used it; it's decent;
>>>>> unfortunately,
>>>>> it runs on that other OS). Is there anything similar for MP3s?
>>>>
>>>> I've used this before with success. It's GPL. Works by MD5 sum on
>>>> any file
>>>> type. However, it seems it's java .jar now and I have the .sh version.
>>>>
>>>> http://freshmeat.net/projects/duplifinder/
>>>
>>> An MD5 comparison only find exact bit-for-bit duplicates
>>> (supposedly). It
>>> won't find transformations like a recode, or creation at a different
>>> bitrate.
>>
>> The answer was better than the question
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile
>
> Yeah, I'm not looking to find exact copies. I can already do that,
> because it's easy. I want it to find files that sound the same,
> disregarding bitrate, volume, all that jazz.
>

Did you see the second link I posted that was geared more toward music?
  I posted both of them as your original message talked about "finding
duplicates" and "too many images". I also saw the mp3 part but figured
I'd throw both solutions out there so you could pick which suited your
needs best.

Here's the second one again if you missed it before.... as nothing has
been said about it.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/fdmf/

Mike
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