Too many Duplicate MP3's!! Help me please :(

[lagrz]

Thanks for covering on the show Veronica, just want to point out that I would have considered using that feature but it was too many songs to work with (nearly 30gb of just dupes). In any case I do appreciate the willingness to help :P

[veronicazilla]

Originally Posted by lagrz

Thanks for covering on the show Veronica, just want to point out that I would have considered using that feature but it was too many songs to work with (nearly 30gb of just dupes). In any case I do appreciate the willingness to help :P

Holy crap. I'll have to rethink my answer then!

[tobyweston]

Hmm yeah, i have about 3gb of dupes to clear, and the thought of going through it that way made me procrastinate more :P

I seem to have 4 of some on there which makes it more of a pain :/

[kirillorlov]

Originally Posted by fishtoprecords

You do realize that having a single folder over 32 gigs is a sin, right?

Than I'm very sin full and should be ashamed of my self.

But on the topic of cleaning duplicates, well I'm the kind of guy that sits at his computer doing it manually. Yes it takes a lot of time but you just feel good when you're done and wasted a whole day..PROMISE!

[perceman]

If you use a Mac, there's Dupin, which is $15: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php

[bigmikesndtech]

I just downloaded DUmp3 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dump3/ and it seems to work pretty well. Finds duplicates based on mp3 fingerprint or sha1. You specify a directory to scan and what file types you want to include, it takes a while to scan but worked pretty well. Its written in java and platform independent but make sure you download the right package for your system.

Originally Posted by veronicazilla

I think we're doing this question on the show next week, but since you're asking now...

iTunes:
View > Show Duplicates

Then just delete the dupes and you're good to go.

In my iTunes its under the file menu

[murphy1d]

Originally Posted by veronicazilla

I think we're doing this question on the show next week, but since you're asking now...

iTunes:
View > Show Duplicates

Then just delete the dupes and you're good to go.

BTW - My very cool GOW2 Zune that I won on Tekzilla...had the same problem of dupes. I got a message that the Zune software had to be reinstalled and when I did I had duplcates (57gb) and it took me forevere to remove. Would love to have known about PC dupe-removal software too.

[matthew-syn]

Didn't you guys do a segment on a Plug-in Program for itunes available on a mac and Windows machine that not only made it easier to get the art and lyrics and whatnot for it but it would also find and delete dupes? I wish I could find that episode I want that program lolz!

[luifigo]

I've been using advance care software in windows format and it's quite good at deleting files that are duplicate. It's a paid version but also comes with free version with less features but it's good.