Can MP3TAG be used to identify duplicate files in different sub-directories if a listing is done from the top level Music directory? If not, this would be a great feature that would help to further cleanup and organize a music library by matching all tags in duplicated files and would attract many …

No MP3tag does not show duplicates. See this thread that has more or less all the hints how to get closer to a result: [image] Please include a tool / function for removing / deleting dupulicate songs (files) General Discussion Please include a tool / function for removi…

Yes, Mp3tag can in fact be used to find duplicates in different sub-directories. ohrenkino gave wrong advice. To accomplish the task, simply click on "Change directory" icon and select the initial directory you wish to compare against. Next, click on the "Add directory" icon to add the second direct…

I still stand to my opinion as you have to compare the files visually - there is no indicator that there may be duplicates for a files - and you do not see only the alleged duplicates but all the files. There is no dedicated function in MP3tag called "Show duplicates" or something similar. You ar…

I fully agree with ohrenkino. MP3Tag is an really really cool tool but its an tag tool that does not deal with relation between files or audio content. Just showing content of two directories and visual manual comparison or sorting by Title Filename Artist and "hope" duplicate Songs are shown amon…

[image] senior-mp3tag: Then just click on the "Filename" column heading to sort the column. Now you can see all the duplicates and delete them as you like or manipulate them any other way your like. This may be suitable for your specific needs. But this is far away from "finding duplicate fi…

This is just a manual sorting of files. The same can be done for Title, Artist, Album, or any other field. You can load any directory to do this, including the full parent of a music folder if you choose. But this is not the same as finding duplicate songs. Often there are songs with the same title…

I use foobar2000 & SQLite plugin + script for this purpose. It places in Duplicate playlist only dublicates, that have same MD5 flac tag or another tag

@viviancels : You wrote a script that creates a MD5 for every song an then write this Hash into a sqlite database? So even if the same duplicate song is just a millisecond shorter it will not be detected as same song? If the song inlcludes only one different character in one of its tags it will not…

No. I can't write scripts. One person gave me the script. Look topic: Topic: Filtering Duplicate FLACs Using MD5 Hash. There are 2 scripts: one for asctive playlist and second for media library. Also there is plugin Create Audio MD5 Checksum - it can create checksum for decoded or undecoded audio …

[image] LyricsLover: So even if the same duplicate song is just a millisecond shorter it will not be detected as same song? It happens that the tracks differ in tails, silence at the beginning and at the end of the track, and the audio stream itself is the same. This shows the plugin for foob…

Find Duplicate Files in Different Music Directories

General Discussion

ohrenkino February 23, 2020, 8:52am 2

No MP3tag does not show duplicates.
See this thread that has more or less all the hints how to get closer to a result: