Deleting Mp3 Files Using A Text List

[Jaime Littlebeaver]

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will compare a folder of Mp3
files to a "Text List" of Mp3 filenames and delete the Mp3 File if it
exists on the list.

I have hundreds of Mp3 files spread across several CD's. I would prefer to
make a list of the filenames of the songs I have and let the computer
compare any new songs added to a folder to the existing list and delete
those songs that are duplicates of those I already have.

Jaime Littlebeaver

 

[jason]

I have hundreds of Mp3 files spread across several CD's. I would
prefer to make a list of the filenames of the songs I have and let the
computer compare any new songs added to a folder to the existing list
and delete those songs that are duplicates of those I already have.

I don't have an answer for you, but I caution you about deleting "dupes"
because in many cases, they'll have different bit rates. You want to keep
the files with the highest bit rates, and delete those with the lowest.

 

[Jaime Littlebeaver]

Jaime Littlebeaver wrote:

I don't have an answer for you, but I caution you about deleting
"dupes" because in many cases, they'll have different bit rates. You
want to keep the files with the highest bit rates, and delete those
with the lowest.

Thanks for the heads up Jason. I am aware of the difference in quality
because of bitrate. However, for my purposes, having each unique oldie
song is a tad more important to me at this time.

Jaime

 

[Eric Schuyler]

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a freeware program that will compare a folder of
Mp3 files to a "Text List" of Mp3 filenames and delete the Mp3 File if
it exists on the list.

I have hundreds of Mp3 files spread across several CD's. I would
prefer to make a list of the filenames of the songs I have and let the
computer compare any new songs added to a folder to the existing list
and delete those songs that are duplicates of those I already have.

Jaime Littlebeaver

Jaime,

You didn't mention what OS you're using, but for Windows you can do the
following.

Since you're making a text file of the files to delete, why not make a
simple batch file to do the deleting for you? In other words, just make a
text file containing lines like:

del song1.mp3
del song2.mp3
....

Save this file to your MP3 folder with a "bat" extension, such as
"delmp3.bat". Then just run the batch file from the command prompt or
from the Run... command on the start menu.

Eric