duplicate file finder

beach bum · Dec 7, 2005

Anyone have recommendations for finding duplicate and similar files?

Thanks

jmatt · Dec 7, 2005

csron.ron · Dec 8, 2005

Most dupfinders compare files by CRC which is not unique and no
removal/archival options provides. NoClone compares files byte by byte
so dupes are exactly the same in content. Smart marker is time-saving
feature to mark files for removal/archival by date, size etc.
Nick from PCPro UK uncovered 8GB mp3 from 30GB library after using
NoClone, 25% disk space saved.
Details of NoClone can be found at:
http://noclone.net

jmatt · Dec 8, 2005

The 2 below also do byte by byte & are free.

Duplicate File Finder
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/fileman.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/index.html
http://www.brooksyounce.com/

Xtrimsoft PackIt
http://webgrid.co.uk/fileman_11.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/index.html
http://www.xtrimsoft.com/

John Fitzsimons · Dec 8, 2005

Most dupfinders compare files by CRC which is not unique and no
removal/archival options provides. NoClone compares files byte by byte
so dupes are exactly the same in content. Smart marker is time-saving
feature to mark files for removal/archival by date, size etc.
Nick from PCPro UK uncovered 8GB mp3 from 30GB library after using
NoClone, 25% disk space saved.
Details of NoClone can be found at:
http://noclone.net

Trial version: 30 evaluation days plus action on 30 file each time
(delete/move/copy)

Severe crippleware.

Why Tea · Dec 8, 2005

That's really a comprehensive list. I'd add one more, Total Commander,
a shareware file manager with Norton Commander origin. It provides a
very good file finder with an option for duplicated files. It nags a
little furing startup but not crippled and will not expire, try it at
http://www.ghisler.com

Why Tea · Dec 9, 2005

That's really a comprehensive list. I'd add one more, Total Commander,
a shareware file manager with Norton Commander origin. It provides a
very good file finder with an option for duplicated files. It nags a
little furing startup but not crippled and will not expire, try it at
http://www.ghisler.com

beach bum · Dec 9, 2005

Why Tea said:
That's really a comprehensive list. I'd add one more, Total Commander,
a shareware file manager with Norton Commander origin. It provides a
very good file finder with an option for duplicated files. It nags a
little furing startup but not crippled and will not expire, try it at
http://www.ghisler.com

You're not kidding. :-)

Shouldn't be a duplicate in sight by the time I get testing all these
programs.

I should have mentioned it's to search mp3's.

beach bum · Dec 9, 2005

John Fitzsimons said:
Trial version: 30 evaluation days plus action on 30 file each time
(delete/move/copy)

Severe crippleware.

Very slow. I found Music Express, way faster and found more files. Also
evaluation period and it's NOT cheap.

jmatt · Dec 9, 2005

Here is my mp3 file.

HTagEditor
http://webgrid.co.uk/audiovideo_12.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/index.html
http://www.htageditor.de/
HTagEditor is a mp3 id3v2 tag editor (?) with some special features:
Tries to guess the correct id tags from the filename
Support for mp3 players which cant read playlists
Checks out for duplicate songs and ranks them
Searches and replaces entries in multiple songs
Checks out for correct tags
Playlist relocation
Creating multiple playlists from directory, files etc.
Smart randomizing playlist
Generation of imports for Word, Excel, Access etc.
Search & replace with features like regexp, 1st match, inserting,
appending etc.
Scan for duplicates songs : tags and content
Some more standard features like working on multiple songs, playlists,
editing, playing, renaming, deleting etc.
And a lot, lot more features, but best, its free! No spyware, no
addware.

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FindDuplicate
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/fileman.html
http://serbaniulian.sitesled.com/findduplicate/findduplicate.html
It is a handy program for searching of identical files. Ideal for
finding and then erasing of duplicate mp3 files. Permits recursive
search in subdirectories, display all found files or only identical
ones, selecting and erasing.

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Xtrimsoft PackIt
http://www.dirfile.com/xtrimsoft_packit.htm
Xtrimsoft PackIt finds identical / duplicate files on your hard drives
and/or network storage media (e.g. server drives, CD-ROMs etc.) using
user-definable matching scheme, from partial to full match and
byte-for-byte to CRC32 compare. Xtrimsoft PackIt complements Windows
Disk Cleanup by searching for files that are copied to your hard drive
and located in a few folders several times. Xtrimsoft PackIt can find
files that have different file names, like "song.mp3" and "Copy of
song.mp3". It is also very useful for finding and cleaning up identical
downloads, especially on a multi-user computer. Redeem your lost hard
disk space now! Benefits: Use Xtrimsoft PackIt totally free of charge
to keep your hard drives organized! It is a quality product designed
for: â€¢ Speeding up the process of eliminating duplicate files
â€¢ Viewing to confirm they are actual duplicates and removing them
â€¢ Remove the duplicates and redeem your lost hard disk space
â€¢ Reducing storage and time used for backups â€¢ Reducing
human error on a shared server (e.g. user folder - accidental drag and
drop, copy and paste etc.)
Win98,WinME,WinNT 4.x,Windows2000,WinXP,Windows2003

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MP3-finder
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwmp3.html
http://www.nonags.com/nonags/mp3misc.html
http://sitex.com.ua/download/mp3finder.exe
MP3-finder - fast and easy mp3 files search utility for your PC and LAN
MP3-finder is specifically designed utility for fast and easy mp3 files
searching on your computer and local network. Now with ID3v Tags
editor! It based on Finder engine. Main features With mp3-finder you
can: Find mp3 files on your computer and LAN Find mp3 files by ID3v
Tags information Sort results by one click Create and save results
report in txt or csv format Play files in Winamp and create Winamp
playlist Edit your ID3v Tags information. 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

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MP3 Sort
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwmp3.html
MP3 Sort can scan a selected location and sort all found MP3 files into
sub-directories. The directories (folders) are automatically created,
based on the artist name as found in the ID tag. 98/ME/NT/2000/XP

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Media Catalog Studio Lite
http://www.maniactools.com/soft/download.shtml
Is your music and video file collection growing out of control, making
it impossible to find anything? Fight the problem with Media Catalog
Studio, a handy software application for classifying and tracking media
files or CDs.

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Easimp3
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/organize.html
http://www.easimp3.com/
Easimp3 is a powerful mp3/video/CD player organiser.
It offers many useful and unique features, including automatic tagging
from filename and from the web (including lyrics. album cover,
discography and now artist biography!), CDDB support, Playlist creator,
XML Database exporting, Lyrics viewer, Mp3 Alarm clock, Mp3 DJ, fast
and intelligent searching and sorting, bookmarks, duplicate finder,
renaming of mp3s based on tag information, Mp3 Organiser which sorts
your mp3s into a folder structure based on music properties that you
choose, playlist creation and even a WebPage Creator which can create a
website from your music collection, great for Touch Screens or
Jukeboxes example website.
The program uses a very intuitive drag and drop interface allowing the
creation of playlists by simply dropping songs / artists / albums /
genres or in fact any list of media files.
A Quick Address Bar provides the user with text based library access
For example typing "Albums\" drops down a list of all the albums in the
current library, further typing "Albums\My Album\" drops down a list of
songs from My Album. This is just one of Easimp3's many unique and
powerful features.
Easimp3 can also interface with your favourite player such as Winamp or
Windows Media Player.

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Disclib
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/organize_2.html
Disclib is a CD collection organizer program. It may be used as a
catalogue of CDs. After creating the catalogue, disclib stores file and
folder names and tree, allows user to categorize folders and files, and
allows searching all the files from the collection CDs without need to
place them in CD reader.
Disclib may place in the catalogue any windows folder not only folders
on CDs. Disclib has a customizable Multilanguage functionality. The
1.0.4.36 version includes English, Italian, Bulgarian, Russian, French,
Galego, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese (Brasil), Portuguese
(european),Danish, Swedish, Catalan, German, Czech, Hungarian Korean
and Romanian Languages. The program Also extracts Mp3 info, ZIP and RAR
archive files.
The Help File and the Documentation File are in English and German
Languages.
Disclib is a CD collection organizer program. It may be used as a
catalogue of CDs. After creating the catalogue, disclib stores file and
folder names and tree, allows user to categorize folders and files, and
allows searching all the files from the collection CDs without need to
place them in CD reader.
Disclib may place in the catalogue any windows folder not only folders
on CDs. Disclib has a customizable Multilanguage functionality. The
1.0.4.36 version includes English, Italian, Bulgarian, Russian, French,
Galego, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese (Brasil), Portuguese
(european),Danish, Swedish, Catalan, German, Czech, Hungarian Korean
and Romanian Languages. The program Also extracts Mp3 info, ZIP and RAR
archive files.
The Help File and the Documentation File are in English and German
Languages.

beach bum · Dec 9, 2005

Here is my mp3 file.

HTagEditor
http://webgrid.co.uk/audiovideo_12.html
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/index.html
http://www.htageditor.de/

These links work? All I get is a bunch of porn and other pop ups. A google
for HtagEditor didn't help either.

jmatt · Dec 9, 2005

Yep that program is gone, things like this happen all the time.

John Fitzsimons · Dec 9, 2005

That's really a comprehensive list. I'd add one more, Total Commander,
a shareware file manager

< snip >

There are many shareware duplicate file finders. Why mention any of
them here ? Perhaps you didn't read the name of the newsgroup ?

ATopSoft · Dec 10, 2005

beach said:
Very slow. I found Music Express, way faster and found more files. Also
evaluation period and it's NOT cheap.

Hello,
Seems you don't mind to try shareware, so I'll recommend our FileCake
to you.
http://www.atopsoft.com/products/filecake/
It has many features, but one that you may be most interesting in is it
can find duplicate mp3s by ignoring ID3 tags.
You may also read this article to see how FileCake works on mp3 file.
http://www.atopsoft.com/products/filecake/article_duplicate_mp3.html

Kittie Spit · Dec 10, 2005

A very nice one I like has the [rather unimaginative ;-)] name:
"Duplicate File Finder"
http://srhoda.250free.com/

It's very cool. It can do exact, byte-by-byte dupes, you can set up
folders to include/exclude, filesizes to search for/ignore, etc. And
these options can be saved for re-use. Also, you can specify what
filenames to include/exclude. [EG, *.ZIP, *.RAR, *.EXE, *.CAB or
filename*.* etc].

Also: skip/include zero-length files, match by size, match on text,
etc. Lots of options, this one I love!

duplicate file finder

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