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Sep 2, 2014 1:41 AM in response to Bomibollby Csound1,Bomiboll wrote:
And the solution ? mr Csound missed my solution ? maybe he should take his spectacles on.
You need a new operator.
Good luck.
No Mr. required for a label, but thanks for thinking of it.
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Sep 2, 2014 3:12 AM in response to Bomibollby turingtest2,Bomiboll wrote:
tt2 mentioned the command "Show Exact Duplicates"
What is the difference to "Show Duplicates" ?Show Duplicates includes every track with the same combination of Name & Artist, which can occur if you have multiple albums by the same artist with some overlapping tracks (say an original album and a Greatest Hits) that I wouldn't normally consider as duplicates to be thinned out.
Show Exact Duplicates matches on the same combination of Name, Artist, Album, Disc # & Track #. This is more likely to represent the set of tracks that want to be thinned out and would typically arise because the same album had been ripped from CD twice, or the same set of tracks imported from a folder located outside the iTunes Media folder.
Both methods rely on files being tagged consistently. In either case the duplicates could be in different file formats, for example an album could be ripped in both .mp3 and Apple Lossless. They should also find any duplicates that contain the same binary content, which are the kinds of duplicates that would be found by other file-based utilities.
Highlighting duplicates within iTunes is relatively easy. Use the built in option Show Exact Duplicates, sort by name, reveal the kind/size columns in case you want to choose the "best" (for your needs) version of each group to keep, then use Command+Click to select all but one of each repeating group. Delete when you have a screenful of selected tracks, and repeat until done. For the quantities involved in this thread (228) there is no need to look to another tool for the task, assuming there is no requirement to amalgamate play counts, playlist membership, ratings etc. or any need to worry about multiple entries in the library that point to the same physical files.
tt2
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Sep 2, 2014 12:06 PM in response to turingtest2by Bomiboll,As I said, the Show Duplicats command is unreliable
Besides, the Show Exact Duplicates with the Alt key is just another gimmicks from iTunes, that burdens the memmory of the user
It makes no sense. Other duplicate finders do not use such concepts.
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Sep 2, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Bomibollby turingtest2,The feature is perfectly reliable. What did you want? An audio-fingerprinting based de-duplicator? And you'll want it for free of course. I'm not aware of any such product but I'll try to drop by this thread if I find one. I hope you don't mind waiting.
tt2
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Sep 2, 2014 12:38 PM in response to turingtest2by Bomiboll,Just look att Doug's Apple Scripts for iTune.
If iTunes was such a good program, there would be no need for scripts
By the way: I tried a Doug script Music Folder Files Not Added
It is a dmg file and thus not script. But I followed instructions to place it in an iTunes Script folder
Of course, it does not work
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Sep 2, 2014 12:40 PM in response to Bomibollby Csound1,Bomiboll wrote:
But Doug wants nevertheless a donation.
But you didn't leave one did you,
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Sep 2, 2014 12:50 PM in response to Bomibollby turingtest2,Perhaps you failed to follow the installation instructions properly. Check the instructions again at http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=musicfolderfilesnotadded2
What you download from the site is a .zip, containing a .dmg, containing a .scpt file. The object that you install is a script. Install it correctly and it will work correctly.
Given your earlier posts in this thread the script has no work to do.
tt2
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Sep 2, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Bomibollby Chris CA,Bomiboll wrote:.
If iTunes was such a good program, there would be no need for scripts
iTunes is not a good program.
Use something else that fits your needs (and that you can understand how to use).
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Sep 2, 2014 4:02 PM in response to Chris CAby Bomiboll,Chris, do you really mean it ? (that iTunes is no good)
I say that iTunes is crap. I painstakingly am trying to
enlighten this community. Most of Apple apps are crappy, in particular the Mail app.
I had a long thread with stubborn opponents like CSound, but I could not convince him.
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Sep 2, 2014 4:23 PM in response to Bomibollby Csound1,Use something else that fits your needs (and that you can understand how to use).
+1
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Sep 3, 2014 6:12 AM in response to Bomibollby Chris CA,Bomiboll wrote:
Chris, do you really mean it ? (that iTunes is no good)
No, but you do.
I enjoy iTunes! It is very simple to use and I easily manage all my music & movies with no problems...
I say that iTunes is crap.
Good for you. Why do you use it?
I painstakingly am trying to enlighten this community.
Why?
Besides, you have already enlightened us. We know that you do not understand or know how to use simple and easy to use software.
We get it.
and we can all happily use iTunes so why try to "enlighten us" that it doesn't do what we want, when it does?
I had a long thread with stubborn opponents like CSound, but I could not convince him.
Nothing to convince him of (or should I write he is already convinced... )
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Sep 3, 2014 6:53 AM in response to Chris CAby Csound1,Chris CA wrote:
I had a long thread with stubborn opponents like CSound, but I could not convince him.
Nothing to convince him of (or should I write he is already convinced... )
After 6 months (with allies) trying (and failing) to teach Bomi how to use an email account I need no further enlightenment.
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Sep 3, 2014 1:19 PM in response to Csound1by Bomiboll,Short Summary of Problems with iTUnes:
Dead Links,
Duplicates,
Missing Files,
Names confusion (different names in file and window),
AMR and many other file types not supported (I found no documentation which files are supported)
Genius does not find music,
Searching is not saved and does not search correctlyETC ETC
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Sep 3, 2014 1:27 PM in response to Bomibollby Csound1,Sorry, I don't get any of those problems, you are the only one I have met who has so much difficulty,.