Audio Dedupe is an innovative tool that can recognize duplicate audio files even if they are stored in different file formats and are not marked with ID3 tags.
Audio Dedupe will help you to find fast all similar or exact duplicate audio files in a folder and its subfolders. Unlike other duplicate mp3 finders it will actually "listen" to your music and can recognize a song even if it is saved in different file formats. You can specify a percent of audio similarity - about 70% is a good choice. You can also choose fast hash or file size algorithms in order to find exact duplicate mp3 files. When the scan process is finished the program shows you all audio file duplicates in groups and can automatically mark the smaller bitrate, shorter length and/or smaller file size files for deletion (the lower quality ones). With a couple of mouse clicks you can get rid off all duplicate audio files and save valuable disk space. You can also backup your duplicates as the tool can move them also to a specified folder maintaining the directory structure. Supports MP3, MP2, MP1, MPA, WAV, OGG, AIFF, AAC, MP4, FLAC, AC3, WavPack (WV), Musepack (MPC) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) file formats, has an intuitive user interface and is well documented.
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Comments and Reviews
This is a really great tool. I have a large audio collection that I had to sort in multiple file formats. This tool works as advertised and really "listens" to the audio data rather than comparing any file properties. The best thing of all is that it also keeps a sort of cache of the scanned data and scanning the library again takes seconds and it detects if the files are modified or not and scans only the new/modified files. Overall very good tool and I definitely recommend it. I saw the other guy was complaining, but I never had issues with the support team - they are quite helpful.
Sure, Audiodedupe does the job quite ok, even if it comes along with some mistakes, but not worse than the other software I tried. The big problem start when you need support with the program. I have experienced it and they showed their greedy side. Less then 2 years ago, I bought a licence and needed some help after a severe system crash. I got two answers to my request: one was a lie about some fictive instructions (I still have that “instruction” mail so I could check) and that I must buy a new licence... The second response said it was all my fault since I unsubscribed from the newsletter (yeah, sure, I will read ALL newsletter from ALL the services I buy from the internet). So folks: if you buy AudioDedupe it is at your own risk! For more money, they WILL LET YOU DOWN! Better stay away …