Existing users, 
Helps in cleanly finding all those "unlinked" tracks, finding duplicates, cleaning up the library.
One note of caution: if you have intentional "duplicates" such as both the live and studio versions of the same song by the same artists, the program may well flag those as a duplicate, quite incorrectly. You can review the results before commiting to the change, so definitely do so. My one suggestion for improvement would be to have iDupe include the song *length* as a criteria for determining dupes -- perhaps with a tolerance of, say, 5 seconds, for different encoding variations.
iDupe
Smart duplicates scanner for iTunes.
Version: 2.8
Superb Utility
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: TechGoose--2008 Thursday, April 05 2007 @ 06:36 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 1-6 months
Recommend Product: YES
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Superb Utility - Wooden Brain
Thanks for the feedback. Song length (duration) is already considered and there is a duration fudge room slider. Also there are settings for reserved words that are designed to specify words in song / album names that would not be considered duplicates. (Like "live" etc). iDupe is in fact designed to make decisions based on listening. Thus, better quality is always preferred all else equal. As you say you can make the final decision, so it is worth experimenting with different settings on a few tracks to see how changes in settings gets you closer to your ideal calls.Wednesday, November 21 2007 @ 03:50 AM PST
I havn't used it but... - alphacentarilarious
- Might I suggest comparing time also to find duplicates.- Also beats per minute.
- The example display looks complex.
I do all my duplicate deletions manually by sorting by time then listening to the music, consider the album art, size and bit rate.
An algorithm to approximate "listening to the music" would sure be nice to add to the above settings I mentioned.
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Thursday, November 01 2007 @ 06:15 PM PDT