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Magnum
29th April 2000, 05:23
I think WinAmp should come with an optiion of deleting duplicate entries. All too often to I add a directory to find it somehow or other added a file twice. I would LOVE to have a button that detects and deletes those darn duplicates. Or even better, have it smart enough to regognize a duplicate file (same file name/size, etc) even when it's in a different directory. Oh my god that would make me happy.

DigiTalk
30th April 2000, 12:11
I try to be more specific.
The button should bring up a sialogue box (similar to the windows search) where you can give the options:
- Search for duplicates with exact the same name
- search for duplicates with similar names
- include same filezize
- include Song lengh.

The last one might bring huge results on huge lists, but that's why you can switch it off.

The results should show up like this:
Song Name - Interpret (Drive:\folder\filename.mp3)

Where the Song Name - Interpret option should look like in the Playlist (specified in Input-Plugin MPEg Decoder)


DigiTalk

SheepMan2000
3rd May 2000, 21:26
I agree totally with DigiTalk - those options would be so helpful when trying to get rid of those duplicates which seem to crop up everywhere!

Thanks guys

Wolfbane
21st May 2000, 01:05
Well, the button should be programmed to automatically check for similarities that are 100% related, because this would remove the most irritating type of duplicates, the ones where you accidentally load the same file twice.