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From: Eben King eben01@verizon.net
To: slug@nks.net
Sent: 5/19/08 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] finding duplicates
> On Mon, 19 May 2008, Mike Branda wrote:
>
> > Eben King wrote:
> >> If you have too many images, there is software out there that'll find
> >> duplicates in your collection. (I've used it; it's decent; unfortunately,
> >> it runs on that other OS). Is there anything similar for MP3s?
> >>
> >
> > I've used this before with success. It's GPL. Works by MD5 sum on any file
> > type. However, it seems it's java .jar now and I have the .sh version.
> >
> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/duplifinder/
>
> An MD5 comparison only find exact bit-for-bit duplicates (supposedly). It
> won't find transformations like a recode, or creation at a different
> bitrate.
>
The answer was better than the question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile
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