Some users may have questions for scanning duplicate musics or videos with Cisdem Duplicate Finder, as reflected in some emails we’ve received below:
“I had multiple duplicates of songs but this only removed one duplicate, can Cisdem Duplicate Finder detect duplicate songs?”
“I'm scanning a massive iTunes collection as I'm a mobile entertainer, and have over 100,000 tracks, but it's only coming up with like a dozen duplicates when I know I have thousands. Why?”
In this article, let’s explore why this happens.
What does a music/video file composed of?
A computer file is fundamentally a sequence of bytes. These bytes represent the digital information that encodes the audio data, including the waveform, instrument sounds, and other musical details.
How are duplicates defined technically?
Technically, if we say two music/video files are duplicates, which means every byte in both files is identical.
What to do if Cisdem Duplicate Finder missed scanning some duplicate music/videos?
Without a professional tool, You are not able to compare two files byte by byte. However, you can perform an initial check by comparing obvious file details, like file extension, duration, size, sample rate and bit rate. If any of these differ, the files are definitely not duplicates.
If none of those differ, please send some sample files to our support team at support@cisdem.com, our support team will do a byte comparison on our end.
In Conclusion
Cisdem Duplicate Finder can certainly scan duplicate music or video files, but there may be a difference between technical definition and what you have in mind. Hope this article helps clarify the difference and if you have any more questions about Cisdem Duplicate Finder, please feel free to contact our support team at support@cisdem.com
Traci Gordon has worked as a tester in a software company for 8 years, she believes that the best software should be a tool that can help users accomplish what they need with the simplest steps.
