Audio Dedupe - What's New?

Duplicate Mp3 Finder New Features And Options

What's new list - find similar and duplicate songs.

Although our tools are the best of their kind we keep improving and optimizing them.

You can find the major changes in every release in the list below. We recommend using the latest version.

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Compatible with Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (Both 32 & 64 Bit)

Audio Dedupe What's New

Version 6.0.0.1:

Added: New combined scan method - Similar ID3 Tags
Added: Find songs with similar Genre
Added: Enhanced audio analysis speed and file processing efficiency
Added: Refined interface design and improved overall user experience
Fixed: Multiple smaller fixes, optimizations, and improvements

Version 5.8.0.1:

Added: Included Created and Accessed file dates in the XML and CSV export files
Added: Improved Quick Check
Added: Improved audio loading and processing
Added: Improved User Interface
Added: Clearer filter and exclude from auto-check enabled/disables states
Fixed: Many smaller improvements and fixes

Version 5.5.0.1:

Fixed: Filtering file and folder names not working correctly
Fixed: Warning dialog 'There are files with the same names in your selection' was displayed multiple times.
Fixed: Crash on project auto-save in rare cases
Fixed: Folder and files names containing commas are enclosed in quotes when exporting to CSV

Version 5.2.0.1:

Fixed: Specific cache names could corrupt the project file
Fixed: In some non-latin languages file size column shows ?? instead of KB, MB, GB
Fixed: File icons transparency
Added: Improved "Auto-check"
Added: Improved error reporting

Version 5.0.0.1:

Added: Quick-Check option "Match full path" (Available only in PRO version)
Added: Warning if you try to copy/move duplicate files with the same name to a folder and "Keep folder structure" option is unchecked
Fixed: Loading a project by double-clicking in Windows Explorer
Improved: Performance in 100% Identical Files mode

Version 4.9.0.1:

Added: "Check All in This Folder" popup menu item in the results list
Added: "Check All in This Folder and Subfolders" popup menu item in the results list
Added: Alt+Enter shortcut opens the File Properties dialog
Fixed: The files date/time displayed in the results list were not adjusted according to the local time zone

Version 4.7.0.1:

Added: Windows 11 Support
Added: Two new auto-check options - "Shorter paths" and "Longer paths"
Fixed: "Locate in Explorer" action didn't select the file

Version 4.6.0.2:

Fixed: Issue related to UNC paths

Version 4.6.0.1:

Improved: Greatly optimized performance when scanning a large number of files using 100% identical files mode
Improved: Support for symbolic links is improved
Fixed: Better detection in 100% identical files mode

Version 4.5.0.1:

Added: Auto-check options "Shorter file names", "Longer file names", "Bigger file sizes"
Fixed: Wrong group order after Delete/Move/Copy action is performed
Fixed: Quick Check/Filter on folders
Fixed: Exclude folders from auto-check using folders grid
Fixed: Exclude folders from auto-check using option "Match full path"
Fixed: Audio length was not loaded from project
Improved: Extra error reporting for file operations

Version 4.3.0.1:

Added: Option "Match full path" to exclude folder names from auto check (Available only in PRO version)
Improved: Faster Save/Load/Export to XML on large projects
Improved: Duplicates and scanned files count are displayed above the results grid

Version 4.1.0.1:

Added: 64 Bit version for higher performance and larger audio collections
Added: Check for audio service and audio device presence
Reduced memory usage
Improved support for long file names

Version 4.0.0.1:

Added: Support for protected M4P and M4R files in compare methods "ID3 Title", "ID3 Artist", "ID3 Album"
Added: Results grid show information for protected M4P and M4R files (bitrate, sample rate, etc.)
Added: Extended Preview tab with options to Copy/Paste standard audio tags between files.
Added: Option "Preserve group order on sort"
Added option to Copy checked files to a target folder
Fixed moving/deleting files from UNC paths like //server/folder/image.jpg
Clicking on the vertical splitter handle restores right panel (previously panel was restored on mouse over)

Version 3.7.0.1:

Added new compare methods for finding similar or duplicate "ID3 Title", "ID3 Artist", "ID3 Album"
Fixed loading projects where decimal separator is different from the current locale decimal separator.
Fixed moving files from UNC paths like \\Server\Path\
Fixed: Group order is now preserved on project load.
Fixed: Similarity level can be set to 100% using the mouse wheel or spin-edit buttons. (was possible only by entering it manually)

Version 3.3.0.1:

20% faster performance
Stability improvements
Added support for reading UTF8 encoded tags
Fixed log file saving issues
Log file now contains error codes for files that can not be loaded

Version 3.2.0.1:

In Filter dialog added option to filter folders by name
Clicking on the folders grid header icons now checks/unchecks all folders
Browse for folder dialog is updated - if no folders are checked the currently selected folder is added
If delete/move file operation fails, hex error code is displayed in the log

Version 3.1.0.1:

Added duplicates list popup menu "Remove from List" that removes the selected items from the list without deleting any files
Added duplicates list popup menu "Remove Group from List" that removes the selected items group from the list without deleting any files
Improved multi-thread performance
Fixed issue deleting large amount of files
Fixed issue that prevented the program to show results on rotated desktops
Fixed loading some older project file formats
Fixed issue preventing to use Space to mark duplicates
Faster and safer way of getting associated file icons

Version 3.0.0.1:

Added support for Unicode file names
Comparing phase is now multi threaded, so it will be 2x, 4x, 8x, etc. faster depending on how many CPU cores you have
30% faster preprocessing files phase
Improved folders list - added display of the Exclude From Auto-check and Exclude From Self-scan features
Improved columns sorting
After scan: Save project and shutdown/log off/etc. now works in DEMO version.
New project reuses cache settings from the current project.
Cache "Default" is used if no previous cache setting exist.
Minimum song length needed for analysis is now reduced from 90 to 30 seconds.

Version 2.9.0.1:

Greatly improved cache speed by introducing new cache file format. Old cache files are not supported.
In Filter dialog added option to include or exclude the matched files from scanning
In Quick Check added new button "Check All Except First in Group"
Added new option "Show warning if all files in a group are marked for deleting"
Faster loading of large projects
Enhanced "Browse for Folders" dialog
Added new command-line -p option to save the project after scan
You can now add folders by using drag&drop from the windows explorer
Other small GUI fixes and enhancements

Version 2.5.0.1:

Added Quick Check/Uncheck functionality, which allows you to check/uncheck files by their folder, extension, file size, file date, etc.
Enhanced Move/Delete files window
Added new options tab to select which columns you want to be shown in the results grid.
Added Compare Folders menu (Only in Pro and Corporate version)
Added option "Delete empty folders" (Only in Pro and Corporate versions)
Added export to XML and CSV format (Only in Pro and Corporate version)
The program can delete read-only files
The program will check for Recycle Bin size and show a warning if you want to delete the files to Recycle Bin and there is not enough space available
Added warnings when unchecking a selection and there are user checked files
Added support for symbolic links in Windows 7
Fixed some 120DPI issues
Fixed wildcard issues in Filter dialog

Version 2.0.0.1:

Added Monkey's Audio APE files support.
Added True Audio TTA files support.
Added filter files and folders functionality, so you can exclude files or folders from scanning.
Added Pause/Resume functionality.
Added new options tab to select which columns you want to be shown in the results grid.
Added new option to set the cache folder location.
Added new option "Remove from list groups containing single file after delete/move".
Added new option "Files are not duplicates if their play time differ more than xxx sec.".
Added volume slider in the preview window.
Fixed some bugs when moving files.
Other small bug fixes and GUI improvements.

Version 1.8.0.1:

You can add multiple folders using the enhanced Browse for Folder dialog.
Added option to automatically log-off, shutdown, hibernate or stand-by the system after scan is finished. The project will be auto-saved
in <My Documents>\AudioDedupe_AutoSave.adpf
Added grid popup menu item Properties which shows windows explorer file properties window.
Added new Auto Check option to mark "Files with newer file dates".
Added new option "Show user checked files in bold color".
Owners of the corporate version of the program can register it using command-line parameters. See command-line help for details.

Version 1.5.0.1:

Added support for 64-bit floating-point WAVE/AIFF files and little-endian AIFF files
Added folder popup menu "Disable self-Scan For This Folder". This is useful if you want to scan two (or more) folders against each other. (Available only in the Corporate version)
Added grid popup menu item "Check All Except Excluded" which will check all files except the excluded ones from the Advanced dialog in Auto-check options or files whose folder was disabled for auto-check
A lot faster "100% Identical Files" method
A lot faster Check Selected/Invert Selection/Uncheck All when there are a lot of files in the duplicates list
There are now two separate columns for File Name and Folder
Optimized memory usage and allocation, faster speed when scanning many files
Completely changed cache algorithm, so you'll need to recreate your cache files
Fixed logging under Windows Vista/7
Fixed auto-check when there are folders disabled for auto-check
Fixed column sorting on all columns
Fixed loading a project causes all file sizes in the results list to be shown as zero.

Version 1.3.0.1:

Added support for M4A files containing AAC or Apple Lossles audio - ready to be used with iTunes

Version 1.2.0.1:

Added support for AAC, MP4, FLAC, AC3, WavPack (WV), Musepack (MPC) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) file formats
Added support for FLAC, WMA and MP4 tags
Added AIF as recognized AIFF extension
User can now quick rename files using F2 or Rename popup menu (only in registered version)
Project modified status in program caption is now updated correctly

Version 1.0.0.1:

First public release.