improve the remove duplicate thing
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improve the remove duplicate thing
ok since i went through and took out all the possible dupes of a certain file and it still says that it doesn't want to share it then there might be a problem with the feature. Since I've read that it goes by byte sizes and I have a lot of windows media and mp3s that are close to the same size then it might mistake one for the other.
But anyway ways that might improve this:
1. let us see what it sees as the same file (then users can determine if it is a dupe and delete it)
2. let us have the option of saying that I want to share this file and have it count towards my share
these are just suggestions but as it stands the feature is just frustrating b/c all I can do is see what it thinks of as dupes and have no clue what to do next to go through and find what it is a copy of. I don't want to go through all the folders and search for each file that is the exact size of another.
But anyway ways that might improve this:
1. let us see what it sees as the same file (then users can determine if it is a dupe and delete it)
2. let us have the option of saying that I want to share this file and have it count towards my share
these are just suggestions but as it stands the feature is just frustrating b/c all I can do is see what it thinks of as dupes and have no clue what to do next to go through and find what it is a copy of. I don't want to go through all the folders and search for each file that is the exact size of another.
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Re: improve the remove duplicate thing
As has already been mentioned, it doesn't. It goes by hash, ie. the actual file content. You basic assumption is incorrect, so you may want to revise your suggestions appropriately. I will answer your points though.bsbartmary wrote:Since I've read that it goes by byte sizes
Enable system logging (Settings --> Logs and Sounds) to see what files are being marked as duplicates.bsbartmary wrote:1. let us see what it sees as the same file (then users can determine if it is a dupe and delete it)
From what I know, there will never be the option to allow having duplicate files contribute to the share size, as it can so easily be abused. There is however the following option: Settings --> Advanced --> Keep duplicate files in your file list (duplicates never count towards your share size).bsbartmary wrote:2. let us have the option of saying that I want to share this file and have it count towards my share
The option name is fairly self explanatory. Duplicates are always removed from your sharee size, but you can choose whether or not they appear in the file list.
Perhaps the information given here will reduce some of your frustration.bsbartmary wrote:these are just suggestions but as it stands the feature is just frustrating b/c all I can do is see what it thinks of as dupes and have no clue what to do next to go through and find what it is a copy of. I don't want to go through all the folders and search for each file that is the exact size of another.
As an aside, where did you read this piece of information (regarding matching by byte size)? If it can be amended to show the correct information, it would stop any future confusion.
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Re: improve the remove duplicate thing
maybe i read something wrongTheParanoidOne wrote:bsbartmary wrote:Since I've read that it goes by byte sizesEnable system logging (Settings --> Logs and Sounds) to see what files are being marked as duplicates.bsbartmary wrote:1. let us see what it sees as the same file (then users can determine if it is a dupe and delete it)
logging the files doesn't help me
here is my situation:
I have a set of online fan club videos of the Backstreet Boys and I might have dupes in other folders but it marks in my set of onfc vids as being dupes but I want to get rid of dupes in other folders. Plus I took out all of my windows media files in other folders to see if it would quit marking the olfc vids as dupes but it still logged one as a dupe and I have no clue how to get to the one it thinks of as the original.
If there was some way to log the original and the dupe it would be helpful, but right now it is frustrating. I don't want to take away from my olfc vids but I am not exactly sure what it wants me to delete other than that.
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what is tth
i know next to nothing about this program or comps in general
i so do not want to search by windows
do you know how many files this thing is taking out of my share and searching by individual files would take way too long
just out of curiousity is it likely that the hashing feature will be user friendly in the future
i know next to nothing about this program or comps in general
i so do not want to search by windows
do you know how many files this thing is taking out of my share and searching by individual files would take way too long
just out of curiousity is it likely that the hashing feature will be user friendly in the future
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http://www.dslreports.com/faq/9677bsbartmary wrote:what is tth
Well, they're your duplicates. If you don't want to see the message that it's removed them, look for the configuration option you're given in Settings > Advanced. Those duplicate files will never count towards your share size.bsbartmary wrote:do you know how many files this thing is taking out of my share
I guess that depends on how you define friendly and unfriendly.bsbartmary wrote:just out of curiousity is it likely that the hashing feature will be user friendly in the future
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i'll read about tth when I'm awake enough to understand
friendly would be where instead of just picking out which files it wants to remove from the share count, the user can decide between the files to share
i don't mind getting rid of duplicates b/c i would like to delete them to make room on my hard drive it is just a matter of which file
friendly would be where instead of just picking out which files it wants to remove from the share count, the user can decide between the files to share
i don't mind getting rid of duplicates b/c i would like to delete them to make room on my hard drive it is just a matter of which file
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Two different extensions, two different filenames. If it weren't for file hashing, which uniquely identifies the contents of the files, you'd never have known they were the same.bsbartmary wrote:if they were two different formats and yet the same size they appear to be the same for the hashing thing
(Sidenote: you can put nearly any Video extension onto a video file, and the default media player in windows will play it just the same [unfortunately].)