Audio Dedupe Changelog

What's new in Audio Dedupe 5.2.0.1

Feb 24, 2024
  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 5.0.0.1 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 4.9.0.1 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 4.7.0.1 (Oct 2, 2021)

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

New in Audio Dedupe 4.6.0.2 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Fixed: Issue related to UNC paths.

New in Audio Dedupe 4.6.0.1 (Dec 10, 2020)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 4.5.0.1 (Sep 1, 2020)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 4.3.0.1 (Apr 2, 2019)

  • 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
  • Duplicates and scanned files count are displayed above the results grid

New in Audio Dedupe 4.1.0.1 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 3.7.0.1 (Feb 13, 2015)

  • 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)

New in Audio Dedupe 3.3.0.1 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 3.2.0.1 (Nov 27, 2014)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 3.1.0.1 (Jun 14, 2014)

  • 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 multithread 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

New in Audio Dedupe 3.0.0.1 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Added support for Unicode file names
  • Comparing phase is now multithreaded, 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

New in Audio Dedupe 2.9.0.1 (Apr 16, 2013)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 2.5.0.1 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • 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

New in Audio Dedupe 2.0.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • 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.

New in Audio Dedupe 1.8.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • 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 autosaved
  • in \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 font".
  • Owners of the corporate version of the program can register it using command-line parameters. See command-line help for details.

New in Audio Dedupe 1.5.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • 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 which 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.

New in Audio Dedupe 1.3.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • Added support for M4A files containig AAC or Apple Lossles audio

New in Audio Dedupe 1.2.0.1 (Dec 7, 2011)

  • 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