I've got 6 copies of Jay-Z's H.O.V.A

August 1, 2011 3:54 PM

I've got a ton of MP3's, I've finally got (most) of them tagged correctly, but now I need to weed out the dupes. Some albums I have fully duplicated, some albums only one or two songs, but I've got lots of duplicates and I need a good way to get rid of them. I'm on Windows, and would really not like to install iTunes if I don't have to. Help!
posted by deezil to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

How about something like DoubleKiller? It's worked well for me in the past ...
posted by DingoMutt at 4:01 PM on August 1, 2011

Best answer: media monkey is the best music organizer and it also weeds out dupes when you tell it to.
posted by nadawi at 4:07 PM on August 1, 2011

Duplicate Cleaner is very good.
posted by joannemullen at 4:44 PM on August 1, 2011

Can I jump in here and ask if someone has a Mac app for this?
posted by humboldt32 at 5:51 PM on August 1, 2011

or one for itunes?
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 7:58 PM on August 1, 2011

For iTunes, click 'File', 'Display Duplicates'. It won't help you manage them, but it will identify them if they are correctly tagged.
posted by dg at 9:03 PM on August 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

MusicBrainz Picard is an excellent cross-platform app for correctly tagging music and weeding out duplicates.
posted by beseku at 11:18 PM on August 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

I use Media Monkey for this. Just have it organize the files for you and it will get rid of dupes as it renames the files.
posted by theichibun at 7:35 AM on August 2, 2011

Response by poster: Media Monkey did the job for me! Thanks!
posted by deezil at 12:24 PM on September 1, 2011 [1 favorite]