I searched for a clear solution to this and could not find one although the question has been asked many times.
I have two copies of essentially the same track (I'm ignoring minuscule differences). One from a normal album (Eagles, One of These Nights) and a compilation (Eagles, Their Greatest Hits). Ignoring the minute variations in levels, etc., assume all tags are the same except for Album.
I do not have all the relevant tracks for the compilation outside the actual CD (IOW, I do not have dupes for all the tracks on the compilation CD I ripped). Is there a way to remove the duplicates but reference the remaining files? The only way I can see now is to:
1) Keep the tracks in the OG album (One of These Nights)
2) Delete Dupes from the Compilation album (Their Greatest Hits)
3) Create a playlist for the Compilation pointing to files in directories for both the OG and Compilation Album
While this would solve my problem, I have almost 1000 dupes and this process seems painful. Does anyone have a better OR automated solution?
Thanks