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Author Topic: [19.0.96] Turning off the duplicate detector/changing its detection parameters  (Read 1495 times)

Gatherum

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I am in a bit of a dilemma:

I'm trying to sync music to my phone, and some files are being detected as duplicates based on the basic tags (Artist, Album, &c.), but in reality, are not. I have my library and fields set up in such a way that files are made distinct in terms of sorting, but appear as duplicates.

For example, I have two tracks by Antimatter, called "Firewalking". Both are on the same album, and both have the same track # (4). However, they are on separate discs, and the one on disc 2 is indicated as a remix by a separate, custom field that I have defined, named "Track Version".

I would like to do one of two things:
1. Alter the duplicate detection parameters so that it will take into account more than just the basic fields.
2. Disable duplicate detection entirely so that I can sync these files.

What can I do to fix this?
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Gatherum

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Another way would be on-the-fly renaming of the file (or rather, the file's metadata) during sync. In this case, having a rule that alters the Name field so that it is essentially [Name] ([Track Version]) during the sync.

I don't see any option to do this.
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MrC

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I've been asking for two years.  Doh!

Item 11 in my wish list:

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Sync: Include [Disc #] in MatchKeyExpression for audio
Same-named tracks at the same track # on multi-disc albums prevents synchronization on HH.  Include [Disc #] in MatchKeyExpression, or allow it to be modified so users can amend.
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Gatherum

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If not any of the above, could the parameters that control duplicate detection at least be extended so that disc numbers are taken into account?

EDIT: Oh, derp. It looks like we're asking for the exact same thing. Sorry. :P

What would be better, though, would be to make the MatchKeyExpression editable by the user. Unless there's something I'm not taking into consideration.
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Gatherum

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Could we call this a petition? :P
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