Author Topic: Duplicates not found when selecting multiple tracks  (Read 852 times)

kingjon

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 22
Hello MB Heroes

I am starting to add FLAC versions of files that I already have in MP3 format, using MB's Manage Duplicates feature to hide the 'lossier' version of the file (but not deleting it).  This is working OK but I'm finding one repeating issue...

If I select an entire album (or multiple albums) then select Manage Duplicates, MB often does not match all the duplicates first time around.

Screenshot - https://imgur.com/a/TyROMeZ

If I Execute all the found duplicates then go and select 2 duplicates that were not identified first time around, it will then correctly identify them as duplicates (I have not changed anything in the meantime other than executing the other found dupes).

Screenshot - https://imgur.com/a/3J1nZqV

The issue seems to be something related to when you are selecting multiple files, e.g. if I select 10 pairs of duplicates, MB might identify 6 of them, then I'll have to go and select the other 4 pairs individually (each pair, one at a time) for it to acknowledge them as duplicates.

This is very tedious, especially as there is no option to add a hotkey for manage duplicates (I'll be raising a request for this  ;) ).

Before you ask... I know there are many, many reasons why a duplicate might not be identified (slight spelling variation, different year, different length etc.) but I've already ruled all of that out - these are genuine duplicates that MB recognises as duplicates if you only select the two files, but not when you select them as part of a larger group.

Let me know if I can provide any logs or anything else.

Thank you

Jon