tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/4261-duplicatesbeaTunes: Discussion 2014-11-28T13:47:03Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:03:08Z2014-11-03T22:03:08Zduplicates<div><p>how can I use beatunes to delete duplicates and bad files</p></div>Dj cxptag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:04:53Z2014-11-03T22:04:53Zduplicates<div><blockquote>
<p>how can I use Beatunes to identify and eliminate duplicates</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Definitely. Just run the duplicates <em>Inspection</em>.<br>
If you want to take acoustical fingerprints into account, you need
to first analyze for those using <em>Analysis</em>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>and bad files</p>
</blockquote>
<p>What are bad files?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:11:28Z2014-11-03T22:11:28Zduplicates<div><p>I recommend to simply install the free trial, then run the
<em>Inspection</em>.</p>
<p>See <a href=
"https://www.beatunes.com/itunes-library-inspection.html">https://www.beatunes.com/itunes-library-inspection.html</a></p>
<p>The trial does not let you apply solutions, but it gives you a
good idea of what beaTunes can do for you.</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:27:10Z2014-11-03T22:27:10Zduplicates<div><p>Can I do that with my 3.5 version ..can't find that feature</p>
<hr>
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"mailto:tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com">
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To: <a href="mailto:cxpinto@yahoo.com">cxpinto@yahoo.com</a><br>
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 2:13 PM<br>
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discussion.</p></div>Claudiotag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:28:59Z2014-11-03T22:28:59Zduplicates<div><p>3.5 can't find duplicates based on acoustical properties, only
based on names.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-03T22:55:55Z2014-11-03T22:55:55Zduplicates<div><p>tx decided to go with Dupe away and using mixed key in to get
bpms and keys.</p>
<hr>
<p>From: hendrik <a href=
"mailto:tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com">
tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com</a></p></div>Claudiotag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-04T08:26:06Z2014-11-04T08:26:06Zduplicates<div><p>Well, I'd be happy to welcome you back in the beaTunes user
community some time soon... :-)</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-04T08:31:56Z2014-11-04T08:31:56Zduplicates<div><p>I tried my best but got no love :)</p>
<p>cheers</p>
<hr>
<p>From: hendrik <a href=
"mailto:tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com">
tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com</a></p></div>Claudiotag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-20T16:34:15Z2014-11-20T16:34:15Zduplicates<div><p>Hendrik,<br>
So my my Mac drive ended up having a meltdown. As I rebuilt the
Itunes library I got over 4k duplicates. I am trying Beatunes again
to see if I can eliminate dupes faster than doing it manually on
Itunes. The problem is the dupes all have the same beat rate,
modified date, and imported date. Is there a way I could eliminate
those dupes easier with Itunes? Also, in other to have keys show up
on Itunes, do I click on Inbed Itunes? I saw that once you click on
that it says it is irreversible. I need to get this resolved soon
so I'd appreciate some help. Thanks.</p>
<pre>
<code> From: hendrik <tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com></code>
</pre>
<p>To: <a href="mailto:cxpinto@yahoo.com">cxpinto@yahoo.com</a>
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 12:27 AM Subject: Re: duplicates
[Questions #4261]</p>
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<p>The problem is the dupes all have the same beat rate, modified
date, and imported date. Is there a way I could eliminate those
dupes easier with Itunes?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>beaTunes uses none of these properties to detect dupes. Not sure
where the problem lies.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Also, in other to have keys show up on Itunes, do I click on
Inbed Itunes? I saw that once you click on that it says it is
irreversible.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>iTunes does not have a key column, so embedding keys will not
help you at all.<br>
To see keys in iTunes you have to copy them to the comment field.
There is a plugin for that which you can install via the plugin
preferences. Once installed, it shows up as analysis task (-> in
the analysis options, after you clicked on the analyze button).</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-21T19:07:48Z2014-11-21T19:07:49Zduplicates<div><p>Thank you. </p>
<p>As for the dupes, when Beatunes tells me how I want to proceed
and those were the choices. Tx</p>
<pre>
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</pre>
<p>To: <a href="mailto:cxpinto@yahoo.com">cxpinto@yahoo.com</a>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 6:29 AM Subject: Re: duplicates
[Questions #4261]</p>
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#ccc;}</p></div>Claudiotag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-21T22:11:24Z2014-11-21T22:11:24Zduplicates<div><p>Ah - now I understand what you are referring to.</p>
<p>I guess when they files don't differ in any crucial properties,
just pick one you want to keep and move on.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-21T22:23:08Z2014-11-21T22:23:08Zduplicates<div><p>Then I have to do it one by one just like on Itunes.
Anyway, did it manually. Also when analyzing Keys can I
choose the old format ? (5A, 8A etc..) ? is there a page that can
show me step by step how to have changes show on itunes and
traktor? As you know I just had a major meltdown and had to rebuild
my Itunes and lost a lot of playlist and had over 5k dupes.</p>
<pre>
<code> From: hendrik <tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com></code>
</pre>
<p>To: <a href="mailto:cxpinto@yahoo.com">cxpinto@yahoo.com</a>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:11 PM Subject: Re: duplicates
[Questions #4261]</p>
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<p>Also when analyzing Keys can I choose the old format ? (5A, 8A
etc..) ?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You can configure this in the general preferences.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>is there a page that can show me step by step how to have
changes show on itunes and traktor?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There is no clear, dedicated page for that. But...</p>
<ol>
<li>Make sure you are using an <a href=
"http://help.beatunes.com/kb/troubleshooting/how-to-tell-an-itunes-based-library-from-a-file-based-one">
iTunes-based library</a>.<br></li>
<li>If you want keys to be displayed in the key column in Traktor,
make sure you turn <code>Embed non-iTunes fields</code> in the
beaTunes general preferences <em>ON</em> before analyzing.<br></li>
<li>If you want to see keys in the iTunes comment field, install
the <em>key to comment</em> plugin. To do so, open the beaTunes
preferences, go to the plugin panel and install the
plugin.<br></li>
<li>Analyze your files for keys in beaTunes, make sure to also
enable the task <em>Copy key to comment</em> in the analysis
options, otherwise beaTunes does not write to the comment
field.<br></li>
<li>To see results in Traktor you probably have to ask Traktor to
re-scan your files somehow (I'm not a Traktor expert).</li>
</ol>
<p>Good luck!</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-22T17:00:48Z2014-11-22T17:00:48Zduplicates<div><p>Thank you!</p>
<p>As for the old style keys (5A) which options should I choose in
General preference. Now it is on Traditional OK?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<pre>
<code> From: hendrik <tender+dc95699c86c22405d96f39dc1b8e2c81e2aeda916@tenderapp.com></code>
</pre>
<p>To: <a href="mailto:cxpinto@yahoo.com">cxpinto@yahoo.com</a>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 3:45 AM Subject: Re: duplicates
[Questions #4261]</p>
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#ccc;}</p></div>Claudiotag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/351651882014-11-22T17:22:58Z2014-11-22T17:31:19Zduplicates<div><p>Just watch what beaTunes displays in the song table when you
modify the setting in the preferences.</p>
<p>"Traditional OK" means: Musical keys plus Open Key Notation</p>
<p>I'm not exactly sure what you mean with <em>old style</em>. If
it's Camelot notation, that's not supported and has never been
directly supported by beaTunes.</p>
<p>You could however install one of the demo beaTlets from <a href=
"https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatlet-keytextrenderer.html">https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatlet-keytextrenderer.html</a></p></div>hendrik