Duplicate songs on iPod

[Rodrigo]

For example, I have an Elvis collection. Some of the songs appear on 2 or more cd's. When I sync my iPod, all songs are exported.
My question, is there a way in which I can sync without duplicating the songs which appear more than once in iTunes? I know this can be done manually selecting songs. But with 6000+ songs.....? :eek:

[guardian34]

Please don't send me private messages.

[ldrury]

Mate, I think you are stuck with manually deleting.... it doesn't take that long, sort your track listing by Song name, the doubles stand out prominently, then delete whichever you want, I tend to delete the lower bitrate version.... I don't know of an auto way to avoid or remove doubles..... I did my 2500 song library in 15 minutes, and had heaps of doubles.....

[acme.mail.order]

I agree with ldrury - iTunes is doing it's job properly. You told it to import and sync "Elvis > Blue Hawaii > Can't Help Falling In Love" and "Elvis > Elvis In Concert > Can't Help Falling In Love". iTunes doesn't know they are the same song.
If you are not concerned with organization by album you could turn off "Organize my library", copy all the Elvis songs manually to the same folder in the Finder, and say "Replace" to all the duplicates. Re-import them all at once to iTunes and it should take care of them.

There are also utilities that search for duplicate files. Some of them search by checksum - you don't want those, just a file name match.

[K1W1]

Lets face it. In many ways computers are quite dumb because they are so literal. We see it as a duplication the computer says "but they are different because they are on different CD's". When computers are running the world I guess we (well those who are around at that time) will just have to learn to thing like a computer. :-)

[tigor]

Want to remove the duplicated music tracks (mp3, etc) from your disks? Here is an example of the Java app that can be deployed to your desktop by using Java WebStart technology. All you need is Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5+ to be installed to your OS, that's it. That means Max OS X Tiger! Java WebStart is already included. And then ...few more clicks and app is launched. After 10 minutes your disks are free of dupes. That's cool.

More info about Java WebStart?
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/JWS_2/JWS_White_Paper.pdf.

Here is the context:
http://www.shorttext.com/jyfk

and here is the project
http://freshmeat.net/projects/seekanddestroymusicduplicates

and here is a Java WebStart link for Seek & Destroy Music Dupes
http://www.pekarna.si/download.html

[funkycfunkydo]

In iTunes, go to the edit menu and theres an option that say show duplicate songs. that really makes it easier to delete them

[AlexCh]

In iTunes, go to the edit menu and theres an option that say show duplicate songs. that really makes it easier to delete them
That's actually grayed out in iTunes when you're looking at the iPod.

[UncleJohn]

That's actually grayed out in iTunes when you're looking at the iPod.
So just do it in the iTunes Library and sync the iPod, right?

[funkycfunkydo]

That's actually grayed out in iTunes when you're looking at the iPod.


yea, it doesn't work for manualk syncing

[Gaffer74]

Search in google for "iTunes Dupes Barrier".

It's free and auto-searches for duplicate tracks based on your criteria (ie artist name/song name/album etc) and then you can review the duplicates to ensure they're the same song and delete what you want.
It also allows you to check for 'dead tracks' (ones where the iTunes library is pointing to a track that doesn't exist anymore) and fix the incorrect info.

Essential app for th ipod imo :)

[styelz]

I found if i copy the MP3 files and the M3U playlist iTunes will display dulpicate songs and chew up more space on my iPod.

Just copy the MP3's over or just the M3U playlist.