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EXACT duplicate photo file finder
crabby3:
Hi Renegade. I think I tried one of your other dup finders before I tripped over this one. You probably know the one. The window had two BIG scan pics in the middle and lists at top and bottom? Unfortunately I wasn't able to customize it (i.e. make the TOO BIG pics smaller) and the lists bigger without maxing the window. :( Also couldn't set it to exact match (100%) which is what I really wanted.
To me, at least, duplicate means EXACT DUPLICATE. Other than a professional photographer who would be wanting to scan for pics with subtle changes?
I don't remember :huh: does yours find duplicate audio or music? Does it scan network computers? How about flash or CD/DVD's? Diskettes?
BTW You may want to include your Exact Duplicate version link, on the site where I found your above mentioned one, because there are a few other people out there who may be looking for the EXACT duplicate function. :)
P.S. I watched your demo... how many files were in the tree folders you selected? Two or two thousand? :huh:
Renegade:
Hi Renegade. I think I tried one of your other dup finders before I tripped over this one. You probably know the one. The window had two BIG scan pics in the middle and lists at top and bottom? Unfortunately I wasn't able to customize it (i.e. make the TOO BIG pics smaller) and the lists bigger without maxing the window. :(
I don't remember :huh: does yours find duplicate audio or music? Does it scan network computers?
-crabby3 (January 24, 2012, 06:01 AM)
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No. It's just a very simple one to scan directories. There are no sexy bells and whistles on it. It's supposed to be very simple to use. (Not sure if I nailed it or not...)
I had tried to at least make it multi-threaded, but there are issues with that under the hood in Windows, so I just gave up on that. (It would have taken too much time that I didn't have.)
crabby3:
:-[ Sorry for the slam Renegade. Maybe you could add some more-user-friendly stuff to the version I tried. Like maybe making the sample scan pics smaller (there seemed to be a lot of unused space around both) and stacking them to one side? Or add an Auto Select to just the 100% matches? :)
I don't have a clue about how to write or create a program, much less change an existing one, so these are just Novice-User suggestions. :-[
I envy people who can create their own programs and this includes you! If I had just a fraction of your knowledge and experience I wouldn't have to constantly surf the web looking for solutions or answers. (Hopefully free but not always) :(
Renegade:
:-[ Sorry for the slam Renegade. Maybe you could add some more-user-friendly stuff to the version I tried. Like maybe making the sample scan pics smaller (there seemed to be a lot of unused space around both) and stacking them to one side? Or add an Auto Select to just the 100% matches? :)
I don't have a clue about how to write or create a program, much less change an existing one, so these are just Novice-User suggestions. :-[
I envy people who can create their own programs and this includes you! If I had just a fraction of your knowledge and experience I wouldn't have to constantly surf the web looking for solutions or answers. (Hopefully free but not always) :(
-crabby3 (January 24, 2012, 08:02 AM)
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Not at all! :) There's more wrong with it than just that. :)
The large space at the top of the picture is to display long file paths. It's not an optimal solution.
The pictures are all instantly resized for that limited space and centred. Load speeds are on the right.
The only thing really going for it is that it is simple and direct. There's nothing remotely confusing in it and no complex options. Well, that and the source code there is commented quite well (IIRC).
crabby3:
I just found a link to this page on the web, hpearce, did you do that? I think it's great! :D
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