Frequently Asked Questions
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- What is Similarity?
- What is difference between Byte to Byte comparison and Sound Content comparison?
- What formats does Similarity support?
- Can I scan two or more different folders at the same time?
- Will Similarity check the files or folders located in removable media device?
Similarity is a program that helps you to find similar or duplicate musical files. This is the best program where similarity of a sound part is checked, not just music tags or file content (byte to byte comparision)
What is difference between Byte to Byte comparison and Sound Content comparison?
Byte to Byte comparision, comparision that made bit by bit, two files identical if all bits in them are identical. This method of comparision useless in music duplicates finding, because, usually, duplicates have different sample rate, different bit rate or information tags, ie. different characteristics (which incompatible with byte to byte comparision).
Sound content comparision (which uses Similarity) is different, first sound decoded to raw sound waves and after used in different mathematical calculations to get unique sound estimation (hash). What estimation used in comparison with other sound estimations. This method of comparision give much better results than simple byte to byte comparision or tag comparision.
What formats does Similarity support?
Similarity support:
MP3, MP2 - MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3
M4A, AAC - Advanced Audio Coding (MPEG-4)
WMA, ASF - Windows Media Audio
OGG - Vorbis OGG
APE - Monkey's Audio
FLAC, FLA - Free Lossless Audio Codec
MPC, MP+, MPP - MusePack
WV - WavPack
[any format compatible with DirectShow or Microsoft Media Foundation]
Can I scan two or more different folders at the same time?
Similarity supports the functionality of scanning multiple folders or disks, including external drives like JAZ or USB
Will Similarity check the files or folders located in removable media device?
Yes, Similarity checks for the files in removable media devices like flash, USB, JAZ drive.
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