HT1473 MUSIC FILES ARE DUPLICATES OF THE SAME SONG?

Go Go Gadget Gospel
2:19
Gnarls Barkley
Afro-Punk Mix
Other
9/2/2010 4:35 PM
Go It Alone
4:11
Beck
Guero
Alternative
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God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
3:13
Mark Ronson
Version
Hip-Hop
4/8/2012 8:09 PM
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
2:17
Bing Crosby
White Christmas [Delta]
Vocal
9/2/2010 4:35 PM
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
2:17
Bing Crosby
White Christmas [Delta]
Vocal
4/8/2012 8:09 PM
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
2:17
Bing Crosby
White Christmas [Delta]
Vocal
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Going On
2:55
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple
Hip-Hop
9/2/2010 4:35 PM
Going On
2:55
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple
Hip-Hop
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Gone
2:10
Jack Johnson
On and On
Other
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Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
3:34
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
Rock
6
4/11/2012 9:20 AM
9/2/2010 4:34 PM
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
3:34
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
Rock
4/3/2011 11:27 AM
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
3:34
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
Rock
4/8/2012 8:09 PM
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
2:52
Cliffton, Bobby Orchestra/The International Childrens' Choir
Frosty the Snowman
Children
9/2/2010 4:35 PM
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
2:52
Cliffton, Bobby Orchestra/The International Childrens' Choir
Frosty the Snowman
Children
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Good Christian Men, Rejoice
2:52
Cliffton, Bobby Orchestra/The International Childrens' Choir
Frosty the Snowman
Children
4/8/2012 8:09 PM
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
2:52
Cliffton, Bobby Orchestra/The International Childrens' Choir
Frosty the Snowman
Children
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See what I mean. My music is too large because of so many songs being dulicated.

I've written a script called DeDuper which can remove unwanted duplicates automatically. In addition to making sure your library ends up with a single copy of each duplicated track it also merges playcounts & ratings and ensures the remaining songs become connected to any playlists that the duplicates were part of.
See this thread for background where I discuss the different types of duplicates, the manual approach to removing them, and the thinking behind the genesis of the script.
tt2

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    problems that need to be corrected. 1) Every song file now has a duplicate. One
    file works and the other file will result in the same message stating that the
    file couldn't be located. Before there were 4,000 songs in the library, now
    there are 8,000 songs. I need to eliminate the 4,000 dead song files. 2) All
    the playlists are still associated with the dead song files which makes the
    playlists unusable. Can the playlists be reconnected to the usable files
    without manually having to recreate them? Thanks in advance for the help.
    sdkr

    So am I understanding correctly?
    You used your iPod as a hard drive (drag and drop) instead of having iTunes install the music?
    If you used drag and drop your choices are different than if you used iTunes to transfer.
    Good luck!

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