Deleting duplicate songs on import

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Joel Van Eenwyk

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Apr 23, 2020, 4:18:01 PM4/23/20
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Hi folks,

My setup is not too complex and have it mostly working except for one detail: duplicates are not getting merged. See attached for my config. I'm looking to import folders that have incomplete albums that may combine to form one complete album e.g.
  • unsorted\A Perfect Circle\Mer de Noms (2000) P1
    • Contains tracks 1 through 6
  • unsorted\A Perfect Circle\Mer de Noms (2000) P2
    • Contains tracks 4 through 12
Using the attached config it correctly places all tracks in one folder but now getting duplicate tracks: "06 - 3 Libras.m4a" and "06 - 3 Libras.1.m4a"

What I want is for the highest match and/or highest bitrate file to remain (e.g. "06 - 3 Libras.m4a" in this case) and the other to be deleted from target directory. I thought that "merge: yes" along with "delete: yes" would accomplish this but apparently not. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
--Joel
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