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> If the exact same recording of a song appears on two > albums, an ideal categorization system would allow it to > appear as such without storing
by redbad 14y ago
> If the exact same recording of a song appears on two
> albums, an ideal categorization system would allow it to
> appear as such without storing multiple (redundant) copies
> of the song.
I don't agree. The song was released twice; if you have both albums, you ought to have two copies of it.
- baddox 14y agoYeah, it's not going to be a big storage hit in reality (and even if it were, you could just rely on file system level compression/deduplication). I, like the author, just enjoy musing about the "perfect" way to organize a music library.
- adamzochowski 14y agoSome artists re-record or alter their song on secondary release. Or if it is live performance. Deduplication should be done by algorithm that detects that it is same binary copy -- not through tags.
- fusiongyro 14y agoBlue Oyster Cult are one of my favorite bands. I have many of their "greatest hits" albums because they release one every few years, and frequently there will be a few previously unreleased tracks that are worth having. This means that in my iTunes library I currently have seven copies of Don't Fear the Reaper. Three of these are copies of the studio version. Incidentally, I hate this song, and though I think you're right and I should have two copies of the song, I can't help but react with mild revulsion whenever I realize I'm going to be hosting yet another copy of it. Again, I think you're right, and it's not particularly meaningful to worry about the extra ~100 MB of space they're taking up (ALAC format), but it's an annoyance.