Video Comparer for Windows

User Reviews

• Had some conce3rns but the developer has improved

  salazarjohnApril 9, 2013

  Pros

  easy to use, select your folders and let it go 32 or 64 bit versions new lower price and better value

  Cons

  doesn't allow you to manually select the files you wish to delete

  Summary

  So i had some complaints up front and the developer has been very receptive to my concerns. I originally felt that the "trail" really didn't do much and that the limit of 1024 videos was way too restrictive. If you download torrents you NEED this program! out of 4 TB and 4000 videos it has found about 800 duplicates! My only reason for giving the software 4 stars is that you can't select the individual files that you want to delete. In most duplicate finding programs you get a list and you can check which to delete. this program has an autoselect feature but in order to manually delete a file you have to open its folder and manually delete ( a pain if you have many files to delete) I want to thank the developer for making this a definite buy!

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• New version with 5000 video files limit.

  VideoComparerMarch 23, 2013

  Pros

  New 'Expert Edition' with 5000 video files limit.

  Cons

  New 'Expert Edition' with 5000 video files limit for 30€ has been released. The 'Home Edition' has been extended to 1500 videos. I hope this new balance will satisfy everyone.

  Summary

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• works but its kinda a scam

  salazarjohnFebruary 23, 2013

  Pros

  finds duplicate videos stable no crashes in win 7

  Cons

  trail is WORTHLESS $27 US gets you 1000 video capability if you need to scan more than that its 100 euros about $131.79

  Summary

  so when you check out the trail its a waste of time as the file names, locations, size pretty much any info of value are blanked out. So in reality its NOT a trail just proof that it will find dups in your files. I paid the 20 euros for the home edition then found out it wouldn't scan my 2tb hard drive cause I have more than the 1000 allowed videos on it. I can't justify $131 to upgrade to their so called "professional" version which does NOTHING but allow you to compare unlimited number of files. TOTAL SCAM I'd just stay away from these folks<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 25, 2013<p/>I have been playing with the app for almost a week now. Its found about 80 duplicates saving me about 60gb of hard drive space. My biggest complaint is that once its done and gives you a list of files that have duplicates you can't select which ones you want to delete. It gives you options such as delete lowest quality, highest quality, smallest file etc.. But unlike most duplicate file finders were you can select the file you want deleted by highlighting or selecting them this doesn't give you that option. For instance if you have 4 files (2 sets) and you want to keep the higher quality version of the first two but the lower quality of the second 2 you have to highlight the file and then click go to location then find the file manually and then delete it. Its just a pain in the butt when you have more than a few files to select and delete. Secondly I know of at least 4 pairs of videos that have duplicates where it didn't match them even though they were in the same folder.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Mar 16, 2013<p/>I recently had an opportunity to speak with the developer of this program. Seemed like a good guy. program wise I still have mixed feelings about the app. It has found about 200 duplicates but its been a hard process. Turns out even the "pro" version has a file limit of 5000 videos. I will probably upgrade to that in a few months. My original concerns still stand I scanned a folder AT LEAST 5 times each time increasing the quality of scan and it found only a few duplicates. Finally on the highest setting it found about 25. UNFORTUNATELY though it did miss about 20 duplicates. Might have been since it was comparing WMV's to MP4's, just don't know. I still think that the developer would do much better if he priced the software a bit more reasonably. If you download a ton of torrents you really need to buy this as you will be amazed at how many of the same files or spread out there with different names and descriptions.

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