The below criteria will apply when matching Video files
Video match settings
Match by similar video frames
Compare by a selection of video frames taken from six points across the file
Match thumbnails
Compare by a thumbnail taken towards the start of the file
Hash - Video + Audio
Compare by MD5 hash of the video and audio stream in the file
Hash - Video
Compare by MD5 hash of the video stream in the file
Hash - Audio
Compare by MD5 hash of the audio stream in the file
Audio - Similar (first two minutes)
The first two minutes of audio is compared for similarity.
Audio - Similar (full file)
The full audio is compared for similarity.
Audio - Similar (quick match)
The first 15 seconds of audio is compared for similarity.
Ignore content (match by tags or attributes)
Video content is ignored, and matching is done on specified metadata tags and attributes.
Match Length
Matches the duration of the video files, within a specified tolerance. (Hours : Minutes : Seconds)
Video tags (metadata)
Here you can add metadata tags to display (in the results) or match when finding duplicate video files.
For instance, if 'Director' and 'Title' are set to be matched then two or more files with matching Director AND Title tags will be grouped as duplicates.
Available settings for each metadata item:
Display only - Add a column to the results table for this metadata item. No matching is performed.
Exact match - Duplicates must match on this item, and will be shown as a column in the results table.
Similar text - Duplicates must match using similar text matching for this item, and will be shown as a column in the results table.
Exact match - including blanks - Duplicates must match on this item, in addition blank entries will also match each other, and will be shown as column in the results table.
Metadata items shown in the results can then be used with the Selection Assistant to help with marking files.
