Yan Duval
I have duplicate songs, probably generated by the use of Deezer, when the songs change Deezer ID. Thanks to the AudioSig, they are not too difficult to track down. The problem I have is that VDJ seems to display one them. Because of that, I "loose" metadata that I cannot see anymore normaly, but if i filter the song for my metadata, it might reappear in that specific search. I seem to have no way of seeing both at the same time, apart from searching in the .db file itself.
I tried to edit the tag to 257 manually , that did not change the behavior.
I have two questions:
1- How to genenerate the AudioSig in most of my DB without loosing or changing other metadata?
2- How to cleanly choose one entry vs another?
Here's an example that was generated earlier today. I was wondering why the metadata was lost, that's why I found the duplicate entry. Notice they have different Deezer ID, but are pointing to the same exact song.
Thanks!
First seen = Montréal (EST): Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 6:19:53 PM
<Song FilePath="netsearch://dz3765037892" FileSize="11201305" Flag="256">
<Tags Author="mikeeysmind" Title="Papaoutai" Genre="afro soul; African; R&B; Sc" Album="Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" Label="Unjaps AB" Remix="Afro Soul" TrackNumber="54%" Year="2025" Stars="3" User1="#Sign:4 #H2 #D3 #E2 #A3 #I0 #L1 #S0" User2="QT6G42596182" Flag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="280.006531" LastModified="1793539655" FirstSeen="1769987993" FirstPlay="1769988057" LastPlay="1769988057" PlayCount="1" Bitrate="320" Gain="1.636217" Cover="16384" />
<Scan Version="801" Bpm="0.593084" Phase="56.002174" AltBpm="0.889274" Volume="0.738517" Key="G#m" AudioSig="OC1YR3dVaEhXWj9md4VZh6EI" Flag="32770" />
<Poi Pos="0.600816" Type="automix" Point="realStart" />
<Poi Pos="6.90" Type="automix" Point="fadeStart" />
<Poi Pos="56.002176" Type="beatgrid" />
<Poi Pos="57.306848" Type="automix" Point="cutStart" />
<Poi Name="Break 1" Pos="166.151111" Type="remix" />
<Poi Pos="258.546213" Type="automix" Point="cutEnd" />
<Poi Pos="267.150" Type="automix" Point="fadeEnd" />
<Poi Pos="277.623583" Type="automix" Point="realEnd" />
<Link NetSearch="dz3765037892" Cover="https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/93f31d6d780474218cf710f9da47ef64/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg" />
</Song>
First seen = Montréal (EST): Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 10:56:56 AM
<Song FilePath="netsearch://dz3837950551" FileSize="11204440" Flag="256">
<Tags Author="mikeeysmind" Title="Papaoutai" Album="Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" Remix="Afro Soul" Flag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="280.084898" LastModified="1793808022" FirstSeen="1793807816" FirstPlay="1793808022" LastPlay="1793808022" PlayCount="1" Bitrate="320" Cover="16384" />
<Scan Version="801" Bpm="0.593037" Phase="56.110794" AltBpm="0.889410" Rigid="0.592902" Volume="0.721938" Key="G#m" AudioSig="OC1YR3dVaEhXWj9md4VZh6EI" Flag="10518528" BeatGrid="9729[0.66:1,0.59102][1.3018:11][7.88:1][8.5:3][10.24:4][12.6:8][17.3:2][18.48:2][19.663:3][21.463:1][22:4][24.38:4][26.746:1][27.3:2][28.48:1][29.04:4][31.439:20][43.212:2][44.36:2][45.58:3][47.349:21,0.5861][59.717:1][60.28:2][61.46:5][64.38:4][66.734:8][71.39:2][72.58:39][95.42:7,0.598][99.608:1][100.18:2][101.38:1,0.59044][101.98:1,0.596][102.56:1,0.59748][103.16:1,0.59714][103.79:1,0.592][104.37:2,0.59544][105.54:38][128.18:2][129.4:1][130.03:1][130.58:2][131.82:1][132.4:1][133.01:15][141.91:1,0.58691][142.49:1,0.59324][143.06:3][144.88:16][154.34:1][154.92:1][155.54:2][156.73:4][159.11:1][159.66:7][163.83:4][166.21:4][168.56:4][170.94:1][171.54:1][172.18:2][173.38:1,0.616][173.98:1,0.61165][174.62:1,0.62][175.24:1,0.612][175.86:1,0.604][176.44:1,0.58961][177:1,0.588][177.57:1,0.564][178.18:1,0.548][178.68:1,0.54][179.18:1,0.49489][179.7:1][180.18:1][180.7:2][181.68:1][182.2:3][183.68:1][184.14:4][186.12:1][186.6:1][187.12:1][187.6:1][188.12:1][188.62:1][189.08:2][190.1:2][191.12:1][191.6:1][192.12:4][194.1:4][196.03:4][197.97:3][199.42:1][199.94:3][201.42:2][202.42:1,0.484][202.94:6][205.84:3][207.3:1,0.516][207.82:1,0.54787][208.42:1,0.59367][209.06:50][238.73:50][268.38:2,0.60171][269.58:3][271.4:1][271.98:2][273.2:0,0.599991]" />
<Poi Pos="0.651610" Type="automix" Point="realStart" />
<Poi Pos="277.674376" Type="automix" Point="realEnd" />
<Poi Pos="6.950" Type="automix" Point="fadeStart" />
<Poi Pos="267.20" Type="automix" Point="fadeEnd" />
<Poi Pos="57.359819" Type="automix" Point="cutStart" />
<Poi Pos="257.098594" Type="automix" Point="cutEnd" />
<Poi Name="End Break 1" Pos="113.875737" Type="remix" />
<Poi Name="Break 2" Pos="166.202630" Type="remix" />
<Link NetSearch="dz3837950551" Cover="https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/3fae18af528f94051fc30bb30376969c/250x250-000000-80-0-0.jpg" />
</Song>
I tried to edit the tag to 257 manually , that did not change the behavior.
I have two questions:
1- How to genenerate the AudioSig in most of my DB without loosing or changing other metadata?
2- How to cleanly choose one entry vs another?
Here's an example that was generated earlier today. I was wondering why the metadata was lost, that's why I found the duplicate entry. Notice they have different Deezer ID, but are pointing to the same exact song.
Thanks!
First seen = Montréal (EST): Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 6:19:53 PM
<Song FilePath="netsearch://dz3765037892" FileSize="11201305" Flag="256">
<Tags Author="mikeeysmind" Title="Papaoutai" Genre="afro soul; African; R&B; Sc" Album="Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" Label="Unjaps AB" Remix="Afro Soul" TrackNumber="54%" Year="2025" Stars="3" User1="#Sign:4 #H2 #D3 #E2 #A3 #I0 #L1 #S0" User2="QT6G42596182" Flag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="280.006531" LastModified="1793539655" FirstSeen="1769987993" FirstPlay="1769988057" LastPlay="1769988057" PlayCount="1" Bitrate="320" Gain="1.636217" Cover="16384" />
<Scan Version="801" Bpm="0.593084" Phase="56.002174" AltBpm="0.889274" Volume="0.738517" Key="G#m" AudioSig="OC1YR3dVaEhXWj9md4VZh6EI" Flag="32770" />
<Poi Pos="0.600816" Type="automix" Point="realStart" />
<Poi Pos="6.90" Type="automix" Point="fadeStart" />
<Poi Pos="56.002176" Type="beatgrid" />
<Poi Pos="57.306848" Type="automix" Point="cutStart" />
<Poi Name="Break 1" Pos="166.151111" Type="remix" />
<Poi Pos="258.546213" Type="automix" Point="cutEnd" />
<Poi Pos="267.150" Type="automix" Point="fadeEnd" />
<Poi Pos="277.623583" Type="automix" Point="realEnd" />
<Link NetSearch="dz3765037892" Cover="https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/93f31d6d780474218cf710f9da47ef64/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg" />
</Song>
First seen = Montréal (EST): Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 10:56:56 AM
<Song FilePath="netsearch://dz3837950551" FileSize="11204440" Flag="256">
<Tags Author="mikeeysmind" Title="Papaoutai" Album="Papaoutai (Afro Soul)" Remix="Afro Soul" Flag="1" />
<Infos SongLength="280.084898" LastModified="1793808022" FirstSeen="1793807816" FirstPlay="1793808022" LastPlay="1793808022" PlayCount="1" Bitrate="320" Cover="16384" />
<Scan Version="801" Bpm="0.593037" Phase="56.110794" AltBpm="0.889410" Rigid="0.592902" Volume="0.721938" Key="G#m" AudioSig="OC1YR3dVaEhXWj9md4VZh6EI" Flag="10518528" BeatGrid="9729[0.66:1,0.59102][1.3018:11][7.88:1][8.5:3][10.24:4][12.6:8][17.3:2][18.48:2][19.663:3][21.463:1][22:4][24.38:4][26.746:1][27.3:2][28.48:1][29.04:4][31.439:20][43.212:2][44.36:2][45.58:3][47.349:21,0.5861][59.717:1][60.28:2][61.46:5][64.38:4][66.734:8][71.39:2][72.58:39][95.42:7,0.598][99.608:1][100.18:2][101.38:1,0.59044][101.98:1,0.596][102.56:1,0.59748][103.16:1,0.59714][103.79:1,0.592][104.37:2,0.59544][105.54:38][128.18:2][129.4:1][130.03:1][130.58:2][131.82:1][132.4:1][133.01:15][141.91:1,0.58691][142.49:1,0.59324][143.06:3][144.88:16][154.34:1][154.92:1][155.54:2][156.73:4][159.11:1][159.66:7][163.83:4][166.21:4][168.56:4][170.94:1][171.54:1][172.18:2][173.38:1,0.616][173.98:1,0.61165][174.62:1,0.62][175.24:1,0.612][175.86:1,0.604][176.44:1,0.58961][177:1,0.588][177.57:1,0.564][178.18:1,0.548][178.68:1,0.54][179.18:1,0.49489][179.7:1][180.18:1][180.7:2][181.68:1][182.2:3][183.68:1][184.14:4][186.12:1][186.6:1][187.12:1][187.6:1][188.12:1][188.62:1][189.08:2][190.1:2][191.12:1][191.6:1][192.12:4][194.1:4][196.03:4][197.97:3][199.42:1][199.94:3][201.42:2][202.42:1,0.484][202.94:6][205.84:3][207.3:1,0.516][207.82:1,0.54787][208.42:1,0.59367][209.06:50][238.73:50][268.38:2,0.60171][269.58:3][271.4:1][271.98:2][273.2:0,0.599991]" />
<Poi Pos="0.651610" Type="automix" Point="realStart" />
<Poi Pos="277.674376" Type="automix" Point="realEnd" />
<Poi Pos="6.950" Type="automix" Point="fadeStart" />
<Poi Pos="267.20" Type="automix" Point="fadeEnd" />
<Poi Pos="57.359819" Type="automix" Point="cutStart" />
<Poi Pos="257.098594" Type="automix" Point="cutEnd" />
<Poi Name="End Break 1" Pos="113.875737" Type="remix" />
<Poi Name="Break 2" Pos="166.202630" Type="remix" />
<Link NetSearch="dz3837950551" Cover="https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/3fae18af528f94051fc30bb30376969c/250x250-000000-80-0-0.jpg" />
</Song>
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