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News / 64-bit Beta version 1.8.2

« on: February 01, 2013, 12:21:29 »

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First 64 bit version of Similarity now available, it can process huge amount of files, we successfully checked it on 318 000 files with all algorithms enabled.

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News / Beta version 1.8.1 (Mac)

« on: January 27, 2013, 12:05:44 »

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Similarity for Mac OS X 10.6 and above. Just open image file and copy Similarity icon to Applications folder.

• Fixed many issues found in Windows version
• Similarity can scan on external mounted HDD and network folders
  
  
• Sonogram analysis is working
  
  
• Spectrogram analysis is working
  
  
• New image preview scheme (will be extended in future and released in Windows version too)
  
  
• All Premium functions now available (Automark, Save/Load, 'Precise' algorithm, Sonogram/Spectrogram, etc.). To register use Similarity - Register main menu, product key same as in Windows version.
  
  
  
  
• Checking for updates working now
  
  

The following features aren't implemented yet:

• Other decoders, current version uses only Apple CoreAudio decoder, it supports already many formats (mp3, mp4, alac, ...)
• Tag editor doesn't work yet
• OpenCL optimization

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News / Version 1.8.1 released

« on: January 13, 2013, 12:25:59 »

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• New column with pairs count, help to distinguish elements in big groups. By default this column is hidden.
  
  
  
  
• Base group files shown in bold, if they opened
  
  
• Fixed math error in the precise algorithm what lead to absolute wrong results (primary false results) in some cases. Precise algorithm now more precise.
  
  
• Fixed issue with calculating rating in automatically mark dialog
  
  
• Fixed issue with mass deletion, sometime can lead to crashes
  
  
• Minor fixes
  
  

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News / Version 1.8.0 released

« on: December 14, 2012, 20:11:00 »

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• Unified engine for Mac and PC version, most parts and algorithms are same
  
• New grouping method for audio results (same as in Images)
  
  
  
  
• All fields in Audio, Images results are sortable (except rating in audio results)
  
• All audio decoders are now out of process and doesn't corrupt data in main process if they crashed or hang up. Improve Similarity stability very much.
  
  
  
  
• New automark dialog for audio, images results
  
  
  
  
• Open/save results for all tabs (Premium version only)
  
• Audio format field added in Audio results
  
• MMF (Microsoft Media Foundation) decoder can read MP4 tags
  
• Fixed sonogram view for big fft size.
  
  
  
  
• Minor fixes
  

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News / Beta version 1.8.0

« on: December 02, 2012, 20:07:20 »

Similarity 1.8.0 build 1612 (Beta version) (Updated 2012.12.14)

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• Unified engine for Mac and PC version, most parts and algorithms are same
  
• New grouping method for audio results (same as in Images)
  
  
  
  
• All fields in Audio, Images results are sortable (except rating in audio results)
  
• All audio decoders are now out of process and doesn't corrupt data in main process if they crashed or hang up. Improve Similarity stability very much.
  
  
  
  
• New automark dialog for audio, images results
  
  
  
  
• Open/save results for all tabs (Premium version only)
  
• Audio format field added in Audio results
  
• MMF (Microsoft Media Foundation) decoder can read MP4 tags
  
• Fixed sonogram view for big fft size.
  
  
  
  

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News / Mac Beta version available

« on: October 26, 2012, 19:13:13 »

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Similarity works on Mac OS X 10.6 and above. Just open image file and copy Similarity icon to Applications folder.

• In this version we introduce new automark features.
• In this version Premium features works in free without any limitations.

The following features aren't implemented yet:

• Other decoders, current version uses only Apple CoreAudio decoder, it supports already many formats (mp3,mp4,...), we implement other decoders after changes in Windows version. All decoders will work out of main process and if they crash they doesn't corrupt and can be simply restarted.
• Image preview doesn't implemented yet, we plan major change in preview in Windows too, it implemented sooner
• Tag editor doesn't work yet
• Autosave/autoload feature, this functional will changed in Windows too, we allow save and restore results in separate files

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News / Version 1.7.1 released

« on: May 28, 2012, 00:41:09 »

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• Images comparing algorithm, Similarity can now find duplicate pictures, images, etc
  
  
  
  
• Introduced new grouping mechanism in Image results and real-time sorting
  
  
  
  
• New automark field in Images, folder priority, you can select folders what more preferable for deletion
  
  
  
  
• Added ability to skip video files, in most cases they don't needed to process (enabled by default)
  
  
  
  
• Logarithmic scale in sonogram analysis
  
  
  
  
• Fixed issues with sorting in Audio Results
  
• Improved image comparing algorithm (in difference with Beta version)
  
• Minor fixes
  
• Warning! Incompatible with previous version cache, this version clears it.
  

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News / Version 1.6.5 released

« on: April 05, 2012, 09:18:13 »

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Minor changes, For new features see Beta 1.7.0

• The licensing terms has been changed.
  Now all licenses are lifetime, and limitations apply to updates only.
  Now your annual license will work with all older versions even if it expired already. It won’t work with newer versions only.
  Also an option to purchase the licensed version with lifetime subscription to updates is available to old customers only – those who purchased the program before this day.
  All old customers don’t loose anything: if they bought an annual subscription, they will be able to run all previous versions even after the subscription expires,
  while lifetime license users already has a subscription that’s not available anymore.
  
  
• Action submenu in main menu
  
  
  
  
• Minor fixes
  
  

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News / Beta version 1.7.0

« on: March 22, 2012, 18:03:07 »

Similarity 1.7.0 build 1307 (Beta version) (Updated 2012.04.03)

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- New image comparing algorithm, first implementation, finds only resized,colored duplicates, not similar images



- New grouping mechanism in Image results, all groups are builded even if one pair suitable.



- New automark field in Images, folder priority, you can select folders what more preferable for deletion



- Groups identifier and real-time sorting (new duplicate pairs added already sorted) (Updated 2012.04.03)



- Executable size reduced from 1302 build. (Updated 2012.04.03)

- Minor fixes (options saving, folder browsing)

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News / Version 1.6.4 released

« on: February 25, 2012, 18:18:36 »

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• Sonogram analysis released
  
  
  
  
  
  
• QuickTime decoder has fully functional tags parsing scheme
  
  
• Fixed some bugs
  
  
• SSE2 presents check
  
  
• Dutch languages added
  
  

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News / Beta version 1.6.4

« on: February 22, 2012, 19:55:59 »

Similarity 1.6.4 build 1275 Beta version

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- Sonogram analysis, it can be used to find artifacts (Beta - fully available in free version)





- Added tags parsing algorithm for QuickTime decoder.

- Fixed some bugs

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News / Version 1.6.3 released

« on: December 22, 2011, 19:36:10 »

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• Fixed Tags comparing algorithm, more correctly calculates scores for most files
  
  
• Added Export feature to Results/Analysis tab (CVS,HTML), first implementation
  
  
• Fixed some bugs
  
  

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News / Version 1.6.2 released

« on: September 06, 2011, 21:08:53 »

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• New configuration added, you can now scan only files that have same album or artist, to reduce proccesing time and to leave same song in different albums.
  
  
  
  
  
• Introduced new clicks detection mechanism, Similarity tries to count number of acoustic distortions such as clicks on vinyl discs.
  
  
  
  
  
• Fixed high contrast color scheme
  
  
• New translations: Indonesian
  
  
• Fixed crashes
  
  

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News / Version 1.6.0 released

« on: May 28, 2011, 23:10:20 »

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• New multi-thread caching mechanism what minimize locking, improvement in speed up to 2-5 times (depends on core count)
  
  
• Added OpenCL support. "Precise" algorithm now can calculated on your video card. OpenCL - is a framework for writing programs that execute across different platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors. It's support drivers for nVidia CUDA and AMD/ATI APP.
  
  
  
• Detailed logs and work threads limit count options in config
  
  
  
  (Detailed specially designed to find problems with network and scanning process, Similarity writes to log every step of working, please, if you encounter some problems enable detailed logs and send them with your issue)
  
  
• New translations: Danish and Brazilian Portuguese
  
  
• New algorithm of searching max. frequency
  
  
• New activation mechanism with online and offline activation. Premium uses should reactivate Similarity with they keys, because old activations not compatible with new.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Removed Network, at this time it unused, rewritten all remaining network algorithms.
  
  
• Fixed many issues and problems
  
  
• Fixed crashes
  
  

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News / Beta version 1.6.0

« on: April 24, 2011, 12:05:45 »

Similarity 1.6.0 build 1133 Beta version

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- New activation mechanism with online and offline activation. Premium uses should reactivate Similarity with they keys, because old activations not compatible with new.





- Removed Network, at this time it unused, rewritten all remaining network algorithms.

- Corrected files and pairs counters in context menu. Added "Clear" item to clear all results.



- Added possibility to clear ignores separately from cache.



- Many improvements in OpenCL algorithms.

- Small fixes.

Added in build 1134

- Fix with tag editing and file renaming details

- Add "Copy Tag", "Copy All" (includes fiename) to  Tag Editor dialog

- Improved OpenCL speed on AMD/ATI devices, speedup approx. 2 times

- Fully rewritten Microsoft Media Foundation Decoders (MMF), it now works in Vista too

- Fixed cache/files counter in status bar


Added in build 1136

- Fixed bugs what lead to crashes

- Fixed new MMF decoder, bug with freeze on small files and title and album swapping

- Corrected universal tag reader, it now correctly support ID3 tags ver 2.3 and 2.4


Added in build 1140

- Improved speed of new MMF decoder

- Added support of 5.1 and 7.1 surround audio to MMF,DirectShow and WMF decoders.

- Fixed some bugs