Choose a folder in automatic marking for deletion

[abdu]

I would like to choose a folder in automatic marking for deletion.

Example: I have two folders, 'folder 1' & 'folder 2' which contain many duplicates. I would like to be able to tell Similarity to choose 'folder 2' when it deletes  the duplicates. Think of 'folder 1' being the master folder. When the deletion is complete I can then copy the rest of the files (merge) from 'folder 2' into 'folder 1'.

I am not sure if this feature is supported. If not, please add it.

[hsei]

I agree in part to that proposal.
Having a master folder (better: master tree) and deleting automatically all duplicates in a candidate folder is for me not an optimal idea, since the candidate file might be of better quality. There is an option in the full version where  the frequency content is evaluated. It's not perfect but gives reasonable hints in most cases. Having the option to keep the better one and to eventually replace the file in the master tree would be very helpful (just swapping files to have the better one in the master would practically do the same). The full version has the option to form groups of directory trees which is one step in that direction. But at the moment it seems to me that the candidates for deletion are chosen more or less arbitrarily, so I have to go through the duplicate lists manually.
Moving (merging) the residual (non-similar) files from a candidate directory to the master directory is a single drag and drop in the explorer. I doubt that it is worth the effort to add that to the similarity program.

[abdu]

What do you mean the candidates for deletion are chosen arbitrarily? I thought you can choose a criteria like bitrate. It keeps the file with the highest bitrate and deletes the lower ones. Does it do that?

The merging and moving of files is done through file explorer. That's what I meant when I said 'I can then copy...'.

[abdu]

The results page doesn't make sense to me. Each file is in bold and then the duplicates are indented. Indented based on what? It's not bitrate because sometimes the bold one is of a higher bitrate and sometimes it's lower. File size? random? That's why I am saying to show the auto markings in the free version because I don't know if auto marking works the way I like. Until I know how it works I don't want to get the premium one.

[Admin]

The results page doesn't make sense to me. Each file is in bold and then the duplicates are indented. Indented based on what? It's not bitrate because sometimes the bold one is of a higher bitrate and sometimes it's lower. File size? random? That's why I am saying to show the auto markings in the free version because I don't know if auto marking works the way I like. Until I know how it works I don't want to get the premium one.

Please, read article: Working with groups in Similarity - about rearranging groups in Premium subscription.