Enhancement Request - Avoid downloading duplicate/similar images

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Not sure if I should request this or not, because some might argue that it
is up to htbackdrops to remove similar/duplicate images. Also I think it
may be a little beyond the scope of this plugin, however I'll post this
request so it can be considered in the future.

Currently the plugin often downloads the same image multiple times, because
either the same image is duplicated on htbackdrops, or the same image is
present in multiple resolutions. Anyways there are free tools that can
analyse the jpegs and remove duplicates. Maybe this can be integrated into
a future version perhaps?

Here are some similar image analysis programs
http://www.crown-s-soft.com/sifinder.htm
http://www.abc-view.com/articles/article3.html
http://www.mindgems.com/products/VS-Duplicate-Image-Finder/VSDIF-About.htm

The plugin would either choose the version with the highest resolution or
prompt the user to choose which version (s)he wants to use, then it would
have to tell the plugin not redownload that image in the future.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kiwijung...@gmail.com on 25 Jan 2010 at 11:42

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Original comment by markus_e...@telia.com on 26 Jan 2010 at 7:18

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Hi,

I have decide not to implement this into the plugin. This would be a nice 
separate 
plugin (setup a folders that the plugin monitors and removes duplicates in). 

best regards
cul8er

Original comment by markus_e...@telia.com on 8 Feb 2010 at 5:26

• Changed state: WontFix