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perivar / FindSimilar

An audio fingerprinting utility that search a directory of audio samples and then lets you find similiarties by id or by dropping an audio file onto the gui
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FindSimilar Audio Search Utility utilising MFCC methods README

Per Ivar Nerseth, 2014 perivar@nerseth.com

FindSimilar. Version 1.0.11. Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Per Ivar Nerseth.

Usage: FindSimilar.exe

Arguments: -scandir=<scan directory path and create audio fingerprints - ignore existing files> -match= -matchid=

Optional Arguments: -gui -resetdb <clean database, used together with scandir> -num= -percentage=0.x -type= kl =Kullback Leibler Divergence/ Distance (default) dtw =Dynamic Time Warping - Euclidean dtwe =Dynamic Time Warping - Euclidean dtwe2 =Dynamic Time Warping - Squared Euclidean dtwman =Dynamic Time Warping - Manhattan dtwmax =Dynamic Time Warping - Maximum ucrdtw =Dynamic Time Warping - UCR Suite (fast) Or use the distance method directly: -kl <Use Kullback Leibler Divergence/ Distance (default)> -dtw <Use Dynamic Time Warping - Euclidean> -dtwe <Use Dynamic Time Warping - Euclidean> -dtwe2 <Use Dynamic Time Warping - Squared Euclidean> -dtwman <Use Dynamic Time Warping - Manhattan> -dtwmax <Use Dynamic Time Warping - Maximum> -ucrdtw <Use Dynamic Time Warping - UCR Suite (fast)>

    -? or -help=show this usage help>

Normal Steps are:

  1. Scan Directory FindSimilar.exe -scandir="path/to/audiosamples/dir" -resetdb

  2. Optional - Scan more directories FindSimilar.exe -scandir="path/to/another_audiosamples/dir"

  3. Use either command prompt utility FindSimilar.exe -match="path/to/audiosample.wav|mp3|flac|wma|etc" or FindSimilar.exe -matchid=4

  4. Or use GUI client FindSimilar.exe -gui