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Old May 1st, 2004
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Hi

Each of the files that you see in your search has been coded/hashed by the program to reflect the tag it has, (that's the name of the file and various other details) this is not the actual visible file name that you see.

If any of that file tag has been changed, even by one letter, the prog rehashes it to give it a different code/hash. That's why you see files that appear to be the same, having the same name, but in fact the tag has been changed at some point, so it's got different hash.

In most players, you can see the difference when you play the file. Sometimes you see that the file is named 'file 1', but when you play it, the player sees it as 'Track 1'. What the player sees is the 'Tag'.

The file 'Tag' can be changed with most players but I only change file tags when it's really bad or misleading. For instance, I always change them when it's tagged with 'Track 1' etc.

Does that sound complex.. I hope I didn't confuse you?
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