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No, Audio mode works the same way.
Disabling or caching metadata is something planned for version 6.

The states can be presets for scanning, but they can also be complete saved scans (including marked files, etc).

-Remember to Backup first -On the Scan Location tab, add the two input folders. -Set the two folders to Find duplicates->External only -Set one of the two folders to 'Show remaining/unique files' to 'Yes'. -Scan (regular mode, same content). -In the results, the 'Remaining/unique files' tab will sho...

The Scan folder contains the currently active scan
The States folder contains the saved states (You'll see the files have the name gived to the saved state).

You can't currently turn off Metadata in Video mode. You can read without metadata using Regular mode, but this will hash the entire file, not just the video portion.

You can create your own scan presets and saved states using the load and save function on the Home tab. To export everything including caches, saved scans, virtual folders, etc, look at copying the contents of this folder:- C:\Users\[Your User Name]\AppData\Roaming\DigitalVolcano\DuplicateCleaner\ N...

It doesn't compare the metadata but it does read it in order to display it in the results. (e.g. it always displays the length (duration)

All this does is add the folder name to the 'Scan location' list. It doesn't move the folder. It's more likely that you've dragged the folder to another location in the file explorer before you dropped it in DC. Have a look though the file explorer folders to search for it (try searching for file na...

Scanning inside zip/archive files has a massive impact on the scan speed, as it has to unzip each file to scan it (assuming you are doing a content scan). That's why it's off by default. Once the hashes are cached for the zip things will be faster.

This could be due to the DPI setting in the Images. Which program version are you using? Are you using the thumbnail mode, the Preview column, or the Image Preview Window?