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Fred1

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How to rate songs with keyboard?
« on: March 09, 2023, 05:55:51 am »

Hi,

i'd like to rate my songs (set the stars) by using the keyboard instead of clicking with the mouse. I couldn't find a way to do this in the Mac version of MediaCenter.

I'm on a M1 MacBook Pro Max 16", if this matters.

Thanks for your help!
Fred
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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2023, 06:00:25 am »

Try using the arrow keys (OSD) in Theater View's Playing Now.  Down arrow to get to rating, left and right to rate the track.
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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2023, 07:27:49 am »

On Windows there is a shortcut to rate currently playing file with ctrl-shift-1 to 5. Not sure if there is Mac equivalent though
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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2023, 08:32:59 am »

Thanks for your answers.

I forgot to say that i'm an audio-only user, so Theater View is not the way to go for me.

On the Mac, modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl, Option, Cmd) plus the number keys don't seem to work.

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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2023, 08:57:15 am »

Theater View is great for audio.  Give it a try.
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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2023, 09:16:37 am »

No, sorry, that's not the way for me to go.

I have a long list with songs (about 10,000) and would like to rate the songs with a little help from my Countour Design Shuttle Pro, where i would map some keys to the respecting ratings. Other keys are used for skipping forward, backward etc. The scroll-wheel moves fast within the songs.

In the old days, i remember (i'm a very dated user of Media Center), there was a file where you could map the keys to your liking. But i can't find that file any more and can't remember its name, too.
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Re: How to rate songs with keyboard?
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2023, 09:19:34 am »

Take a look at the DevZone (link at the bottom).
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