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mark_h

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Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« on: June 04, 2005, 03:52:42 am »

Can MC's Ratings field be extended? 

I find the granularity of 5 stars too restrictive for my rating method and would like to extend it.  Currently I have added a new field to my library (Favourite Track) which would be better suited as a 6th star rating (if only to then simplify my later smartlists which work on Rating).

Thanks,

Mark
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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2005, 05:25:17 am »

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Can MC's Ratings field be extended?

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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2005, 10:28:22 am »

You can create a new rating field.

go to Tools / Options.../Library

Then Click Add

in Name tape Rating2
in Data choose Integer

Now in a view scheme, you can add a Rating2 column (Customize current view)

Firt Times you want to edit this field, you will have to type 1,2,3,...10,etc... yourself. Next times you will be able to choose values in a drop down list
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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2005, 11:03:00 am »

You can create a new rating field.

go to Tools / Options.../Library

Then Click Add

in Name tape Rating2
in Data choose Integer

Now in a view scheme, you can add a Rating2 column (Customize current view)

Firt Times you want to edit this field, you will have to type 1,2,3,...10,etc... yourself. Next times you will be able to choose values in a drop down list

I have made an album rating field using that system. Here's a screenshot:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=24042.msg167777#msg167777
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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2005, 11:25:43 am »

As AndromAK Said, But you will not see the stars


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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2005, 05:43:03 am »

There is a way to display the * character instead of stars, but it is a little bit laborious because there is no 'for()' structure to use:

after having created the Rating2 field as shown before,

in Customize Current View...
chose Add.../Advanced Expression in Columns to Show

in Name, type Rating

and in Expression, type:


If(IsEqual([Rating2],1,2),*,If(IsEqual([Rating2],2,2),**,If(IsEqual([Rating2],3,2),***,
If(IsEqual([Rating2],4,2),****,If(IsEqual([Rating2],5,2),*****,If(IsEqual([Rating2],6,2),******,
If(IsEqual([Rating2],7,2),*******,If(IsEqual([Rating2],8,2),********,If(IsEqual([Rating2],9,2),*********,
If(IsEqual([Rating2],10,2),**********,No Rating))))))))))


Now the display is like this:



I hope it could help.

Note: It would be nice to display picture in expressions (?) in the future.
Something like :
Image("d:\path_to_picture\image.jpg")
As expressions here are only things to display, why not?
It would be useful to display stars here, or cover art, or anything else...
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Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2005, 06:18:39 am »

I don't mean to kick a dead horse here, but I believe there is a way using ID3v2 standards: the Popularimeter frame. It offers up to 10 rating options.

In addition to MC, I use Helium because it lets me get in there and do some advance mp3 tagging. One of the things I like about it is that they use this ratings standard.

Any shot that the good folks at JRiver could give us users the ability to determine whether we want to use this standard frame or not? Perhaps some more robust mp3 tagging power?
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