iTunes does not read or write Rating values from/to file tags at all. Its rating values are stored only in the database.
Hi, it seems that iTunes is writing rating info into file tags. Pls see below the iTunes sample I got:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8' standalone="yes"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Application Version</key><string>7.6.1</string>
<key>Tracks</key>
<dict>
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<key>4938</key>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>9877</integer>
<key>Name</key><string>Volume 14 - Promotion</string>
<key>Artist</key><string>Dasyati</string>
<key>Album</key><string>YTMND Soundtrack - Promotions</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Promotions</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>MPEG audio file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>1131520</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>58000</integer>
<key>Track Number</key><integer>11</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>Sun Mar 15 02:48:35 2009</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>Sun Mar 15 02:48:35 2009</date>
<key>Play Date</key><integer>1237504766</integer>
<key>Play Date UTC</key><date>Fri Mar 20 00:19:26 2009</date>
<key>Bitrate</key><integer>128</integer>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>3</integer>
<key>Rating</key><integer>100</integer>
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/D:/Music/Internets/YTMND%20Soundtrack%20-%20Promotions/YTMND%20Soundtrack%20-%20Promotions%20-%2011%20-%20Dasyati%20-%20Volume%2014%20-%20Promotion.mp3</string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>-1</integer>
</dict>
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</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
I would be interested in adding some extra tags to my JRiver tags in order to make my MP3 iTunes compatible. In particular following 3 tags:
<key>Rating</key><integer>100</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>Sun Mar 15 02:48:35 2009</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>Sun Mar 15 02:48:35 2009</date>
<key>Play Count</key><integer>3</integer>If this is possible, then I would use the copy & paste tool of JRiver in order to update the tags.
Do you see this possible?
Cheers