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[locust]

Could you please make a remote control command that will rate the current playing now track?

Only one button would do (I don't have 5 extra buttons and assume you don't either)

It could work by incrementing the current value of the track rating and if the value is already at five it would clear the value.

Tagging track ratings is a feature I'd much like to have blazing fast access, mostly for when using theatre view. It would be quicker than tagging the track by going though the menus. I hope you agree..

Thanks

[MrC]

See MCC_SET_CURRENTLY_PLAYING_RATING:

   http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_Core_Commands

This doesn't increment, but sets the rating to a given value.

[locust]

Thanks MrC, can I make my Microsoft Remote learn this command?

I guess I'll have to try & spare five buttons where I can..

[MrC]

I think you can teach MC to perform an action based upon the remote key press.  See Tools > Options > Remote Control > Commands.

[locust]

I can't seem anything that refers to rating. Although I did see that I can make a custom command that would run a bat file.

Is it possible to change ratings via a bat script? Maybe even possibly the way I mentioned previously with the increments?

That would be perfect because it could just run invisibly.

Thanks

[MrC]

...Edit Remote Command > Add Run, and configure to run an mc17.exe MCC command.

[locust]

Hi MrC

I'm having some trouble getting this to work. I did as you said,  I added a run with the following

Executable file name:  C:\Windows\System32\MC17.exe
Parameter: 10023,5

I did notice that my Resource.xml contained no reference of command 10023. So I added the following line

<Entry Command="10023" Text="Rating"/>

Which still didn't help

Thanks

[MrC]

The parameter would be:

 /MCC 10023,5

I'll test shortly with my laptop.

[locust]

Working Now Sorted, cushty;D

I do still hope there might be one day an incremental version of this command.

Thanks for you help MrC

[MrC]

Ok, this works fine.

Update the parameter mentioned above.

To recap:

Go to Tools > Options > Remote Control, and select Add and then Custom...
Click Add Run and enter:

   mc17.exe
   /MCC 10023,5

Give the command a name, such as Rating 5, and OK your way back to the Commands list.  Select the command, and click Start Learning.  Press the desired remote control button and MC will assign the remote code to that command.  Click Stop Learning.  OK out, and your done.