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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mark_h on June 04, 2005, 03:52:42 am

Title: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: mark_h 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

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: KingSparta on June 04, 2005, 05:25:17 am

Quote

Can MC's Ratings field be extended?

No

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: AndromAK 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

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: Alex B on June 04, 2005, 11:03:00 am

Quote from: AndromAK 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

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

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: KingSparta on June 04, 2005, 11:25:43 am

As AndromAK Said, But you will not see the stars

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: AndromAK 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:

(http://perso.wanadoo.fr/andromak/images/misc/rating.jpg)

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...

Title: Re: Change Ratings from 5 star to 6, 7, 8...?
Post by: groovedaddy 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?