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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: Bentley on November 11, 2012, 10:04:09 am

Title: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: Bentley on November 11, 2012, 10:04:09 am
Thank you JRiver for developing such an excellent media player.

I am curious to know if it is possible to have separate ratings values for albums and then for the individual tracks which make up the album.

As it is now, if I choose to give an album a rating the program (inaccurately) goes ahead and assigns that value to each track on the album.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: 221bBS on November 11, 2012, 10:49:31 am
Tools > Option > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields > Add New Field

Name the new field, like "Rating (Ablum)"
Set "Data Type" to "Interger"
Set "Relational" to "Store one value for each album"
Set "Edit Type" to "Five Stars"
Set "Acceptable Values" to "1;2;3;4;5"
Optional, Check the "Save in file tags (when possible)"
Optional, Set "Search keywords" to something easy to remember, maybe like "ra="
Click "OK"

Now add the new field to your views.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: ralphberner on November 11, 2012, 11:19:02 am
Thats Great.

Is ist possible to calculate the album rating as the average from the ratings of the tracks from the album?  ::)
I got that idea when i saw there is a expression editor.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: 221bBS on November 11, 2012, 12:17:06 pm
You can use

Code: [Select]
Mid(★★★★★,0,[rating])
in the thumbnail text area of an album view.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: Bentley on November 12, 2012, 01:45:11 am
221bbs Thank You!

I have followed your instructions and now have the ability to assign separate values for albums and tracks - that's just great man!

(http://s11.postimage.org/hq1ork2qr/2012_11_12_1_40_03_AM.png)

Also, the new Album Rating field and corresponding values are being save in the files ID Tags - Brilliant!

(http://s14.postimage.org/itays810h/2012_11_12_2_18_57_AM.png)

One problem remaining:  At this point I am not able to filter through my library using these new values.

(http://s16.postimage.org/p2icfp6rp/2012_11_12_2_29_34_AM.png)

Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: MrC on November 12, 2012, 01:58:17 am
Try restarting MC.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: Bentley on November 12, 2012, 02:27:25 am
On "restarting the program" Negative.   The new values are assigned to the files but still no ability to filter.
Title: Re: Improvement of ratings system for audio
Post by: MrC on November 12, 2012, 02:48:08 am
It's working fine here, so I took a long shot guess.