Just one week ago I bumbled into the MC27 option to use a 10-star rating system… When did that happen!? As a very long time user of this program, I cannot believe I missed that feature being rolled out. Whenever it was… Hallelujah!
That said, it appears the 10-star field cannot be displayed in the player bar for quick rating access. Is that really the case? I can rate media with the 10-star system in the detail track list in the lower window, but cannot do it via quick access in the player bar? Say it ain't so! Hopefully somebody can tell me how to tweak this or that to get it working, but if not, I am devastated. I've been waiting for a 10-star (or 5-star with half-stars) rating system for 15 years, but without player bar quick access, its utility is severely diminished.
I've already converted the songs I had previously rated (~ 20,000) to the new rating system (1 -> 2, 2 -> 4, 3 -> 6... etc.) and thanks to MC's phenomenal tagging capability that took all of one minute. I still have a couple thousand tracks that have never been rated, and for the foreseeable future I will be tweaking the converted ratings, as that is kind of the whole point of a more discreet rating system… Right? The distribution of song ratings is a quintessential bell curve - over half of my library is rated 3 stars, while the other ratings tail off precipitously to either side of the big bell. I imagine this is true for most people. With 10 stars, songs I previously rated from 2 to 4 can now be fine-tuned with values from 3 to 9, so having quick and easy access to edit the ratings is paramount. Plus, I really like having the stars displayed on the player bar! I now just show the stars numeric equivalent (i.e., Rating: 7/10) since I am unable to figure out how to display the 10-stars directly.
Oh magnificent and generous keepers of all things MC, have I persuaded you to add this functionality yet? I am not too proud to beg… Please please please please please, oh please... add this capability. I thank you for your indulgence.