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Cmely

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How to rate an album, not a track ?
« on: April 11, 2018, 03:54:24 am »

Hello :)

I would like to know if it is possible to rate a complete album at once (rather than having to rate each track independently)?
And if 'yes', how  ;) ?

Thank you for your help.

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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2018, 11:03:50 am »

You will want to create a custom "Album Rating" tag, and use a view that groups tracks by album. Then you can just select the album (which selects all of the tracks automatically) and edit the Album Rating tag you just created.
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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2018, 12:40:40 pm »

Then you can just select the album (which selects all of the tracks automatically) and edit the Album Rating tag you just created.

Would that apply the same rating to all tracks though? If so, it defeats the purpose of Album Rating where an album might rate as a 5-star but some of its tracks could rate a 4-star for example.
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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2018, 12:42:11 pm »

Would that apply the same rating to all tracks though? If so, it defeats the purpose of Album Rating where an album might rate as a 5-star but some of its tracks could rate a 4-star for example.

Make it a relational field and select:
Store one value for each album
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Cmely

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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2018, 01:36:54 am »

Thank you, I'm going to check that :)

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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2018, 10:03:26 am »

Thank you, I'm going to check that :)

If you figured it out can you please give me a step by step?
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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2018, 08:27:16 am »

I have the same album rating field. Its very straightforward.

  • Create a new User Field (Tools -> Options -> Library and Folders -> Manage Library Field)
  • Name the field Album Rating (or however you like)
  • Data Type: Integer, Relational: Store one value for each Album, Edit Type: Five Stars
  • Check Save in file tags if you want that

No you can access a five stare rating album field in all the usual places. Bonus points, make an Album view that looks fancy: Go to you preferred Album View. Look above the Album covers you see a tab symbol, probably named "Albums" or something, with an arrow pointing down. click it and select "Thumbnail text". Then copy and paste the following:

Code: [Select]
<b><font color="5555BB">[Album Artist]<//font>
<font color="AAAAFF">[Name] [[Date]] <//font><//b>
<font color="DDDD00">Mid(★★★★★, 0, [Album Rating])<//font>

Attached screenshot shows how the result looks
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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2018, 11:44:39 am »

I have the same album rating field. Its very straightforward.

  • Create a new User Field (Tools -> Options -> Library and Folders -> Manage Library Field)
  • Name the field Album Rating (or however you like)
  • Data Type: Integer, Relational: Store one value for each Album, Edit Type: Five Stars
  • Check Save in file tags if you want that
No you can access a five stare rating album field in all the usual places. Bonus points, make an Album view that looks fancy: Go to you preferred Album View. Look above the Album covers you see a tab symbol, probably named "Albums" or something, with an arrow pointing down. click it and select "Thumbnail text". Then copy and paste the following:

Code: [Select]
<b><font color="5555BB">[Album Artist]<//font>
<font color="AAAAFF">[Name] [[Date]] <//font><//b>
<font color="DDDD00">Mid(★★★★★, 0, [Album Rating])<//font>

Attached screenshot shows how the result looks
Very Nice....thanks
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Re: How to rate an album, not a track ?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2018, 12:16:22 pm »

thanks also from my side. Is there any chance to see it in Album view on the iPad with JRemote?
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