Hi, Is there any way i can add ratings to my music files quickly and easily with mp3tag? E.g. 3 stars Im not after anything cryptic, just a a straight up 1-5 rating Thanks

[image] sadsack5000: I guess i was hoping to use mp3tag as a substitute for a true player/manager software hence i was looking to rate my music directly. If you want to use MP3tag for the time being, then you are free to do whatever you want. Create a column for the field and value %populari…

Here is a thread on a similar topic: [image] Rating and PopMeter as column in Mp3tag listview Support Column Definition for RATING [#16] Value=$if2(%RATING WINAMP%,$if2(%RATING WMP%,%RATING MM%)) Field= sort=$left($replace($if2(%RATING WINAMP%,$if2(%RATING WMP%,%RATING MM%…

yowzer! Thanks but im just after something very easy for lamens like me to use for ratings. I guess mp3tag does have that feature out of the box

The problem is not so much MP3tag but the target player. See the help on the supported fields and esp. the field POPULARIMETER: [image] Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structur…

It also depends on the file format. If your files happen to be FLAC (Vorbis Comments), then the tag is RATING and you can use a simple rating of 1-5 digits as you require. Should be supported by UPnP servers/players. On portable and car players, support for "advanced" tags is often hit-and-miss - yo…

Understood, I've read a few threads actually about the different formats used by different players. Its a minefield and to be frank i haven't decided upon a player, at least for my PC, yet. I was using MusicBee but it incessantly corrupted my files and i had to fix them over and over again with mp3…

Thats a good idea thankyou @ohrenkino Ratings are clearly a minefield... well ID3 tagging is a minefield in general but i think this is a good idea to rate my music in MP3tag until i select a library software. Unfortunately there are always concessions trying to get different software packages to p…

Easy way to Rate Music?

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ohrenkino February 17, 2020, 4:00pm 2

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