# how to add rating tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729 "2010-01-19T01:19:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/1 "2010-01-19T01:19:01Z")
hello,
using search i can't seem to find out how to add rating tags to my files. can anyone point me to where i can find step by step instruction on adding a rating tag to my music files....and how to view the rating as one of my columns.
thanks
tom
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/2 "2010-01-19T05:22:03Z")
> [@tomx2](#):
>
> hello,
> .and how to view the rating as one of my columns.
>
> thanks
> tom
First: only WMP accepts rating tags - iTunes stores them locally in a database on the PC.
Then: Add the column %rating wmp% to your columns
Then you may follow the instructions of the MP3Tag help: either add a number between 0 and 255 or asterisks just like in WMP.
WMP has to reread the tracks to see the effects of the rating.
In iTunes nothing of your work will be displayed.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/3 "2010-01-19T06:25:34Z")
Use only the values 1-5 for %rating wmp% (as written in the help)
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/4 "2010-01-19T17:24:46Z")
thanks for the help!
i looked at the help files (before and after) i posted and i don't see this info in "help\> Configuration\>tags". what am i missing? also after adding the column "%rating wmp%" i see the column, but when i add a value for a track such as "4" or "\*\*\*\*" it does not save to the column (in other words the column remains empty).
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/5 "2010-01-20T05:52:06Z")
> [@tomx2](#):
>
> thanks for the help!
> i looked at the help files (before and after) i posted and i don't see this info in "help\> Configuration\>tags". what am i missing?
You are missing the right page: /help/main\_tags.html ("Names and mapping of ID3v2/WMA/MP4 tag fields")
And while you are at it: please check if you only read the tag or also rewrite it. So fill in the name, the value with the variable %rating wmp% and also the field with %rating wmp%.
And if that still does not work, we will have to have a look at the type of tags you have in your files - the classic foe is APE. If you have APE tags remove them first. Otherwise no MP3 tags will be stored
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### Author:  [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/6 "2010-01-21T00:19:55Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> So fill in the name, the value with the variable %rating wmp% and also the field with %rating wmp%.
thanks that did it. i didn't have the value set. can anyone tell me the difference between %Rating MM% & %rating wmp% ? and which might be a better option or most compatable? (i'm using wmp 11).
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### Author:  [@fuzi1968](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fuzi1968)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/7 "2010-01-21T05:44:52Z")
I think it's a bigger problem - if you want it compatible.
You have to know that the _sh.._ ID3 format has defined that a file can have multiple ratings.
When you read chapter 4.17 Popularimeter
[http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames](http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames)
then you see that the format it "per email address" - which means that you have to display multiple columns - one column for each email address.
WMP uses a specific email address. MM might use another one - don't know it yet.
The values are from 0-255 - and 5 might be 255, 4 = ? .. and so on ... don't know it yet.
I hope that helps to understand that _sh.._.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/8 "2010-01-21T07:12:46Z")
If you use WMP then take %rating wmp%
And you can skip what pueblo funky wrote as %rating wmp% already takes care of all that stuff.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-rating-tag/9729/9 "2026-02-09T12:22:06Z")