# Is there a column for "rating"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140 "2020-03-12T00:19:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/1 "2020-03-12T00:19:38Z")
The reason I ask, I would like to use this mp3tag program to work with my music files, it's so much faster than slow windows explorer.
With mp3tag, I am able to sort by artist, by album etc. But, what I am looking for is a column to rate my songs, so that I can take the highest songs and make a playlist out of them. Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/2 "2020-03-12T05:39:23Z")
A look at the help would solve most of the problems:
Which field would be used for rating? See [Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping)
How to create a column: see [File List – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/file-list)
How to get a list of files with a particular rating see the filter: [Filter and Search – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter)
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/3 "2020-03-15T17:32:39Z")
Thank you- I am not that good with computer mapping, but was able to create a customized "rating" column. I would like to rate the songs from 1 to 5 stars. I don't think I selected the correct RatingMM method. I made a screen shot to show you.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/4 "2020-03-15T17:47:17Z")
Looks OK to me.
Doesn't it work?
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/5 "2020-03-16T17:10:43Z")
I posted an example of what I am looking at- below you can see the song "Big Sleeper" I ranked as 5, but there is no field at the left of the screen that shows that rating. Perhaps all the fields on the left side of the screen are fixed? Also, I was hoping it would show 5 stars, but I'll take a 5.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/6 "2020-03-16T17:38:02Z")
> [@chrob61](#):
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> there is no field at the left of the screen that shows that rating
Customization is the buzzword here.
See the help on the options for the tag panel:
> **[Tag Panel – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel/)**
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> Customization options for the Tag Panel, including adding, removing, hiding, and rearranging of fields. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Also, try to right-click into the grey area of the tag panel to open the customization dialogues directly.
See this thread on how to show numbers as stars in the rating column:
> [@Column Script to Show POPM Ratings as "Stars"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/column-script-to-show-popm-ratings-as-stars/11806):
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> Hello folks, The latest version of Winamp (5.61) adds an option to store Mp3 ratings in the POPM tag in files. Since Mp3tag supports this field, I decided to add a custom column that would display the ratings properly. I wrote a script, but it turned into a monster (453 characters!). Perhaps someone here can help me simplify the logic in this and other scripts that use regular expressions to compare values. The attached screen shot shows the raw data in the center and the script output on t…
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/7 "2020-03-18T16:49:09Z")
In case anyone wants to know more about this, I have found that Windows Explorer is a very clunky method with which to review your music files. I have been able to use mp3 tag to organize albums, get album artwork, etc. I have found it to be a great help.
Now I am in the process of "whittling down" all my music files. I have been a victim of downloading entire albums which bloat my collection. In all reality, there are usually only 3-5 songs per album that I want to keep. That is where the star rating comes in.
It would be nice to right click on a song, play- windows media player pops up- and if the song is a "keeper", then I can simply rate it using the rating column, if I can ever figure out how to get it to work!!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/8 "2020-03-18T16:58:03Z")
Before you start rating your tracks ...
check first which player actually adopts the ratings found in a file.
I know that iTunes does not.
I am not sure about WMP.
And then, if you rate files in a player ... does it write that information back to the files so that you can recycle that information?
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/9 "2020-03-18T18:51:49Z")
I have totally disassociated with itunes! We are in the midst of a messy divorce LOL!
Since their refusal to support the ipod classic, I have since gone to the sandisk mp3 player and have kept all my music files on my computer and use the window media player to playback music. I can perhaps rate my songs in media player, I just thought it would be a nice feature if mp3 tag also let me do that. I will check to see if the rating in WMP carries over to windows explorer.
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### Author:  [@chrob61](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrob61)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/10 "2020-03-19T16:36:46Z")
Update- unfortunately when I rate a song 5 stars in Windows Media Player, the info doesn't carry over to my windows explorer file. I'll keep trying until something works!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/11 "2020-03-19T18:07:22Z")
In WMP check if the Options\>Media library settings "Keep ratings as global ratings" and "Write modifications to file" helps you.
If not: you can create an automatic playlist with a certain rating which in return you can save as static playlist which then again can be loaded into MP3tag where you can set the stars in the files.
These ratings should then appear in the Windows Explorer.
I think there was a problem with WMP that it removes user-defined fields .... so the setting to write modifications to files should be used with care.
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### Author:  [@rossii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossii)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/12 "2022-08-22T18:54:54Z")
This thread is 2 years old but it is in the top results of google search so might help people, or maybe some people might help me to do this better.
So I found out that none of the Rating tags are any good. The problem for me is Windows11 has stopped the ability to change tags in the Windows Explorer. So I want to use mp3tag because I already use it for my tagging. So I found this thread which helped me and I found a solution.
First of all the tag that Windows shows in Explorer is called: POPULARIMETER
So I add that to the left from Options \> Tag Panel \> New and add a new one.
The problem is the value will be like this:
1 Star = 1
2 Stars = 104
3 Stars = 154
4 Stars = 205
5 Stars = 255
This is tricky to change manually, but it's good enough for me for the time being, Also, I wrote a command that you can use to translate this into a star rating on the right hand side. Right click on the top column, then Customize Columns. Then in there click new
Name = Rating
Value = if($eql(%popularimeter%,'1'),1,$if($eql(%popularimeter%,'104'),2,$if($eql(%popularimeter%,'154'),3,$if($eql(%popularimeter%,'205'),4,$if($eql(%popularimeter%,'255'),5,)))))
Field = %rating%
This will use a set of 5 nested IF statements to translate the numbers into star ratings. I would love this to be built into the software because since Windows has cocked it up, it would be nice to be able to manage them moire easily in this tool.
cant thank mp3tag devs enough for this software, it's the best \<3
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/13 "2022-08-22T19:03:12Z")
> [@rossii](#):
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> 1 Star = 1
> 2 Stars = 104
> 3 Stars = 154
> 4 Stars = 205
> 5 Stars = 255
This could also be translated with a less complicated $replace() function:
`$replace(%popularimeter%,255, *****,205,**** ,154, ***,104,** ,1,*)`
> [@rossii](#):
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> Field = %rating%
The field should be %popularimeter% - RATING is a user-defined field that probably no player reads.
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### Author:  [@rossii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossii)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/14 "2022-08-22T19:31:49Z")
> [@rossii](#):
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> Field
Hey ohrenkino. Well that Field part isn't actually what it is looking up. I think thats just used for if you want to rename files with rating in the filename etc? Not sure, but the actual field I used is in the IF statement already, which is the same one you mentioned.
Cheers for the replace code. it did work the way I had it but, the issue is the Tag Panel. Because if I want to set it to 3 stars I have to go into my saved notepad file and find out what number is 3 stars. Then write in 154. I thought since Windows11 uses this field to display the rating in explorer, then maybe the software can allow for editing of this value? I've no idea why they made it read only, M$ can really be annoying sometimes.
It would also be cool if mp3tag could migrate ratings between different standards. I don't see winamp there, so I assumed it's saved externally to the file?
If M$ just enabled write editing to this attribute it would save all this trouble.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/15 "2022-08-22T19:37:15Z")
Please have a look at the description of the field POPULARIMETER in the documentation
> **[Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/)**
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> Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Also see the description of RATING MM which says
Abstraction on `POPULARIMETER` as used in MediaMonkey. Track rating from 1 = Bad to 5 = Very good. You can also enter stars \* (and - for half stars) for rating the track. Use **Options → Tags → Advanced** to always display `POPULARIMETER` values.
So perhaps you might like to use that field in the tag panel.
In the end, all data is written to POPM.
And for the use of FIELD and VALUE in the file list see
> **[File List – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/file-list/)**
>
> Customization options for the File List, including adding, removing, hiding, and rearranging of columns. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@rossii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rossii)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/16 "2022-08-22T19:42:19Z")
MM rating doesn't show in windows explorer though. Thanks for your help. I think for now I need to find myself an easier solution. At least I can change them for the time being now using mp3tag, at least until I find an easier way. cheers
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-column-for-rating/48140/17 "2025-01-24T10:14:06Z")
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