# No support for reading windows explorer ratings in m4a / mp4? **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-support-for-reading-windows-explorer-ratings-in-m4a-mp4/15671 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-support-for-reading-windows-explorer-ratings-in-m4a-mp4/15671 "2014-04-20T20:42:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![MrSinatra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/mrsinatra/32/5574_2.png) [@MrSinatra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrSinatra) #### Post date: [March 3, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-support-for-reading-windows-explorer-ratings-in-m4a-mp4/15671/12 "2018-03-03T01:25:12Z")
I'll take a stab at it. I have 85k files or so. I rate songs bc it can be helpful to find what I want to play, esp within given genre[s]. I have a background in radio so I settled on this: 1 star = crap, shit, I hate it. 2 stars = neutral, not worth playing. 3 stars = i kinda like it, want to hear it 25% of the time. 4 stars = I like it, want to hear it 33% of the time. 5 stars = I love it, want to hear it 42% of the time. Think of the percents as representative of a given hour. Ratings are very useful for reminding u and letting u find things quickly. In apps like winamp u can sort by ratings and make playlists based on them, and even use math equations to create playlists based on the percents I mentioned above, (a user can set any percent, those are just the ones I use) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-support-for-reading-windows-explorer-ratings-in-m4a-mp4/15671)._