# RATING DISPLAY as numbers or stars

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-display-as-numbers-or-stars/67159
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 15, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-display-as-numbers-or-stars/67159 "2025-01-15T21:14:07Z")
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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-display-as-numbers-or-stars/67159/8 "2025-01-16T18:28:04Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Where did you get

I assume he/she has it from [here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ratings-in-mp3tag-where-stored-how-to-display-1-5-star-values/64303).

One user in another forum wrote [here](https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=341103) about FMPS\_RATING, back at 2019-02-20:

> The fmps\_rating is already fully supported (read/write) by a lot of music players like Amarok, Clementine, Cantata (mpd client) Rhythmbox, Banshee etc.

~~I couldn't find a specification for it in a hurry.~~

> 2.2.1 All Rating Tags
> 
> • Ratings SHALL be a float value between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.  
> 0.0 SHALL be the lowest possible rating; 1.0 is the highest  
> possible rating.
> 
> • Ratings SHOULD only be rounded when necessary, in order to  
> increase cross-player compatibility.
> 
> 2.2.2 **FMPS\_Rating**
> 
> • The canonical rating value in FMPS\_Rating SHOULD be set  
> whenever a user rates the track. This is in addition to any  
> value stored for that particular user in FMPS\_Rating\_User. This  
> value is canonical because if a player does not support  
> multiple users (or if no user identifier is set), this is the  
> value that MUST be returned.
> 
> • If a user removes ratings from a track in the media player's  
> database, the value of the FMPS\_Rating tag SHOULD be cleared as  
> well.

From the specification starting at [Line 235](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/blob/media-player/media-player/specification.txt#L235).

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