# Rating Tag of Songbird
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 14, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928 "2009-02-14T05:27:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@wandererm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wandererm)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928/1 "2009-02-14T05:27:15Z")
[http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=9084](http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9084)
After 1.1.1, Songbird is able to write Rating into tag.
it uses "TXXX:rating", and value range: 0-5.
Would Mp3tag support this soon?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928/2 "2009-02-14T08:22:03Z")
It's already supported (though a POPM frame would be the right place for storing this information in ID3v2 -- which is also supported by Mp3tag).
Just have a look at the extended tags dialog [Alt+T] and add a new column to the file list via View \> Columns... or a new field to the Tag Panel via Options \> Tag Panel.
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### Author:  [@wandererm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wandererm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928/3 "2009-02-17T01:02:23Z")
Thanks for replying.
Songbird Reads TXXX:rating, but Mp3tag writes TXXX:RATING.
And values entered should be limit in 0-5.
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### Author:  [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928/4 "2009-02-17T02:14:03Z")
A kludgy solution:
Add the new field "Rating" to the tag panel, find the file _%APPDATA%\Mp3tag\data\usrfields.ini_ and edit the _value=RATING_ line to read _value=rating_.
Careful when editing – this file seems to be UTF-8 encoded, with a BOM. Use an appropriate editor.
If you now enter/modify the rating value _only_ via the tag panel at the left, _never_ with the column view editor, you’ll succeed writing _TXXX:rating_ tags… 🕶
**Then again, you might cry out loud at the Songbird forums and ask them to support [POPM](http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#head-2452ec9cf8b42c5c117b518b69e129ff67970852)! It’s of no use if everybody invent their own tags.**
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-tag-of-songbird/7928/5 "2009-02-17T21:30:15Z")
> [@Moonbase](#):
>
> Then again, you might cry out loud at the Songbird forums and ask them to support [POPM](http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#head-2452ec9cf8b42c5c117b518b69e129ff67970852)! It’s of no use if everybody invent their own tags.
I can only support this.
Especially, differentiating between rating and RATING will result in a number of different problems. Additionally, it's very unlikely that one single application out there will support an input restriction on a user-defined frame.