Sune;275304 Wrote: > > Is this to be expected - that ratings made in iTunes cannot be seen in > TrackStat? Or have I configured something wrong? > Yes, it is expected, the different plugins provide the following functionality.
1. iTunes Integration in SqueezeCenter: - Copies rating from iTunes to SqueezeCenter during a SqueezeCenter scanning, these won't overwrite the ratings already set with TrackStat but will overwrite ratings set in SqueezeCenter. There is no way to change ratings from SqueezeCenter with the standard iTunes integration provided with SqueezeCenter, ratings can only be changed in iTunes/iPod in this scenario. 2. iTunes Update: - Makes it possible to change ratings in SqueezeCenter and transfer these to iTunes. Also retrieves ratings for the currently playing track from iTunes when looking at the iTunes Update plugin menu page. The retrieved ratings do not overwrite ratings already set in TrackStat, but do overwrite ratings stored in SqueezeCenter. 3. TrackStat without Custom Scan: - Makes it possible to change ratings in SqueezeCenter and store these so they survive a SqueezeCenter rescan. 4. TrackStat with Custom Scan and configured iTunes Statistics Import - Same as 3 but also makes it possible to import ratings changed in iTunes into SqueezeCenter during scanning so these ratings also are transfered to TrackStat. The reason we have this mess is mainly that there barely is any support for ratings in standard SqueezeCenter and plugins tries to offer more support in different ways. The plugins need to work individually but also together, this makes it a bit complex to get a good situation with the limited base support in SqueezeCenter for ratings. If you are looking for one-way rating support where ratings are only changed in SqueezeCenter, I would go with option 2 and additionally also option 3 if you like to be able to browse statistics in SqueezeCenter. If you are looking for two-way rating support where ratings are changed in both SqueezeCenter and iTunes and don't need the ability to browse statistics in SqueezeCenter, I would go with option 2. If you are looking for two-way rating support where ratings are changed in both SqueezeCenter and iTunes and you need the ability to browse statistics in SqueezeCenter, I would go with option 2 together with option 4. To make the situation even more complex there is a fifth option provided by TrackStat through a Custom Scan scanning module called "iTunes Statistics Export". That option is a replacement for iTunes Update if SqueezeCenter and iTunes are running on different computers. For example if iTunes is running on Windows and SqueezeCenter on linux. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44114 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
