The problem might be bigger than you think. In the current SqueezeCenter release (7.1) there is no way for a user to change a rating via SqueezeCenter or one of the remote controls. All ratings stored in the SqueezeCenter database is imported during scanning, there is no event in any interface to catch a changed rating during scanning to trigger an external application.
However, there are two third party plugins that makes it possible for end users to change ratings directly from SqueezeCenter: - iTunes Update - TrackStat The TrackStat plugin sets the rating in the SqueezeCenter database and also generates a custom CLI notification. At the moment it doesn't generate a standard CLI event when a rating is changed, but it is possible to hook into it by listening on the custom TrackStat specific CLI notification. The iTunes Update plugin sets the rating both in the SqueezeCenter database and in the iTunes database. I don't think it currently generates any event which you can hook into with a third party application/plugin. There is an 'enhancement request #142' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142) which is currently scheduled for SqueezeCenter 7.3 which is going to add ability to change rating and generate standard CLI notification. The first thing I think you will need to decide is if you want to write to the music files based on scanned ratings or only based on ratings changed by the user in SqueezeCenter. The second thing you will need to decide is if a TrackStat specific solution will be good enough or if you like to wait for enhancment #142 go get a standardized notification to listen to. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/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=50697 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
