prabbit wrote: > There's already a way to use "half star ratings" in iPeng if you have > TrackStat, and you do. It's not as slick as perhaps you'd like it, but > it's possible and I have been using "half stars" for years. Here's how: > > 1. You must be using a 1-10 scale in LMS Settings > Advanced > TrackStat > > Rating Settings > Rating scale from 1-10: Choose 1-10. (I believe the > default is 1-5). > 2. When a song is playing in iPeng (or by choosing it in some other > method), press and hold the album art until the context menu for the > song appears. Scroll down until the Rating appears. You have a scale of > 1-10 to choose from. Rate as you wish. > > Like I said, I've been doing this for years. It's more steps than I > would like, but I deal with it. > > > > Please don't. Bitte. > > > > > I use my ratings a lot like you already imagine. I have 22,000 songs in > my library. Not all of them are rated. Of the ones that are this is how > I rate them (and why). I use a 1-10 scale because 1-5 is not granular > enough for me...unless I were to completely change my scale. > > 10 (5): Songs I absolutely love. I call these my "single song repeat" > songs. That means I could put the song on single song repeat and not get > sick of listening to just that one song over and over. I have 175 songs > that are in this category. > 9 (4.5): I _really_ like these songs. They almost belong in the Single > Song Repeat category, but there's something about them that keep the > from making it over the hump. I have 492 songs rated a 9. > 8 (4): I like these songs a lot. The difference for me between a 7 > (next category) and an 8 (this one) is whether it makes it to my iPhone > or iPod. Due to space I have to be choosy. Therefore, the cut off is at > 8. > 7 (3.5): I like these songs and would like to hear them again. This is > the cut off for me as to really wanting to hear the song again versus > just not minding if the song pops up in a playlist. I build playlists > off of songs rated 7 or higher. I have more than 3500 songs in this > category. When there are that many songs it takes a while to listen to > them all. So, I have many playlists (over 30) where I combine rating > plus last played (7+ 30 Days, 8+ 60 Days, 9+ 90 Days, 10+ 180 Days, > etc.). > 6 (3): This is limbo. These are songs that I like more than a 5, but > don't rise quite to the level of making it to a 7. > 5 (2.5): Run of the mill average song. I don't have a strong opinion one > way or the other. If it comes on in a random mix, it won't catch my > attention, but I won't mind it either. Background noise. (I have some > playlists where I combine songs rated 5 not played in the last 365 days > with songs rated 7 or higher so I get a good mix of stuff I like and > stuff I haven't heard in a long time.) > 4 (2): A lot like the 3 category. The songs are just eh. > 3 (1.5): My life would be just fine if I didn't hear these songs again. > 2 (1): I never need to hear these again. > 1 (.5): If I could bring myself to delete songs from my library, I would > start with these. They suck. A lot. > > And that's just the songs I've rated. I still have thousands of songs I > haven't rated. Could I get away with a 1-5 rating scale? Maybe, but it > looks like I need at least six options.
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