Discussion of v1.1.15’s changes to handling of rating field in ID3v2, [posts #6–13 split from final release thread] Options

[someone8]

Previously, I always used a rating scheme which also incorporates one decimal place (mostly .5). But after the recent rating tag change

■ ID3v2: “rating” tags now compatible with Windows Media Player (beta 2).

, my old habit can't be realized anymore, as only the number without the decimal places is saved (to assure WMP compatibility). However, if write a "6" (or any higher number) in the rating tag with foobar, it is saved but will never be compatible with WMP. So can the developers please enable the possibility to save floating numbers again, and only write WMP compatible rating tags, if the written rating is [1 2 3 4 5]? This would help me a lot, because I wouldn't have to modify my whole music library to use a custom rating tag or switching to a [1 2 3 ... 10] (from a [1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 ... 5]) rating.

Thanks in advance!

[Emerelle]

+1 for the suggestion to make TXXX rating tags an option. I hate the fact I cannot see my ratings anywhere else than foobar now.

[shakey_snake]

+1 for the suggestion to make TXXX rating tags an option. I hate the fact I cannot see my ratings anywhere else than foobar now.

What other software do you use that you are having issues with?

Apparently not WMP?

This post has been edited by shakey_snake: Sep 27 2012, 13:51