Foobar2000 - star rating system?

Nanoman

Nanoman

Nanoman

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Hi,

Installed Foobar2000 last night and its awesome! Much better than I expected. But is there anyway to sort and arrange songs with a star rating like iTunes? I dunno if Im being stupid and missing it. It was quite handy in iTunes to give tracks stars so you can sort out whats better etc. Also are there any other components/plug-ins etc. anyone recommends?

Thanks!
 
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After having a mess around and reading a few sites I think Ive got a star rating system working.

Firstly you need to download Quick Tagger here.

Unzip the file into the Components folder found in the Foobar install directory.

Then open Foobar and go to File, Preferences.

In Preferences go to Tools, then Tagging, then Quick Tagger.

Click Add New and type Rating in the Field Name. Then in the Values column type in 1; 2; 3; 4; 5

Then still in Preferences under Display, Default User Interface, Playlist View, click Add New on the Custom Columns tab. Copy $repeat(★,%rating%) into the Pattern field and type Rating in the Name field. Click close.

Then on your playlist right click on the column header where Artist/Album, Track No is etc. and scroll onto Columns then select Rating.

Now if you right click on a song and go to Tagging, Quick Tagger, Set <Rating> to, and then select the number of stars you want to assign, it should apply it in the column once you click Yes.

edit: after futher messing around this may not be fully functional with some of the other additional components installed but works perfectly with the standard foobar2000.
 
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