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Langster58

29 Jan, 2015 04:25 AM

is there a way to embed the star ratings from iTunes into the id3 tags?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 29 Jan, 2015 11:27 AM

   

   You mean, basically reading from iTunes and then writing into mp3/id3?

   Not really.

   However, if you have Embed non-iTunes fields in the general preferences turned on and then change a rating in beaTunes it is written to both iTunes and the id3 tag.

   Alternatively, one could write a pretty simple LibraryBatchAction for this kind of thing... Are you able to code? Would you be comfortable with embedding ratings from all files in your iTunes library? Without manual control?

   Cheers,

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by Langster58 on 29 Jan, 2015 06:48 PM

   

   I havent coded for years. I was only able to do html & some java script. That said. I would be up for trying to make a batch action and trying it out on a dupe of my library.

   About the embed non iTunes perf.

   The reason for the embed is... I need to rearrange my library so that the date added stack has the music I am working with appearing as the most recent. When I pull the files out of the library and re-add them I loose the star ratings.

   Therfore I need to embed them.

   The perf. setting won't solve this since it won't embed the ratings in the tags without my going through the library track by track and changing them to get them to write?

   LAST

   is this batch action written anywhere so I can load it and run it? where is the accumulating library of actions for beautunes being produced by the users?

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 30 Jan, 2015 10:44 AM

   

   I havent coded for years. I was only able to do html & some java script. That said. I would be up for trying to make a batch action and trying it out on a dupe of my library.

   A dupe is always a good idea for this kind of thing!!

   It may not serve the purpose of getting other people to write scripts/beaTlets/plugins, but I did. It's attached. Just place it in the plugin folder as described in http://help.beatunes.com/kb/plugins/how-to-install-a-plugin and restart beaTunes. You should see a new item under Tools. Feel free to look at the source code—it's pretty self-explanatory.

   More useful info about beaTlets are on https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatunes-plugin-api.html

   The rating will definitely be exported. I'm curious to see though whether iTunes will also import it. Let me know!

   is this batch action written anywhere so I can load it and run it?

   See https://www.beatunes.com/en/beatlet-librarybatchaction.html

   where is the accumulating library of actions for beautunes being produced by the users?

   beaTunes users don't seem to be excited programmers. Hardly anyone has so far tried this :-(

   -hendrik

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by hendrik on 30 Jan, 2015 10:45 AM

   

   And here's the script.

   • EmbedRatings.groovy 3.44 KB
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5. hendrik closed this discussion on 25 Sep, 2015 11:04 AM.