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Hi<br>
FYI - I have an application for backing up your tags - tagbkup,
backs up and restores your ID3 tags so that if you have to restore
your disk your ratings and other updates can be restored, and you do
not have to back up entire mp3 libraries.<br>
See <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jampal.sf.net">http://jampal.sf.net</a><br>
Peter<br>
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On 4/29/2011 8:20 AM, Ben Fourie wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey Every one,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m new to the list, and will be following
id3v2 development closely from now on.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a suggestion regarding a new tag
frame or perhaps 2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nearly every single application out there
builds up their own database of metadata. One field that
stands out that you find in all of those applications is a
rating field. The typical 5 star rating. This information is
stored by the application, and in most cases cannot be
migrated to another platform.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This will prevent most users (or at the
very least make them very reluctant) to switch to another
player.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The second risk is loss of storage media.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can backup your mp3 library but if you
lose your OS drive(or the drive that holds the metadata for
your media player), all your ratings will be gone, even after
a system restore.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A suggestion from my side:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Have 2 rating frames.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One for your own personal rating with
simply a numerical value from 1 – 5.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then another rating frame for a public
rating score.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Personal rating would contain the rating
you chose for each individual score.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When you sync iTunes for instance, apple
can then collect all those ratings and build a public rating
for matching media.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Doing it this way, will of course allow you
to migrate from the dying Zune to iPod faster than you can
swipe your credit card :-p without the fear of losing all your
ratings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would love to hear your thoughts around
this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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