[ID3 Dev] New to the list

[Ben Bennett]

There is such a tag "POPM":
  http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#head-2452ec9cf8b42c5c117b518b69e129ff67970852

However... the players mostly don't use it.  You should hound them to
get it used.

It incorporates both a rating and a play count.  There can be multiple
in the same file, with different email addresses to distinguish them.

      	      -ben

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 02:20:40PM +0200, Ben Fourie wrote:
> Hey Every one,
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> I'm new to the list, and will be following id3v2 development closely from
> now on.
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> I have a suggestion regarding a new tag frame or perhaps 2.
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> 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.
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> This will prevent most users (or at the very least make them very reluctant)
> to switch to another player.
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> The second risk is loss of storage media.
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> 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.
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> A suggestion from my side:
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> Have 2 rating frames.
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> One for your own personal rating with simply a numerical value from 1 - 5.
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> Then another rating frame for a public rating score.
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> Personal rating would contain the rating you chose for each individual
> score.
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> When you sync iTunes for instance, apple can then collect all those ratings
> and build a public rating for matching media.
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> 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.
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> I would love to hear your thoughts around this.
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> Ben Fourie
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> DaMa Software
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> 083 262 3555
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>  <http://www.damasoftware.com/> www.damasoftware.com
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>  <mailto:benf at damasoftware.com> benf at damasoftware.com 
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> MCTS(rgb)_507
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