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[Ben Allison]

1 star: 1 (i think)
2 stars: 64
3 stars: 128
4 stars: 196
5 stars: 255

> Could you post that weird mapping here please so that it is at least
> known in the archives...
>
> 		-ben
>
> On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 03:09:32PM -0400, Ben Allison wrote:
>> Besides the problem of modifying users' files to increment the playcount
>> without explicit permission (something I agree with you 100% on, Scott),
>> there is also the issue that the mapping of 1-5 stars with POPM values
>> is
>> very vague.  In Winamp, we've been somewhat coerced into adopting the
>> weird value ranges that Windows Media Player uses, as that is that is
>> also
>> the logic used by the Windows file explorer when displaying the rating
>> column in the file view.
>>
>> -Ben Allison
>>
>> >
>> > On Apr 29, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Ben Bennett wrote:
>> >
>> >> However... the players mostly don't use it.  You should hound them to
>> >> get it used.
>> >
>> > I believe rightly so.  I don't think that a normal operation like
>> playing
>> > a file should trigger a potentially lossy (e.g. ID3v2.2 to ID3v2.4
>> > upgrade) action on a user's files.
>> >
>> > -Scott
>> >
>> > (to the mods, please just delete the earlier post saying something
>> > similar, sent it from the wrong address)
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