Custom track ratings

Sorry, but with only 20 votes, it really isn’t…

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Maybe not in terms of votes, but it is certainly up there in terms of longest-standing and most often requested feature.

In just five minutes of searching I’ve found over 20 other topics asking for the same feature, or complaining about having to use tags as a workaround, dating back to 2015. I’m sure there are countless other comments wanting the same that are hidden in other topics.

I feel it’s disingenuous to say it’s not a top requested feature. What other feature suggestion, at least in terms of UI, has been this often requested for so long, without implementation?

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As a DJ, I’m really struggling with not having track ratings. Even using “favorite” isn’t easy because it is hidden in the player. What I need is the ability to play music, then hit a rating before the track ends. This is how I can quickly listen through new tracks and find the ones I want to use in future sets. Not having this feature means that I have to use other software to play music and rate it, which is annoying (at best).

My ideal solutions:

  • Show track rating (stars) in the track queue window / list
  • Allow track rating by clicking on a new star value in the list
  • Ability to search based on track rating
  • Smart Lists that support using track ratings
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I wonder with some cynicism if track level ratings leans away from the ‘album focused’ as the artist intended mantra that some purists (and record labels / owners of digital streaming rights) argue for.

Perhaps they want to avoid a track based ecosystem (like Spotify)


100% agree this is a glaringly obvious misusing feature and one that’s consistently requested and discussed.