Comments on: Enable Half-Star Ratings in iTunes

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:35:46 +0000

I’m with vdiv!! I know that iTunes *actually* stores ratings as 0 up to 100!!! So, when you rate a track 5 stars, iTunes actually stores it as 100, a rating of 3 stars is actually 60, etc. I would LOVE to be able to use ALL 100 points to rate tracks! Anybody know how to do that?

And, to answer John’s question, yes, iTunes *does* properly sort ratings in ascending/descending order with half-stars enabled. Very cool.

By: John

John — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:12:07 +0000

Awesome!

Question: does iTunes properly sort Ratings in ascending/descending order (i.e., 4.5 is followed by 4 which is then followed by 3.5?)

By: vdiv

vdiv — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:08:42 +0000

For even more precise rating how do we then enable 1/4 and 3/4 stars since a song may not be worth 3 1/2 stars, but worth more than just 3 stars?

By: Will

Will — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:48:24 +0000

Very good to know, thanks for the info!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:46:01 +0000

It’s also worth a note that when changing the setting back to ‘whole stars’ even though the stars only show in whole increments in iTunes, the metadata of the songs are STILL in half-star increments. So, if you turned the option back on again, the ‘correct’ half-star ratings would show and be in tact. This is good to know if you are worried about losing the ratings if you move to a new system or that setting gets reset during an update – your half-star ratings are still there!