iTunes rating using Apple Remote

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:35:24 +0000, nonesuch.RemoveThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
wrote:

>> Hi,
>> controlling iTunes using the included remote works out of the box. But
>> I'd like a way to rate songs with it, possibly without looking at the
>> screen. No idea how to implement this with just 5 buttons, but smarter
>> people may have done it?
>
>I'd be amazed if anyone has done it ... smarter or not!

I wonder what percent of Apple Remotes get used at all.
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Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:35:24 +0000, nonesuch.RemoveThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
> wrote:
>
> >> Hi,
> >> controlling iTunes using the included remote works out of the box. But
> >> I'd like a way to rate songs with it, possibly without looking at the
> >> screen. No idea how to implement this with just 5 buttons, but smarter
> >> people may have done it?
> >
> >I'd be amazed if anyone has done it ... smarter or not!
>
> I wonder what percent of Apple Remotes get used at all.

Handy when you have an iPod in a dock feeding your music system.

As far as rating my music ... I've never had the slightest inclination!

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Adrian
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:41:47 +0000, nonesuch.DeleteThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
wrote:

>> I wonder what percent of Apple Remotes get used at all.
>
>Handy when you have an iPod in a dock feeding your music system.
>
>As far as rating my music ... I've never had the slightest inclination!

I rate them, and use the rating in smart lists.
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Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:41:47 +0000, nonesuch.RemoveThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
> wrote:
>
> >> I wonder what percent of Apple Remotes get used at all.
> >
> >Handy when you have an iPod in a dock feeding your music system.
> >
> >As far as rating my music ... I've never had the slightest inclination!
>
> I rate them, and use the rating in smart lists.

I like all my music ... and I might like certain music more on one
particular day, or in one mood. I rather like to rediscover my music
rather than focussing on my own top rated hits. It would be handy if
listening to lots of music for reviewing, but I don't need to do that.

The OP might be interested to check out an app called Remote Buddy
(which I only just heard about) which extends the functionality of the
Apple Remote.

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Adrian
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:31:27 +0000, nonesuch.RemoveThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
wrote:

>> I rate them, and use the rating in smart lists.
>
>I like all my music ... and I might like certain music more on one
>particular day, or in one mood. I rather like to rediscover my music
>rather than focussing on my own top rated hits. It would be handy if
>listening to lots of music for reviewing, but I don't need to do that.

It doesn't have to be "top rated". You don't even have to have 5
stars be better than 1 star. It can simply be an attribute that can
be used with smart lists.

I also like to be able to categorize "children's music" or "Christmas
music", but have some music that might fall in one or both of these
categories - which don't get excluded when Christmas season is over.

Analyzing for different types of smart lists can be interesting, and
being able to use the "rating" as a category of your own choosing can
be a tool to use.
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Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:31:27 +0000, nonesuch.DeleteThis@plaice.com (Adrian)
> wrote:
>
> >> I rate them, and use the rating in smart lists.
> >
> >I like all my music ... and I might like certain music more on one
> >particular day, or in one mood. I rather like to rediscover my music
> >rather than focussing on my own top rated hits. It would be handy if
> >listening to lots of music for reviewing, but I don't need to do that.
>
> It doesn't have to be "top rated". You don't even have to have 5
> stars be better than 1 star. It can simply be an attribute that can
> be used with smart lists.
>
> I also like to be able to categorize "children's music" or "Christmas
> music", but have some music that might fall in one or both of these
> categories - which don't get excluded when Christmas season is over.
>
> Analyzing for different types of smart lists can be interesting, and
> being able to use the "rating" as a category of your own choosing can
> be a tool to use.

I would just put "Christmas" or "children" in the Comments field or
alternatively make a custom Genre for the Smart playlist to search. Are
you saying for example that you use 3 stars for "Christmas" and 4 stars
for "children's music"?

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Adrian
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:07:07 +0000, nonesuch.TakeThisOut@plaice.com (Adrian)
wrote:

>> I also like to be able to categorize "children's music" or "Christmas
>> music", but have some music that might fall in one or both of these
>> categories - which don't get excluded when Christmas season is over.
>>
>> Analyzing for different types of smart lists can be interesting, and
>> being able to use the "rating" as a category of your own choosing can
>> be a tool to use.
>
>I would just put "Christmas" or "children" in the Comments field or
>alternatively make a custom Genre for the Smart playlist to search. Are
>you saying for example that you use 3 stars for "Christmas" and 4 stars
>for "children's music"?

Actually, I have those keywords in comments. But I combine a few
characteristics to get a playlist that might include Nutcracker or
Messiah which are in my Christmas list - but not exclusively.

There are other ways of doing this, but rating has a characteristic
that comments don't have - they are visible and changeable from the
iPod.

Maybe rating can mean to you "I need to do something with this song".
You have a playlist of rated songs that works like the book stack next
to your bed. While you are out, you basically yellow-post-it that
song to remind you.

The point is, if you think outside of the box, there are other
possibilities with this flag.
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There are some songs I want to play when I play an album - but not
when I am playing just songs. I'd like to exclude them from "Music",
but the best I can do is not use "Music", but instead have a playlist
with everything except them.
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Howard Brazee wrote:

> There are other ways of doing this, but rating has a characteristic
> that comments don't have - they are visible and changeable from the
> iPod.

The iPod changeability is an interesting feature ... though I must admit
I've never taken advantage of it.
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nonesuch DeleteThis @plaice.com (Adrian) wrote:

> Howard Brazee wrote:
>
> > There are other ways of doing this, but rating has a characteristic
> > that comments don't have - they are visible and changeable from the
> > iPod.
>
> The iPod changeability is an interesting feature ... though I must admit
> I've never taken advantage of it.

It's particularly handy when one has a long period of time to use and
manipulate the iPod. (i.e. long flight, trip, etc)

I have rated MOST of my music. Still, I have a Smart Playlist that reveals
ONLY those songs with NO rating. When I have the time, I'll listen to that
playlist and, using the iPod, RATE the songs.

The next time I sync the iPod, the new ratings are passed along to iTunes.
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:)
JR
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