SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this rule?

[Sapagrino]

+= means the value on the right is added to the value on the left and sorted in the value on the left.

Basically Rating is AMGs rating (matched to 0-10), taken to 90%, if it is a pick then an extra 30% is added.

I have a question regarding the formula that dbpa uses to derive a song rating from AMG's album rating and pick selection.

1) Did dbpa create this 90%/30% relationship formula to derive song-specific ratings?; or
2) Is this a formal/informal AMG-sponsored formula for deriving song ratings from its album ratings?; or
3) some combination/collaboration?

I am trying to understand how much of a (AMG vs. dbpa) psuedo-standard it is to use this precise 90%/30% relationship.

Thank you.

[Spoon]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

Yes we use these values

[Sapagrino]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

Did AMG supply you this 90%+30% formula? or did you come up with it?

[Spoon]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

We came up with it.

[Sapagrino]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

Thanks. I like it.

For anyone with thoughts on the matter, my preliminary approach to Ratings management of my collection is going to be:
1. Keep this AMG-derived Rating as my baseline "Rating";
2. Retain it as a permanent reference in a custom field ("AMG Song Rating");
3. Thereafter tweak "Rating" for personal preference as I listen.

Note that a Rating in the tag equal to the numeral 10 becomes a Rating of 5 stars, as graphically displayed.

I have tested the following "Rule-based manipulation" within DSP-ID Tag Processing-Manipulation:

IF RATING=10
SET AMG Song Rating=5

IF RATING=10
SET AMG0 Song Rating=[Rating]

Is there a way I can loop the above logic for each Rating from 1 to 10 without copy/pasting/changing 10 times? Thank you.

[Spoon]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

You would have to type 10 times.

[Sapagrino]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

I am setting up two custom tags/fields:

1) AMG Track Pick (0 for "no"; 1 for "yes")
2) AMG Album Rating (5, 4.5, etc)

I can populate these manually before each rip, but since you use both elements to drive the song rating, is there a way I can automate/program this instead? Thanks.

[Spoon]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

These values are not exposed to the program

[Sapagrino]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

Thank you for the clarification. Would you consider making those values available for manipulation and population in future releases?

If I recall correctly, I had to pay a small (annual?) fee to add AMG data, so hopefully releasing that data to users is ok with AMG. While having those values built into song ratings is great, I plan to set up custom playlists whereby all AMG Track Picks are shuffled, and this would be a great value added feature. Thank you.

[Spoon]

Re: SongRating is 90% of AMG Album Rating, plus if track pick, 30%. Source of this r

There is the wishlist section of this forum.