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AppleScripts
I've tried using iTune's BPM feature, but find it to be a hastle and not worth the time to figure the BPM of all of my songs, especially since the BPM does not necessarily seem to always correlate with the energy of all songs.
So why not have the BPM show the rating on a 0-100 scale? That's what I've decided to use it for, and if anyone wants to follow suit, then here are some AppleScripts that do just that:
First, we need to convert all existing BPM values to the associated rating. This script will do that, but it takes a while to run, especially for large libraries. The good news is that you only should need to run it once.
Now to modify my previous script, which allows the user to change a rating...
Of course, this script can be placed in ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts for easy access. Unfortunately it will only change the value on a track which is playing, but that works for me, as I might need my memory jogged to just remember how over-/under-rated a track was using the five star system.
The only "problem" with this system that I have found is that changing the rating using the traditional iTunes method of clicking the stars will change the actual rating back to a multiple of 20, while leaving the BPM rating at the old value.
I'd appreciate any modifications to either of these scripts, as well as any feedback from those who might use it. :-)
AppleScripts
That sounds like a great idea to me. I couldn't care less about the BPM field. I could just use it for the rating. |
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