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Originally Posted by toretorden
Just remember to save the playlists with your starred songs since playlists are usually more permanent .. (f.ex one playslist for every possible rating) In the beginning, I was sloppy with this and after rating thousands of songs, having to reinstall the program removed all of that work. The next time, I was prepared and saved playlists with my rated songs. Then, after reinstalling, I could load the playlists and mass-rate everything again.
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you only have to do this if you're using a sub-par music player
with foobar, you can create custom fields and embed whatever data you want right inside the MP3 files. my track ratings, lyrics, etc are written straight to the MP3 and are a permanent part of my collection. the only external elements are album art and artist images. i don't embed album art until i'm syncing my library with my ipod, then foobar does that on-the-fly. it's got a steep learning curve, but it's a fantastic player.
anyway if you stick to itunes, be aware that it stores ratings in your music library, not in the MP3s. so back it up regularly in case of a problem.
and lastly - how many albums do you have? so many that you can't keep track of what you like? i have a medium-sized collection, about 300 full albums, and i know them all. of course, i only keep albums i would rate 4 or 5 stars. i used to be compulsive and only keep full discographies, but once i started rating tracks, i realized there were some albums i just didn't like, so i got rid of them...