Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Default Rating

[Rene Valois <rene localgod net>]

On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 11:16 -0700, Matt Jones wrote:
> I think the justification is that 3 is average, so you then downrate or
> uprate music. For me at least, this system is great (most of the music i
> have i have for a reason). The zero-default assumes music you import you
> hate, whereas the 3-star assume neutrality.

Well for me at least, when I have zero (or no stars) on my songs, I
consider them songs that I probably haven't listened to yet or that I'm
indifferent about. To my knowledge, there's not really any way to change
a song to "no stars" once it's been rated, so I don't consider "nothing"
an actual rating. If something is bad or below average, it's one or two
stars.

As for the average thing... Rhythmbox is my default music player, and
sometimes I use it to listen to new music that I may not like. So an
"average" rating doesn't work for this type of use.

I've no objections to three being the default, but could there be a
gconf key to change it?


> -- Matt Jones
> 
> On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 11:58 -0300, Rene Valois wrote:
> > Hello Rhythmbox Hackers!
> > 
> > Thanks for a kick-ass piece of software! I use it daily and I'm looking
> > forward to 0.9's new stuff. 
> > 
> > Just a question about default ratings. I've noticed that when I add an
> > album or a new song to my music library, it's at a default rating of 3
> > stars. 
> > 
> > Is there any way to have it at a default rating of no stars? For me, 3
> > stars is "okay", but some of the stuff I add (ie when adding an album
> > with some songs I don't like) is below "okay".
> > 
> > I'm using Rhythmbox 0.8.5 on a Debian testing/unstable system.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
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