Where are ratings stored?

paindivine · 14th November 2006, 02:48

When you right click on a playlist entry, there is the option to select a rating for that song. Where is this information stored? I would like to develop a plugin that uses this information as a weighted value to help determine which songs Winamp should play most frequently. If a free plugin like this already exists (I couldn't fine one), please let me know. Thanks!

DrO · 14th November 2006, 12:34

in the media library database. i think there's apis for getting/setting the rating of a file in the sdk, a search for 'rating' should show up anything and should help to get you going

-daz

Tardymo · 14th November 2006, 13:42

There are WM_COMMAND messages for setting the rating (for current item as well as selected items). I guess SDK lacks functionality of getting the rating.

DrO · 14th November 2006, 16:00

well i see IPC_SETRATING and IPC_GETRATING which have been in the 5.04 sdk for a good 2 years or so now. using IPC_GETLISTPOS and IPC_SETPLAYLISTPOS, it's possible to make it work for any playlist item that you want (current current position, set to the one wanted, call the rating api's as needed and then restore the current entry to where it was on starting)

-daz

Tardymo · 14th November 2006, 16:25

Oh, I missed that, because this message is "in-process only" section. Haven't yet got so far in my class implementation.

14th November 2006, 02:48	#1
paindivine Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	Where are ratings stored? When you right click on a playlist entry, there is the option to select a rating for that song. Where is this information stored? I would like to develop a plugin that uses this information as a weighted value to help determine which songs Winamp should play most frequently. If a free plugin like this already exists (I couldn't fine one), please let me know. Thanks!

14th November 2006, 13:42	#3
Tardymo Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 89	There are WM_COMMAND messages for setting the rating (for current item as well as selected items). I guess SDK lacks functionality of getting the rating. WinAmp Control Class (WACC) for .NET

14th November 2006, 16:25	#5
Tardymo Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 89	Oh, I missed that, because this message is "in-process only" section. Haven't yet got so far in my class implementation. WinAmp Control Class (WACC) for .NET

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14th November 2006, 12:34	#2
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,278	in the media library database. i think there's apis for getting/setting the rating of a file in the sdk, a search for 'rating' should show up anything and should help to get you going -daz

14th November 2006, 16:00	#4
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,278	well i see IPC_SETRATING and IPC_GETRATING which have been in the 5.04 sdk for a good 2 years or so now. using IPC_GETLISTPOS and IPC_SETPLAYLISTPOS, it's possible to make it work for any playlist item that you want (current current position, set to the one wanted, call the rating api's as needed and then restore the current entry to where it was on starting) -daz