Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Enchancement Idea ccn ratings

[Peter <rhythmbox-devel maubp freeserve co uk>]

James "Doc" Livingston wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 18:10 +0000, Peter wrote:
> > I would like a rating-weigted random mode (where more stars means more 
> > likely to be played; but taking into account the total tracks for each 
> > rating), but that's getting complicated...
>
> If you have the shuffle and repeat options on, it does this. In case
> someone wants to know the exact formula is the following (unrated is
> treated as 3):
>     weight = rating * log(time since last played)

I haven't checked the code, but the fact you say "unrated is treated as 
3" leads me to think that "zero stars" is the same as "unrated".

Is that correct?

> There is a bug about having a better way of choosing play orders, and
> making it more descriptive (how many people would realise the above),
> and a patch. The problem is that the other ways of displaying them, like
> a menu, are harder to use for people used to the "shuffle" and "repeat"
> toggles.

Interesting... I'll try running shuffle with repeat.  And yes, it really 
could be more descriptive ;)  Something for the FAQ?

http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/faq.html

e.g.

Question: In shuffle/random mode, can I have highly rated tracks play 
more often than low rated songs?

Answer: Use shuffle with repeat on to use rating weights, use shuffle 
with repeat off to give all songs equal probability.

Thanks

Peter