Hi.
I have set One Star rating on Plexamp everywhere I use it. How do I set One Star rating on Plex web? where is that setting?
Plex client for Windows? where do I set One Star rating there?
Why is this a client app setting and not a User setting?
Why would I want to use One Star on one app and 5 Stars on another app? obviously it’s a User preference and not a client player app preference.
Who makes this stuff lol
Anyway. Where is this setting on Plex web etc?
EDIT: Agh, I see I mis-interpreted the question. I see now you wanted to know about the ability to change whether you can simply “star” an item vs having to pick among 5. Sorry, I haven’t used that feature much on my Plexamp, so I mis-read that SO COMPLETELY. 
What it seems to me, is that being able to “one star” a song vs having to pick 5 is more useful on Plexamp vs a browser because it is hard to precisely tap on a small Plexamp screen. I believe that “one star” is probably a shortcut that sets 5 stars in the database.
Why are you telling me what’s more useful.
One star rating is useful to me because that’s my preference.
Is this actually not possible to set on Plex web or Plex Windows, but is possible only on Plexamp?
This UX is such crap.
I just rated the album one star and all these tracks with every number of stars possible. In the web and desktop app you move your mouse over the stars then click when the number you want is shown
One star in Plexamp is just a shortcut to 5 stars everywhere else (which is then actually stored as 10).
ah. gotcha thanks.
Correct. I have no idea why these people are finding this so confusing…
Plex Amp is basically a very custom app that is not beholden to how other apps behave and different features are often added to it by @elan that don’t always make it to other apps.
Seems like a pretty stupid way to make an ecosystem.
It’s a test bed to try new music related things before bringing them to others. Spending time developing a feature on every app at the same time which may end up being used by no one is a waste of time.
Ah, right. a paying customer asking about something is best disregarded.
Hey tell me: what’s the difference between a 3/5 star song and a 4/5 star song?
What exactly do those two rankings mean?
5 star ratings are stupid. 1 star ratings make sense.
Your default ranking system is stupid.
BigWheel has largely answered your query. It’s alternative ways of rating/favoriting content. I kinda think a “thumbs up” icon would make more sense to not confuse it with star ratings.
That would be a matter for the user. I personally consider a three-star song a “decent” track, while a four-star song would be “very good”. But I also use the “Five Stars With Half Stars” rating system on Plexamp, and that essentially is a 10-step scale, so someone else might say 6/10 isn’t that good.
I hope you can see the irony in these two comments:
Like you said, it’s a preference. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s stupid for everyone.
The 1-5 (and 1-10) scale has historically been a more common system, especially for movies/TV shows, which is probably why it’s the default. I think it’d be great if Plex made the various Plexamp rating systems a user setting that applied to all clients, but saying the other systems are stupid, and that it’s stupid to test something new in an app that (1) is dedicated to media where a one-star system is more commonly used and (2) was explicitly marketed as an experimental app at the time it was introduced probably isn’t the best way to make your case.
As for
If I had to define my usual ratings, it’d be something like this:
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Wrong.
What you failed to notice is the person telling me what’s more useful is the person who makes the product I paid for. I’m the customer, I tell them what’s useful. Not the other way around.
The person who said, “being able to ‘one star’ a song vs having to pick 5 is more useful on Plexamp” is just another Plex user, not an employee.
I’m the only person who works here in this topic and never said one way or another was “more useful”
Cool. What does 2/5 stars mean?
With this useful 5 star system I mean. The one that makes more sense than a 1 star system.
People generally assign their own values to what they mean. 2 stars could mean horrible but has some weird redeeming quality like movies that are so bad but they may be still enjoyable to watch for their absurdity like Sharknado.
I don’t think anyone is saying what you want is wrong. Just saying what is and why. I unfortunately cannot make any promises about it coming to other apps.
Does it make more sense to have it be an account based setting vs client based?
Like, people prefer one rating system over the other. apps don’t.
