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Keyboard shortcuts for Rating "Now Playing" songs [UPDATE: Added to v3.6]
jhlurie - 9-14-2003 at 09:22 PM

This was mentioned in another topic, but I want to formalize the request to Audiosoft.

Pirk asked:

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Demnos, jhlurie do you always stay in front of your screen to do this work?


I responded:
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Unfortunately, yes. At some point in the future it would be nice to be able to rate them via a wireless keyboard and shortcut keys just for the rating (a wireless mouse works, of course, but its too hard to see from that distance).

Perhaps... while the song is playing some combination of control keys and a number 0-9 can rate the song, since each half-star position can correspond to a number, right? Also, the key to the immediate left of the 1 key can be used for a mark of zero, if needed.

Holding down some control key (whatever isn't already being used for something else in eJ) plus the following number key across the keyboard...

key=rating

`=0 stars
1=1/2 star
2=1 star
3=1 1/2
4=2
5=2 1/2
6=3
7=3 1/2
8=4
9=4 1/2
0=5 stars


Pirk's own solution was to use a program called Girder, but that's not practical for everyone. Someone like myself, simply with a run of the mill wireless keyboard with multimedia keys, should be able to somehow rate songs with it. Is my suggested method mentioned above viable?

stsirois - 9-15-2003 at 01:02 AM

Like I mentioned in the original post, maybe Pirk could set us up with his Girder file so all we have to do it install Girder & Pirk's "plugin" & we'd be set to start rating via any remote or keyboard.

Steve

jhlurie - 9-16-2003 at 04:11 AM

Wouldn't Pirk's mouse movement (that's what he said he captured to do this) be too specific to his PC?

Pirk - 9-16-2003 at 09:06 AM

Of course if Audiosoft could add some Keyboard shortcuts for ratings, genre Ctrl+0123... or Ctrl+Shift+0123... or anything else...
I think that could satisfy everyboby!

jhlurie - 9-25-2003 at 06:56 AM

Found myself missing the ability to use my wireless keyboard to rate once again tonight. The new ability to rate in the Albumlist mode is helping quite a bit when I have to go back and rate later, but I STILL had to lift my butt off my couch far too often tonight. :D It's those "impulse" ratings you want to make when you hear a song that are most affected by the lack of the Keyboard shortcuts.

Can we start a whisper campaign for the keyboard shortcuts for rating playing songs?

Everybody start whispering "3.5... 3.5... version 3.5..." :D Hey! Who back there was whispering 4.0! Shut up you! :P

Okay, now everybody back on the couch where we belong!

jhlurie - 11-13-2003 at 07:03 AM

Any progress on this, or is the idea unworkable?

Audiosoft - 11-13-2003 at 07:25 AM

As requested, we have added keyboard shorcuts for rating the current song to v3.6. :D

Under v3.6, CTRL +
`=0 stars
1=1/2 star
2=1 star
3=1 1/2
4=2
5=2 1/2
6=3
7=3 1/2
8=4
9=4 1/2
0=5 stars

ochristmas - 11-13-2003 at 08:06 AM

Will this work for eJ2Web? Please please please give us a web update :D

Pirk - 11-13-2003 at 10:04 AM

Thanks Audiosoft,
That will be handy for everybody, or almost... :D

stsirois - 11-14-2003 at 02:22 PM

Thanks, Audiosoft!! This feature is very much appreciated!

Steve

jhlurie - 11-18-2003 at 08:30 PM

Thank you thank you thank you.

A million times thank you.

This has made things SO much easier.

ETA1: By the way, the eJ window has to be the "active" one for these rating shortcuts to work. That's fine with me, but I thought it should be made clear to people reading this topic and testing the capability.

ETA2: I don't think there is any relation, but is anyone else with a keyboard with standard "media" keys having problems with the "play/pause" key in 3.6? I admit it could be the cross-fade plugin I'm using (the SQrSoft 1.75 Crossfading plugin), or the fact that I'm using Winamp 5 beta 2 now, but I'm not positive. I can still "mute" for a phone call or something, but its a bit irritating.

ETA3: Okay, I notice that CTRL-P works. A bit more to remember (the media keys are more convenient), but hey... at least it works... :-)

Fishy - 11-18-2003 at 09:15 PM

The play, pause, next buttons work flawlessly over here. With 3.6. I am using winamp 2.91 and no crossfading or dsp input plugins with winamp.