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Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Sometimes when I change the rating of one song, another song with a similar name changes as well.
Here's a video of it: link

Re: Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Reply #1 –
http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Components/Playback_Statistics_v3.x_(foo_playcount)
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Playback statistics are now pinned to a combination of artist + album + disc number + track number + track title information, contrary to pre-3.0 versions which would pin data to file paths.
The consequences of this behavior are:
  • Statistics are shared between redundant copies of the same tracks - useful when you keep separate copies of your music in different formats such as lossy + lossless.
  • Automatic carrying over of statistics when acquiring the same music in another format, as long as tags match.
  • No risk of data loss when moving files around or between computers.

Re: Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Reply #2 –
So because it uses "artist + album + disc number + track number + track title information" to store the rating; songs with a no artist  + album + disc number + track number would get the same rating if the title is the same?
The songs with the issue are all "Mod music", which only contain a track title.
Is there any way to fix this? Maybe also check file format?

Re: Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Reply #3 –
Tag them properly?

If the files themselves can't be tagged you can use m-tags.
https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_tags

I think there were also one or two mods for the playback statistics component with adjustable settings, such as what combination of tags/information is used to differentiate tracks. But they might be buggy or perhaps completely unusuable now. Test at your own risk.
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,52776.0.html
https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,55746.0.html

Re: Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Reply #4 –
Also you can try External Tags

Re: Setting rating changes multiple different songs

Reply #5 –
The External Tags did the trick!
Thanks for the help everyone.