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Jerommeke · Jul 22, 2002, 07:23 PM

I have the library set up in iTunes 3, all mp3's converted with tags to 2.4.0. However, there is displayed no info in the column which should contain info about how much it has been played. How can I get iTunes to count?

bmedina · Jul 22, 2002, 07:30 PM

You have to play the songs in iTunes (and let them finish) for the counter to increment.

Anomalous · Jul 22, 2002, 07:44 PM

In my opinion, the requirement that you let the song finish pretty much ruins the feature. It is so strange!

I mean, there are a lot of tracks with a few seconds of silence at the end, so I often switch to another track before the current track is all the way to the end.

Jerommeke · Jul 22, 2002, 07:52 PM

ahhhhhhhhh wait

I was used to Audion, it only counts if it is fully played

thanks

Jerommeke · Jul 22, 2002, 07:53 PM

and indeed

this is very strange

I liked the behaviour of Audion more I guess...

mishap · Jul 22, 2002, 08:09 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Anomalous:
In my opinion, the requirement that you let the song finish pretty much ruins the feature. It is so strange!

I mean, there are a lot of tracks with a few seconds of silence at the end, so I often switch to another track before the current track is all the way to the end.<hr /></blockquote>I like how iTunes makes you play through the entire track because a lot of times i'll scan 15 or so songs before i find one i want to listen to. I dont want it to count the previous 15 i hit the fast forward button on.

MrBS · Jul 22, 2002, 09:32 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Anomalous:
In my opinion, the requirement that you let the song finish pretty much ruins the feature. It is so strange!

I mean, there are a lot of tracks with a few seconds of silence at the end, so I often switch to another track before the current track is all the way to the end.<hr /></blockquote>Trim your mp3s then. It would be pretty useless if using forward to jump ahead 5 songs incremented all the play counts.
~BS

Gee4orce · Jul 23, 2002, 04:14 AM

Maybe a compromose then - only increment the count if you listen to 30 seconds or more of the song (or the whole song, if it's less than 30 seconds).

unfaded · Jul 23, 2002, 03:32 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Gee4orce:
Maybe a compromose then - only increment the count if you listen to 30 seconds or more of the song (or the whole song, if it's less than 30 seconds).<hr /></blockquote>Thy epitaph shall be hereby known as "The Compromiser".

I like it.

Jerommeke · Jul 23, 2002, 06:03 PM

the 30 second thing is pretty much of a good idea

ratlater · Jul 23, 2002, 07:08 PM

Come on, you guys are just trying to artificially boost your stats

If you want a song to count you should to listen to the whole thing, or just skip ahead until there is only a few seconds left <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

-matt

dfiler · Jul 25, 2002, 09:34 AM

The play-count feature as currently implemented is almost completely useless to anyone with ADD. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> None of thier songs will ever have a play count greater than zero. I thought the play-count mechanism was broken since I'd been using iTunes 3 for days yet only had a few songs in the most frequently played list. Incrementing when a song finishes playing simply doesn't work well for today's fast paced mentalities.

There are plenty of simple ideas for making this feature useful. Perhaps there should be a setting in the preferences for how to increment the play count.

Increment play-count for songs:
- When played
- When finished playing
- When played for # seconds
- When played for ##% of song length