Serato Software Feature Suggestions

What features would you like to see in Serato software?

ITunes Star Ratings in library

Bunyip 12:27 PM - 7 November, 2012
I would really, really, really, really love to have the ability to add this column to my library list. I've spent years using the iTunes star system to rate the energy level of my music, and find it incredibly useful when searching tracks.
I've seen a few requests for this in the ITCH forum, so I reckon there are a few people who would like to see this implemented as well.
Cheers
viper9711 6:26 PM - 7 November, 2012
+1
LJ_WOOLSEY 12:31 AM - 8 November, 2012
+1
RobArran 5:30 AM - 8 November, 2012
+1
Basster 9:44 AM - 8 November, 2012
In the meantime, if you are on a Mac, check my iTunes Script that writes the rating stars to ID3 comments field:
www.basster.de
(German blogpost)

But I'm surely giving this request a +1!
Bunyip 11:21 AM - 8 November, 2012
Cool, thanks Basster! I'll definitely check it out (with a little help from google translate :-)
XRM5 10:31 PM - 8 November, 2012
I'd rather be able to do the star ratings in the offline player b/c I can't stand itunes, but I imagine if they hooked this up then I could do it that way too.
midnightcharger2 4:14 PM - 9 November, 2012
If serato was to do it correctly, in the field labels (where you could add / minus items) do a "iTunes star" and a seperate field "seratodj star" whereas if you like iTunes, the tracks auto match your iTunes library. If like others, want to tag up all tracks through serato Dj, you can customize for each track

With both, if you chose, you could use both to cross reference in serato and iTunes ratings. Tastes change over time, and if 5star in iTunes but down rate in serato, you could then have a visual to adjust you iTunes library

+1 anyone
Olivier RAILEY 2:02 AM - 11 March, 2013
+1 To EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided to quit SERATO rival since New year's 2013 PARTY ... I'm HAPPY about EVERYTHING in SERATO DJ except I have NO Itunes ratings STARS !!!!!

SO PLEASE : JUST DO IT FOR US !!!
bdubdiver 9:52 PM - 21 August, 2013
Yup. +1 from me.
thebulge 12:36 AM - 22 August, 2013
I think it's a technical limitation. I don't believe the ratings are written to the iTunes.xml file that Serato reads.

They might be able to read via AppleEvents / scripts.. but it would be too slow for a large database.

I setup 5 smart playlists in iTunes, 1,2,3,4,5 stars... then you can base other smart playlists or serato smart crates based on them.

Not perfect.. but you can deal with it.
DJ Splat 6:22 PM - 19 September, 2013
Quote:
+1 To EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided to quit SERATO rival since New year's 2013 PARTY ... I'm HAPPY about EVERYTHING in SERATO DJ except I have NO Itunes ratings STARS !!!!!

SO PLEASE : JUST DO IT FOR US !!!


Same here
+1
Already have star ratings set up in Itunes just need it implemented to the library in Serato.
Kalus 9:25 AM - 24 September, 2013
+1000

for mac users: use some of these as alternative and write them into the recordings-tag:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

to automate this process use mp3tag
dj Psai 10:32 PM - 1 October, 2013
That would really be great thanxxx
Night-System 1:26 PM - 18 April, 2014
+1

Quote:
I would really, really, really, really love to have the ability to add this column to my library list. I've spent years using the iTunes star system to rate the energy level of my music, and find it incredibly useful when searching tracks.
I've seen a few requests for this in the ITCH forum, so I reckon there are a few people who would like to see this implemented as well.
Cheers
Night-System 1:51 PM - 18 April, 2014
PETITION TO ADD iTUNES STAR RATINGS IN SERATO LIBRARY
serato.com
Patrick Dee 2:13 PM - 20 April, 2014
+1
toddmichael 6:57 PM - 20 April, 2014
+1
masc 5:57 PM - 17 May, 2014
+100
Eloy Garcia 5:37 PM - 21 May, 2014
+1
acemc 10:46 PM - 1 June, 2014
I made a feature request for this a week ago, but only saw this one now!!
+1
Gozar 5:27 AM - 17 April, 2015
+1000
midnightcharger2 6:39 AM - 17 April, 2015
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Been doing this for last 3 years now that it is second nature, even on the fly with tracks that I trial for the bar customers I use the "grouping tag" personally and my CDJ's also can decipher the coding properly . For mac, Edit / special characters / then "choose what works" Also works for crate labels. Moi, ⚠️= something funky about the track. 🚧 = under construction for tracks that have not gone through the paces to be prepped for use.

Serato previously mentioned they are planning on releasing this option when Pioneer finally releases the CDJ 50000mk9 (not misspelled).😁 Be patient!!
viper9711 6:57 PM - 17 April, 2015
+1
musiclee 8:51 PM - 17 April, 2015
just do this in comment section, shift+8, lol :

*****
musiclee 8:52 PM - 17 April, 2015
that's what i do, because that's the workaround that works, till serato actually adds this, IF they ever
NickChristoforou 9:45 AM - 29 April, 2015
Quote:
Quote:
+1 To EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided to quit SERATO rival since New year's 2013 PARTY ... I'm HAPPY about EVERYTHING in SERATO DJ except I have NO Itunes ratings STARS !!!!!

SO PLEASE : JUST DO IT FOR US !!!


Same here
+1
Already have star ratings set up in Itunes just need it implemented to the library in Serato.


+1
riddla 9:22 AM - 5 May, 2015
+1
Sludgeguts 10:49 PM - 15 June, 2015
amen
acemc 4:34 PM - 17 September, 2015
+1
djpcbaaaby 12:01 PM - 21 September, 2015
+1 PLEASE I BEG YOU SERATO!!!
alec.tron 4:16 AM - 8 September, 2016
Here's another attempt at a thread/petition to get star ratings to Serato (with a universally usefull approach imo that also solves a few other problems, i.e. multi value metadata, aka more than 1 genre for a track...):
serato.com

Additionally, now that iTunes has forsaken it's 3rd party support / the xmls per default, you guys still using iTunes probably need to find a way to transfer your DB itunes rating to metadata anyway, no ?

Churs.
c.
Rockalot 11:26 PM - 8 June, 2017
+1 love the stars!
Vic1 5:36 AM - 12 June, 2017
+1
DJ Trice 1:49 PM - 19 February, 2021
+1
viper9711 5:13 PM - 27 January, 2022
Can't understand why this isn't finally implemented.

That's been asked for for years

Every cheap software has something like that