Windows media player 9 rates itself?1

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Steve

I just noticed a peculiar feature of windows media
player. When I put it into random shuffle mode it ups
the ratings of the songs it chooses randomly. How stupid.
 
Actually, it makes its own sense:
There are ratings you set - the solid yellow ratings. Those are only set by
you and WMP won't adjust those.
If you haven't set a rating but play a track from start to finish, the
autorating count (the translucent yellow rating) will increase from the
default 3 to 4. It won't go higher or further, and provides a reasonable
estimate of what tracks you are *actually* playing.

If you *do* want to maximize the usefulness of ratings, just rate your
tracks. WMP won't adjust the ratings any further for you after you do that.
:)

-Zach
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(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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