Rating column and metadata issue with M4A files

Hi,

I'm having an issue with M4A files in version 13.6. Specifically, I can't get the Rating column to work with M4A files. The Year column works, but differently from MP3. Please see attached examples.

M4A: Year loads slowly, one track at a time. Rating does not load at all. In the example screenshot, tracks 2, 3, and 8 should display a rating of 4 stars.
MP3: Both Rating and Year load immediately.

(As an aside, in both cases, the Rating is editable in the Metadata pane but does not reflect the change in my music player (MusicBee) - this is not a big deal to me as I don't need that functionality - just thought I would report it.)

I notice that "Rating" appears to be part of "Extended Properties". Is there some restriction on that category?

Please help, thanks!


They probably carry a different rating. You can find the exact metadata name with PrintMeta. If you want to show it in the file display check out ExifTool Custom Columns.

I hope not, because I just rated them myself :slight_smile:
I'm actually trying to get at the "Loved" column but I didn't find one available so I decided to rate all my "Loved" tracks at 4 stars and work with that, when I ran into the issue above.

I will look at these tools, thanks!

I meant the field, not the value.

Ah, got it.

I found the "loved" value in two different fields -

MP3 files - ID3-LoveRating
M4A files - QuickTime-LOVERATING

The values are either "L" or the current time... I think I can work with this. Thanks!!