Index: firmware/id3.c
===================================================================
--- firmware/id3.c	(revision 14494)
+++ firmware/id3.c	(working copy)
@@ -351,6 +351,54 @@
     return bufferpos;
 }
 
+/* parse numeric value from rating entry */
+static int parserating( struct mp3entry* entry, char* tag, int bufferpos )
+{
+char* value_str=NULL;
+unsigned char value=0;
+int desc_len = strlen(tag);
+
+    /* tag is a string with an e-mail address in it, rating is one byte after the (null terminated) e-mail*/
+    /* no@email is for mediamonkey ratings*/
+
+    value_str = tag + desc_len + 1;
+    value=value_str[0];
+
+    if (!strcmp(tag, "no@email"))
+       {
+       if (value >= 1)
+          entry->rating=0;
+       if (value >= 26)
+          entry->rating=1;
+       if (value >= 51)
+          entry->rating=2;
+       if (value >= 76)
+          entry->rating=3;
+       if (value >= 102)
+          entry->rating=4;
+       if (value >= 128)
+          entry->rating=5;
+       if (value >= 153)
+          entry->rating=6;
+       if (value >= 178)
+          entry->rating=7;
+       if (value >= 204)
+          entry->rating=8;
+       if (value >= 230)
+          entry->rating=9;
+       if (value >= 255)
+          entry->rating=10;
+
+       return bufferpos; /* POPM length after e-mail should this be +5? ie bytes after e-mail?*/
+       }
+    else
+       {
+       entry->rating=((value*11)/256); /* rough calculation for other rating schemes */
+       return bufferpos; /* POPM length after e-mail should this also be +5?*/
+       }
+    
+}
+
 /* parse numeric value from string */
 static int parsediscnum( struct mp3entry* entry, char* tag, int bufferpos )
 {
@@ -496,6 +544,7 @@
     { "COMM", 4, offsetof(struct mp3entry, comment), NULL, false }, 
     { "TCON", 4, offsetof(struct mp3entry, genre_string), &parsegenre, false },
     { "TCO",  3, offsetof(struct mp3entry, genre_string), &parsegenre, false },
+    { "POPM", 4, offsetof(struct mp3entry, rating), &parserating, true },
 #if CONFIG_CODEC == SWCODEC
     { "TXXX", 4, 0, &parseuser, false },
     { "RVA2", 4, 0, &parserva2, true },