xmp-rating valid values now 1-5. 0 means "unrated" and the attribute does not exist with value 0

src/backend/model/database/enitites/MediaEntity.ts

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class MediaMetadataEntity implements MediaMetadata {
 
   @Column('tinyint', {unsigned: false})
   @Index()
-  rating: -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
+  rating: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
 
   @OneToMany(() => PersonJunctionTable, (junctionTable) => junctionTable.media)
   personJunction: PersonJunctionTable[];

src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { imageSize } from 'image-size';
 import { Config } from '../../../common/config/private/Config';
 import { FaceRegion, PhotoMetadata } from '../../../common/entities/PhotoDTO';
 import { VideoMetadata } from '../../../common/entities/VideoDTO';
+import { RatingTypes } from '../../../common/entities/MediaDTO';
 import { Logger } from '../../Logger';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -513,17 +514,17 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
   private static mapRating(metadata: PhotoMetadata, exif: any) {
     if (exif.xmp &&
       exif.xmp.Rating !== undefined) {
-      metadata.rating = exif.xmp.Rating;
+      const rting = Math.round(exif.xmp.Rating);
-    }
+      if (rting < 0) {
-    if (metadata.rating !== undefined) {
+        //We map all ratings below 0 to 0. Lightroom supports value -1, but most other tools (including this) don't.
-      if (metadata.rating < -1) { //Rating -1 means "rejected" according to adobe's spec
+        //Rating 0 means "unrated" according to adobe's spec, so we delete the attribute in pigallery for the same effect
-        metadata.rating = -1;
+        delete metadata.rating;
-      } else if (metadata.rating > 5) {
+      } else if (rting > 5) { //map all ratings above 5 to 5
         metadata.rating = 5;
+      } else {
+        metadata.rating = (rting as RatingTypes);
+      }
     } 
-    } //else {
-      //metadata.rating = 0; //Rating 0 means "unrated" according to adobe's spec
-    //}
   }
 
   private static mapFaces(metadata: PhotoMetadata, exif: any, orientation: number) {

src/common/entities/MediaDTO.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface MediaDTO extends FileDTO {
   missingThumbnails?: number;
 }
 
-export type RatingTypes = -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
+export type RatingTypes = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5;
 
 export interface MediaMetadata {
   size: MediaDimension;

test/backend/assets/Chars.json

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   },
   "keywords": [
   ],
-  "rating": -1,
   "faces": [
     {
       "box": {

test/backend/assets/Chars_exiftool.json

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   },
   "keywords": [
   ],
-  "rating": -1,
   "faces": [
     {
       "box": {

test/backend/assets/sidecar/Chars.json

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   },
   "keywords": [
   ],
-  "rating": -1,
   "faces": [
     {
       "box": {

test/backend/assets/sidecar/Chars_exiftool.json

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   },
   "keywords": [
   ],
-  "rating": -1,
   "faces": [
     {
       "box": {