Applescript to remotely rate iTunes Songs in a Shared Library credits go to dougs iTunes Scripts esp. dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/diy1network17.php

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global remUserName, remHostIPAddr, remAddr

my get_login_info()

tell application "iTunes"
  set numList to {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"}
	set selectedRating to {choose from list numList}
	set selectedRating to (selectedRating * 20)
	
	set sel to selection
	
	if sel is {} then
		display dialog "No tracks selected." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 with icon 0
		return
	end if
	
	repeat with t in sel
		try
			set thePID to get t's persistent ID
			
			my rate_file_by_pid(thePID, selectedRating)
		end try
	end repeat
end tell

to get_login_info()
	set remUserName to "xxx"
	set remHostIPAddr to "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
	set remAddr to (remUserName & "@" & remHostIPAddr) as text
end get_login_info


to rate_file_by_pid(pid, theRating)
	set osaCom to quoted form of ¬
		("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set rating of some track of library playlist 1 whose persistent id is \"" & pid & "\" to " & theRating & "' ")
	
	do shell script ("ssh " & remAddr & space & osaCom)
end rate_file_by_pid