Syncing ratings between iPod & iTunes

Is there any way to sync the ratings between my iPod and iTunes? I keep my song collection on an external drive at home so I usually rate songs with my iPod when I'm at work (via the same laptop).

I got it now.
You are Manually manage music and play the song on the iPod thru the laptop at work.
Set the iPod to Auto sync at home and select the playlists (or all) you want on the iPod.
When you get to work, plug it in and tell it NO to sync the library on this computer to the iPod.
You should now be able to use it fine in iTunes.
When you get home, plug it in and it will ask if you want to auto sync. Click OK.
iTunes makes it sound as if it will actually erase everything on the iPod & pu tit back on. It doesn't.the music again. It doesn't really do this.
It should however, sync the ratings.
If you make any other changes to the songs (names, comments, etc.) those will not get sync'd to the computer and will get deleted from the iPod and the original songs put back in place.
Some other fellow does the same here -> http://www.feaverish.com/bygones/183

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Hey I just got an iPod and I want the ratings I set on the pod to update onto my computer. When I connect the iPod I can see the songs on the iPod have the ratings I set when I was using the iPod, but the original songs on the computer aren't updated.
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Or do the ratings only flow one way? Thanks a lot guys,
Josh

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I use manual updating on iTunes simply because I have so much music, it wont fit onto my iPod, so I manually select the songs I want on.
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OK, what exactly have you tried? I don't want to waste my time and yours suggesting things you've already done.
A little tip for the future; when something starts to degrade, that's the time to look at it, don't wait for it to fail altogether, the remedy is likely to be more costly, painful, difficult and time consuming (or all of the above).

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I own both the iPod and the iPhone, both linked to iTunes. It is only possible to sync between the iPod to iTunes or between the iPhone to iTunes.
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Rationally this means that if I can download the same things on both my devices
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