Can I load my current Music to Zune ? Just ordered two Zune 8 GB then I read that I must purchase music from Zune? Hopefully, this is not true. Can anyone tell me if I can transfer my current music or purchase music from other sites? Can I load my current Music to Zune ? Just ordered two Zune 8 GB then I read that I must purchase music from Zune? Hopefully, this is not true. Can anyone tell me if I can transfer my current music... » Read More Can I load my current Music to Zune ? Just ordered two Zune 8 GB then I read that I must purchase music from Zune? Hopefully, this is not true. Can anyone tell me if I can transfer my current music or purchase music from other sites? « Show Less
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Zune is very easy to use - and no WMP is a standalone software and only syncs to plays for sure devices, like Archos, creative (for example)Install the zune software, and just use it to find your files and import them. They will still be in WMP. The Zune software is a lot more sophisticated, and I think you will like it.
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The zune software will import your mp3 or wma files from your computer to its library. You can also purchase music from Zune marketplace, and/or get a subscription which is $14.99 a month and gives you 10 downloads each month.
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I have thousands of songs on my WMP 11, can't I just use that to sync? And if I have to "import" all of it to Zune's software, will it still be on my WMP too?
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You are welcome, and I should clarify a little bit. The zune subscription allows you to download any song you want to listen to and sync to your zune every month, and you get to keep 10 songs per month (you just "buy" them with your credits.) As long as you keep the subscription, those millions of songs you download to sync to your zune will be playable/syncable. The 10 songs you "buy" with your credits are yours to keep forever. :)
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David,I've tried Handbrake and did get it to work but the Zune software had to reformat the Handbrake file. Do you have Handbrake working where you don't have to reformat the file with Zune? If yes, how did you set up Handbrake?Thanks
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On my computer Zune automatically found all af my WMP and Itunes files and organized them.I have to say that after owning many MP-3 players, including I-Pods, that Zune is definately a good choice.
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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ok thanks, I was thinking about buying a sansa fuze 8gb mp3 player on black friday and I wanted to know if i could make it at least 16gb total with the mirco sd card and now that I know I can, I will be buying the mp3 player. thanks again.
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I agree with what you say. The zune does seem to have been hurried to the market. It's difficult to take the zune as a competitor at the moment, but microsoft has already announced its plans for a "family of devices". So i'd wager that the scene will be very different once the newer zunes start arriving. Hopefully they'll release a larger capacity version as well; that's the only thing holding me from buying the device.
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In my opinion the best thing about the Zune is the marketplace. You can subscribe and download a bunch of music for just the flat rate. Other than that they are pretty much the same. You can download stuff from limewire and add it to the Zune no problem just by linking where that program saves the files. The other problem with the zune is there are not alot of accessories for the product. That might change but if you go to the store the amount of products for Ipods especially if you want a radio that will be instantly compatible you have to go Ipod. I hate saying it because I'm now Zune all the way, I've even converted my wife to zune, but damn, every time I walk into the store I wish mine would be compatible with some of the boom boxes that are sold there. If you need any other info just let me know, I own a 80g Zune, an 8g and an old 30g. I know zunes.
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Great Queston! My Wife gave me an Ipod for Christmas, I have around 1,000 cd's, I've almost loaded all of them on my computer. My Ipod is less than half full, my computer is maxed! I want to load more!
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Hi D. Clemens... I didn't see a response to this, so I just wanted to give some assistance. The instruction manual on page 45 states that you can run pictures and music from any USB device. I did see some comment that the Zune MP3 player wasn't supported. Thanks,
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I'm not familiar with Zune but it says in the manual under "My Music Library" - Access (or Browse) and playback your XM recordings, downloded MP3 and WMA music files and downloaded audio books. Not sure if this helps.
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Hi Pamela,The Zune Car thingy should be able to play what you have on your Zune, that's its job. You don't want it to play the radio from the zune because your cars radio already does that. You should be tuning it from the car pack itself on the square thingy and your car to find the best signal for it.I also find that the zunes proximity to the radio helps, like resting it on the dashboard or within its compartment. The Car packs are a tricky business from ipods to zunes. The ones that are like cassette readers if your car has a cassette player (good luck with that one) that does the job very well and won't interrupt your music with incoming radio. If you have any other questions let me know. Hi Pamela,The Zune Car thingy should be able to play what you have on your Zune, that's its job. You don't want it to play the radio from the zune because your cars radio already does that. You should be tuning it from the car pack itself on the square thingy and your car to find the best signal for it.I also find that the zunes proximity to the radio helps, like resting it on the dashboard or within its compartment. The Car packs are a tricky business from ipods to zunes. The ones that are like cassette readers if your car has a cassette player (good luck with that... » Read More Hi Pamela,The Zune Car thingy should be able to play what you have on your Zune, that's its job. You don't want it to play the radio from the zune because your cars radio already does that. You should be tuning it from the car pack itself on the square thingy and your car to find the best signal for it.I also find that the zunes proximity to the radio helps, like resting it on the dashboard or within its compartment. The Car packs are a tricky business from ipods to zunes. The ones that are like cassette readers if your car has a cassette player (good luck with that one) that does the job very well and won't interrupt your music with incoming radio. If you have any other questions let me know. « Show Less
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I think there will be the native capability soon, due to the fact that the Zune 2 has the functionality and that people are asking for it. Either Apple will do it or independent developers will since Apple is releasing the SDK...
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As long as the files are in a format that the Zune can play, all you have to do is point to the file location as your media folders. The only issue I see if it not picking up the metadata so you might want to look out for that as it builds your library.
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Zune 30 GB Digital Media Player (Black) I really loved my zune 30 gb (1st generation), however it let me down when one day while charging it in a wall outlet it deleted every song I had on it. I would like to know how can I get those songs back on my zune it seems to not allow me to do so. if you can help me i would appreciate it.
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I sent mine back, it was worthless... I replaced it with a Zune 80gig refurbished, it works perfectly, plus there are lots of very cheap (under $10) accessories available, like a case, a remote control unit and extra charging equip.....
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Kevin, u got it wrong..It comes with a USB cable which will charge your player the moment you connect it to your PC :) Same goes for iPod..The charger that you see on the marketplace is IF you want to plug in the Zune to power socket.. :) While you are syncing your player, it will do the charging for you..isnt that just fine?
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Yes you just have to open your music file on computer and drag your selections to the zune folder or you can always burn a cd option