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[quote name='Sir_Fragalot']I went ahead and ordered me a brown one today. $140 shipped is a steal for a 30 GB MP3 player considering a 4GB iPod nano is like what $150. Anyway I got a quick question, in my music collection I got wma files and mp3 files. Surprisingly my older mp3 player (piece of garbage 2gb phillips one) will not accept the wma files for some reason (they are cd rips and they were working like a year before), but windows media player will play them perfectly. Will Zune accept them since WMP does accept them fine, or should I go about to convert them to mp3 so they will work so I have my music before I get my Zune.

Thanks[/QUOTE]

It will unless there's some unsupported copy protection on those WMAs. I downloaded the free song from Jimmy Eat World for buying the CD. It's a WMA, but it wouldn't load to the Zune because of some digital rights thing.

MjC
 
[quote name='MCalvert1']It will unless there's some unsupported copy protection on those WMAs. I downloaded the free song from Jimmy Eat World for buying the CD. It's a WMA, but it wouldn't load to the Zune because of some digital rights thing.

MjC[/quote]Nope these are straight off the CD rips that don't have copy protection on them. It's just odd because my older mp3 player gives me an error when I try to put them on the player, but WMP plays them fine.
 
Can anyone point me in the direction of good car kits, etc? I'm asking for one for Christmas, I'd like to know how it compares to my iPod.

BTW, can anyone post any nighttime pics?
 
Sadly, the email I got today from the Zune folks confirmed that to wirelessly sync the Zune, it has to be getting power from an AC source, thus making it indeed not wireless. Was not pleased to hear that.
 
Damn you Microsoft, you had me there for a second...Wait DRM-free songs?
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Did anyone else have this problem and if so know how to fix it ....

For both music and video I'm finding that background sound is significantly louder than foreground sound. For example, I can barely hear the singer singing over the sound of the guitars. And in video, I was watching Disturbia .. the opening scene is a kid and his dad fishing. I couldnt hear the dialogue cause the sound of water trickling and the rods casting was much louder than the talking. For the music I tried fiddling with equalization by changing it to pop, rock, classic, none, etc but that didnt work. Any ideas whats going on or how I can change this?
 
Anybody know of a free video converter or if the new update is going to accept more formats or anything of that nature? The Zune software doesn't recognize mpeg videos at all , so it won't convert those on its own. And the videos that I wnt to convert are 6-12 minutes long, so the trials for video converters won't work.
 
So what features does the old Zune has that the new one doesn't? Besides looking better?

I just got a white Zune for $150 clearance at Office Depot (can't stand the brown color it looks like shit...literally)
 
New Zune has a bigger screen, is lighter & skinnier, touch sensitive navigation, better battery life, and has h264 support.

The 10% off Gamestop coupon should work on the Zune. I'm gonna move some credit from Blockbuster to Gamestop to buy it.
 
[quote name='RiCeBo1']Is the new Zune worth an extra $100 over the old one? And what is h264 support?[/QUOTE]


I wish or hope the MS puts sample models in stores like they did for the original for hands on time.
 
[quote name='RiCeBo1']Is the new Zune worth an extra $100 over the old one? And what is h264 support?[/quote]
Its actually an extra $160 compared to what Amazon sells it for, but the extra space is nice and I wouldnt mind having the upgrades. I'm also getting mine for hopefully only around $120

h264 is a codec like divx, xvid, and wmv. It's usually in either mkv or mp4 format. I'm guessing it'll be mp4 for the Zune. No idea if it converts any faster than wmv's (the only real advantage would be the encoding speed, its not like you need high def quality for the Zune).
 
[quote name='joe2187']Damn you Microsoft, you had me there for a second...Wait DRM-free songs?
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Only certain record labels will have DRM free, and they will be more expensive.

I have a 1st Gen Zune, Im looking forward to the new firmware, but it still doesnt/wont support fucking gapless playback grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Woot.com just put up some more zunes, black and White factory refurbished zunes for 89.99 and if you buy more than one, it comes with this

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[quote name='thrustbucket']Oh that blows ass. I bought two zunes from the first time they did this.[/quote]

its a long shot but its worth a try contact woot and ask them if they could help you out since you ordered from them, Last time they put up zunes again they credited the customers that bought zunes earlier 10 -20 bucks on the next order, who knows maybe you could get a free travel pack.
 
fuck

My Zune may be shot. I can't sync anything to it anymore. I connect it to my computer, the Zune software picks it up fine and I can see everything on it, but if I try and sync anything to it, it just hangs and then I get a "please wait" screen on the Zune and the software says stopped for everything I was trying to sync and hangs saying 96% complete unless I hit the "stop sync" button. I also can't delete anything off of it either. I also when I'm trying to sync I hear a slight clicking noise repeating over and over. I'm thinking it's probably a hardware problem and something in the Zune is failing.

The Zune still plays music fine, but I can't add or delete anything anymore. Has anyone else had this problem and know of any fixes I could try? I'm probably just going to end up calling Microsoft about it seeing if I can get it replaced since it should still be under warranty until Tuesday, but I'd still like to avoid sending it in if I could.

I guess this gives me a pretty good excuse to get the 80 gig version though ;)

EDIT: Nevermind. A simple reset(back button + up on the d-pad) fixed it. I tried doing the complete shut down I posted earlier with the back button and down on the d-pad and starting back up and that didn't do anything. I'll still probably be upgrading pretty soon since I'm on my last gig or so of space to fill on my old Zune
 
Head on over to Zunerama.com to see all the reviews of the Zune 80 and Zune 8, also a sneak peak at the new marketplace now with VIDEO!! oh and podcasts too...(should have called them zunecasts)

http://www.zunerama.com/


Check out some Pics.

Zune 8 and Zune 80, BFF!
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Zune Classic and Zune 80 compared...Zune has slightly bigger screen, and is definitely smaller
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Thickness compared to the original, thickness and weight have been cut in half, Thanks Jenney Craig! (Zune 8 Mini zune on top)
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BUY NOW!...or tomorrow when they actually come out
 
These might be pretty cool:

For the first time, consumers also will have the option to customize their Zune player with laser-engraved designs and personal text through a new Web store called Zune Originals. Customers will be able to purchase a Zune player directly from Microsoft at http://www.zuneoriginals.net and choose from a collection of laser-engraved artwork designed exclusively for Zune by 18 internationally recognized artists.
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http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/15069/New-Zunes-Available-Tomorrow-Zune-Originals-Revealed/
I couldn't get the site to work but I'll definately check it out.
 
Yay, the wireless syncing of the zune only works with unprotected connections or WPA. And I have WEP


great, there goes the feature I was looking forward to the most
 
I'm going out in search of a new 80GB tomorrow afternoon...Target seems to be the way to go, with their $25 gift card promo.

Any other deals out there?
 
[quote name='bmachine']I'm going out in search of a new 80GB tomorrow afternoon...Target seems to be the way to go, with their $25 gift card promo.

Any other deals out there?[/quote]

Circuit City has the $25 giftcard promo as well. Guess it all depends on where'd you like to spend $25 later at.
 
I can wait on getting one, plus I don't really want black. I liked the green tinted brown zune so here's hoping it makes a comeback (with green tint still, though I doubt it since it has the matte finish now).
 
[quote name='bmachine']I'm going out in search of a new 80GB tomorrow afternoon...Target seems to be the way to go, with their $25 gift card promo.

Any other deals out there?[/quote]
EB/Gamestop's got it for $225 after the 10% off coupon. Pretty much the same as everyone else except you get the $25 off there and then (not to mention, you can use credit to take it down even more.)

Anyone having trouble updating their software? Mine gets to about 85% then gives me a "Setup must stop because the required package "Creating System Restore Point failed to install. The system cannot find the drive specified"
 
Wow, the PC software doesn't seem to run like a molasses car in rush hour anymore! That's a good sign!

I'll have to wait until tonight to update the player, though. Left my cable at home. :cry:
 
Damn...I don't think my PC will be able to update the software. There's something wrong with my version or the PC itself where it doesn't display any text/pictures on the installation window. I just have the BACK/NEXT/CANCEL keys highlighted...I was running late for work this morning so I didn't full try to install, I'll see what happens later tonight.

I did sign in to zune.net and saw my friendlist and what songs they are listening to, just like the XBOX360 and what games they are playing, thought this addition was really cool.
 
Well god dammit. The new software completely scanned my pc again so now i have to go through and add/remove crap all over again. This wont take all night at all, thanks zune.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']Why[/QUOTE]
For this reason:

[quote name='Hohez']Well god dammit. The new software completely scanned my pc again so now i have to go through and add/remove crap all over again. This wont take all night at all, thanks zune.[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='hohez']Well god dammit. The new software completely scanned my pc again so now i have to go through and add/remove crap all over again. This wont take all night at all, thanks zune.[/quote]
Oh crap...I hope this doesn't happen to me. I've been logging on as a guest everytime, I hate the auto sync feature.
 
[quote name='hohez']Well god dammit. The new software completely scanned my pc again so now i have to go through and add/remove crap all over again. This wont take all night at all, thanks zune.[/QUOTE]

I didn't have this problem at all.
 
The update on my zune itself seems to be fine, but the software on my pc is reading tons of shit wrong. Albums with different album covers, random tracks from other bands put in with different whole albums.

I'm trying to find a fix at the zunescene forums, seems its a metatag reading error or some shit. Either way it's highly highly agrivating, and if i could just revert to the old version i would.

The new firmware on the zune itself, runs like butter now though. Every transition is very smooth, though i dislike the hugeness of the main menu now.

i know you could reverse sync the entirety of your zune's library back onto the pc, maybe that's possible.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Circuit City has the $25 giftcard promo as well. Guess it all depends on where'd you like to spend $25 later at.[/quote]

Thanks for the tip...doesn't look like Target is carrying the 80GB in stores, just online...so I went for the CC deal.
 
[quote name='anomynous']For this reason:[/QUOTE]

Well that's an annoying thing it did when installed, sure, but I hardly think that means the entire program from beginning to end sucks balls, especially sucks worse than the old program.
 
Ok, here's a fix for the metadata issue, maybe. it worked for me, though i still have to add back in about 10 albums worth of info that just wont come up at all.

Please follow the steps below to build your library using the metadata in the file rather than the 1.0 data store:
Close Zune.exe
Open (for Vista) C:\user\{your_username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Zune or c:\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\Microsoft\Zune the equivelent on XP
Find the CurrentDatabase_365.wmdb (that is the 1.0 data store) rename it to CurrentDatabase_365Old.wmdb
Find the ZuneStore.sdf (that is the 2.0 data store) rename it to ZuneStoreOld.sdf
Restart Zune.exe, it will find all the media files in your monitored folders and add them to your collection based on the metadata in the files.
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Just a quick tip for those of you using XP: The location of your SDF and WMDB files will be:
"c:\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\Microsoft\Zune".
Note that some of these folders are hidden by default, so depending on how you navigate there, you may have to turn on viewing hidden folders in explorer from Tools->Folder Options->View->Show hidden files and folders.
On Vista, it's:
"c:\users\\appdata\local\Microsoft\Zune".
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All of my albums that were mixed up and songs in the wrong places, that took care of them. Sans a few albums which are probably on my hardrive in a different spot.

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update

ok, so now that I've had some time with it, i can say ripping music seems drastically slower, but overall I like the software.

This feature is also neat, M$ basically ripped off last.fm, which makes me happy since this includes the data from my zune not just pc.

http://social.zune.net/member/Hohez

be neat if i could link that into my sig here on top of my xbla gamercard info.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Damn...I don't think my PC will be able to update the software. There's something wrong with my version or the PC itself where it doesn't display any text/pictures on the installation window. I just have the BACK/NEXT/CANCEL keys highlighted...I was running late for work this morning so I didn't full try to install, I'll see what happens later tonight.

I did sign in to zune.net and saw my friendlist and what songs they are listening to, just like the XBOX360 and what games they are playing, thought this addition was really cool.[/QUOTE]

I think this is conected to the next dash update .
 
I was finally able to get my software to update. Other than the fact that i cant seem to organize songs that are on my Zune (i have to delete, then re-sync), and the ultra lameness that you actually have to convert the podcasts (why the hell couldnt they just have them on their servers as wmv's?), the update isnt too bad. The software seems to run faster for me. I also like the way the firmware looks on the Zune.

Damnit, Gamestop just pushed the date for the Zune 80 to the 16th. I hate spending $ at Gamestop, but ive got the 10% off coupon & $50 credit. The next best deal is $200 at Kmart (and hell if i can find a Kmart that'd actually have it in stock).
 
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