Archive for February, 2007

If you want to know more about the Zune Marketplace’s “behind de the scene”, this article from the Seattle PI may be for you. They have done an interview with the small team that take care of the 2.5 million…

Download Zune MusicIt’s almost christmas and the Zune has arrived! Microsoft released it just before christmas… of course.Here lists several solutions to get music, video, movies, audio books playable on Microsoft Zune player, including download music and videos from Zune Marketplace and another cheaper reousrce that has just launched. 1. Transfer music/videos to your Zune directly with your Zune software Of course Zune software can import your existing files, including your video and music from apple iTunes and Windows Media Player, and get them work on your Zune. The Zune supports videos in MP4 (MPEG-4), WMV, H.264 up to 320×240 and audio files in unprotected MP3, AAC, WMA ( up to 320Kbps, 48KHz) 2. Rip your CD to Zune The Zune software will not only  manage and view your movies, songs, edit album and track information, but also supports ripping your audio CDs. Everyone has favorite CDs and of course wants to listen to it on his / her Zune. How to do it? Just rip your CD to WMA, MP3 or AAC file formats. After that transfer them to your Zune. 3. Purchase movies and songs from Zune Marketplace To get a zune pass you will need to suscribe and pay a flat $14.99 per month for unlimited downloads. Individual downloads are another option as well. 1) Subscribe * Sign up for a free Zune account. * Download as many tracks or albums as you like, and sync to your Zune. 2) Individual download * Sign up for a free Zune account. * 79 Microsoft Points per track (about 99 cents). Buy e.g.  4000 Microsoft Points’ for $50. (Pay by credit card or biy a points card at participating retail stores. About  Microsoft Points: It  is a universal system that works across borders, including Xbox Live Marketplace. and Zune Marketplace. I do not like the fact of paying per download not paying a flat monthly fee. Alternative Zuen download sites are popping up everywhere. Once I like most so far is Zune Reactor: Get Your Zune Reactor UNLIMITED ACCESS PASS before they are all gone. There launch quantities are limited!- This Product for the Microsoft Zune is Not Available in Retail Stores -   Download as many songs, HD-quality movies and tv shows as you want, plus get unlimited access to all the latest Zune downloads as soon as they are released.  With ZuneReactor, all the best content for your Zune will be just a click away.  Get an unlimited access pass and you can start downloading music, videos, pictures, and more for your Zune in just a few minutes - plus, all your downloads are yours to keep! Click below! Download Zune Music 

It’s Friday, and you know what that means. Ready? OK!

• First up, Aquarium Drunkard has a pair of Donny Hathwaway MP3s, as well as five tracks from Lewis and Clarke. Sweet.


• My Old Kentucky’s Dodge this week posts two tracks from Dean and Britta, a group with a very interesting back story: “Dean Wareham, former lead of Galaxie 500 and Luna, met Britta Phillips when she auditioned for Luna in 2000. Britta used to provide the singing voice for the cartoon rocker JEM (JEM & the Holograms) and was a member of the band Belltower, she became the bassist for Luna. ” JEM?!?! Are you kiddin me? *Awesome!*


• Oliver Wang at soul-sides has the track “I Can’t Wait (Until I See My Baby’s Face),” first from Aretha Franklin, then from Dusty Springfield


• For fans of down-tempo electronic music (like me!), 3Hive has a track from Australia’s All India Radio


• You Can Take the Boy Out of Brooklyn has two tracks from the Manic Street Preachers. Let’s hear it for the nineties!


• Different Kitchen posts links to three different sets of free mixtapes. Go get em!


• RockInsider is in NYC, but listening to Thailand. She posts an MP3, as well as one from Grizzly Bear.


• For fellow fans of flashback punk out there, The Slats Rock Cleveland (that is, popular music site IRockCleveland posts an MP3 from Minneapolis’ The Slats.


• And last but certainly not not awesome, Chromewaves has a new MP3 from Midnight Movies.

Ok, enjoy the MP3s on your Zune! You know what’s interesting? MP3 Friday posts are always the most read on this site, but they always get the fewest comments. Anyways, have a great weekend everybody! Be sure to get out there and take pictures!

We’ve just completed a review of a low-end Zune case from Zuneone. The case is a generic Chinese made product. We found out that you can buy the same Zune case from 22Moo and other vendors for more than 60%….

If you have pictures, songs or videos on your Zune device from your own library (IE, not purchased from Zune Marketplace, preloaded in your device, or received via wireless sharing), you can reverse sync these. That is, using the Zune software, you can copy content from your Zune device to your PC. I made a little screenshot tutorial:

First, note how my PC’s “My Videos” folder is empty:

I’ve decided to take a recorded/transcoded episode of The Office from my Zune device (“More Awesomer”) back to my PC. First, I connect More Awesomer  to my PC – using either a primary sync relationship or Guest Mode (either will work).

Then I click the sync icon (highlighted in yellow), and drag the content from More Awesomer.

I then click “copy from device” in the lower right hand corner – this status bar pops up:

When the video finishes, you’ll see “Copied from device” in the status column:

And finally, note how the video is now in my video folder:

Give it a shot - it’s actually pretty cool.