Zune Software :D

As you may know. I fucking hate iTunes. But, there is another type of proprietary software out there, for Microsofts DAP, The Zune.

I want a Zune, so I decided to install the software to give it a whirl.

Everything installed easily, just clicked a few buttnos and waited, nice big easy to read text and a clean look indicated things to come.

After launching the software, a white box came up, the Zune logo faded in then back out and i was greeted with a setting dialogue box. I told it where my music was and where to rip it to (it guessed, but I changed a couple of locations) After ok-ing these settings and telling it what filetypes to play it told me I had nothing in my Zune Library. But it automatically found my music and imported for me :)

Currently playing Sex Pistols atm, the interface really is nice and clean :) I'll try ripping CDs soon :D



(I really should've taken screenies of the setup, but I didn't think I would blog it)











Update : So I went to see what ripping a CD was like. So I put in Dark Passion Play by Nightwish. After selecting the CD in the Zune software (wee picture of a disc got coloured in in the bottom corner) I was greeted by this screen



Album art, titles, everything. And I haven't even ripped it. Damn. It's good :D

Didn't find any settings, but I found them under (GASP!!!) settings in the top corner. No FLAC or WAV. But Windows Media Audio Lossless. WMAL? There is also MP3, WMA and WMA VBR. But I chose Lossless 'cause that's what I'd do with my CDs if I had a Zune.

CD is ripping now. Come back later for updates.

Everything ripped great :D Dark Passion Play was put in My Music folder, in a Nightwish sub folder, then a Dark Passion Play Folder - Awesome :D

Putting the Album through MP3Tag, I found out the songs have differen't bitrates. The calmer ones do, probabl due to the less instruments and stuff. XD The Album art isn't embedded, but I'm guessing it would work on a Zune.



Please Microsoft, bring the Zune to the UK!! I don't wanna import one incase it breaks D:

Overall 8/10 Minus 0.5 points cause I can't use all of it because we aint in America (not the softwares fault), minus another half for not having a toolbar for my taskbar (it does tell you the song name/album/artist when minimised though) CBA screenieing :P And minus 1 point For not embedding the Album art :P but give half of that to the fact I can't play FLAC or Ogg Vorbis in the Zune player ;)