Zune Podcasts

[HeyGrim]

Hey, I'm probably going to be picking up a Zune in the next month or so, but I was wondering how much support they have for podcasts. Would I be able to listen to the same audio and video podcasts that I could on an iPod? Thanks.

[EndGamePR]

Originally Posted by HeyGrim

Hey, I'm probably going to be picking up a Zune in the next month or so, but I was wondering how much support they have for podcasts. Would I be able to listen to the same audio and video podcasts that I could on an iPod? Thanks.

I don't have a Zune, but my understanding is that the Zune Marketplace doesn't have anywhere NEAR the selection of podcasts that's available on iTunes. The Microsoft people have been horrid about getting shows approved over there. I submitted three different shows months and months ago, and to my knowledge none of them are currently available on Zune Marketplace.

[HeyGrim]

Originally Posted by EndGamePR

I don't have a Zune, but my understanding is that the Zune Marketplace doesn't have anywhere NEAR the selection of podcasts that's available on iTunes. The Microsoft people have been horrid about getting shows approved over there. I submitted three different shows months and months ago, and to my knowledge none of them are currently available on Zune Marketplace.

Alright, but if I was to get a Zune, would I be able to get podcasts individually if they weren't located on the Marketplace?

[EndGamePR]

Originally Posted by HeyGrim

Alright, but if I was to get a Zune, would I be able to get podcasts individually if they weren't located on the Marketplace?

Oh sure ... of course.

[Incognitum]

I just laid out a ton of cash for a Zune 2 and home media dock on a "#1 podcast device" recomendation from CNet. Do not spend money in this peice of crap. Every podcast you want to listen to you must manualy navigate to and select. What a stupid, stupid idea. No way to shuffle podcasts, so if I'm trying to catch up on a lot of somthing I can't space them out with my other podcasts, and no way to make a podcast playlist. So every time I get to the end of a podcast I have to take the device out of my pocket and manualy select the next on to play. Waste of money since I'm going to stick with my zen until Microsoft fixes this in a firmware release (like it's ever gonna happen).

[shennon031]

Originally Posted by gooo

Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune
Download this software at Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune
1. Free download　Zune Video Converter + DVD to Zune Suite install and launch.

2. Click DVD to Zune Converter component, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu, choose the DVD ROM in your PC, it will take you to the DVD menu in the player screen.

3. Click the "Setting" and go to menu "Subtitle", Set Subtitle to what you like.

4. Click the "Setting" and go to menu "Audio Track", Set audiotrack to what you like. To 'Output Folder', Enter the full pathname or choose the path where you want to save your video files by clicking 'Output folder'. The default output format is WMV, which natively supported by Zune. You can also hit "Setting -> Output settings", select other output formats you like (MP4, H.264, WMV7/8/9, MP3, WMA, etc.)

5. The converter will automaticly detect the main movie of your DVDs, it will popup with below window to let you make a decision, just keep the setting of "Record from movie start point" and output file size setting, the default setting is the best for good quality and compact output file size, click "Yes" to start ripping DVD to Zune video files.
Tips: You can also just record any part of movie by drag the slide bar to where you want to start, and click the "Convert" button, please select "Record from current time point". This provide you with more flexibility.

6. Find the .wmv or .mp4 file that DVD to Zune converter created and add it into your Zune software library.

7. Load the .mp4 or .wmv files to Zune by clicking 'Sync contenct to and from your Zune'. Done!


Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune

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[sdfbfe]

Originally Posted by gooo

Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune
Download this software at Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune
1. Free download　Zune Video Converter + DVD to Zune Suite install and launch.

2. Click DVD to Zune Converter component, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu, choose the DVD ROM in your PC, it will take you to the DVD menu in the player screen.

3. Click the "Setting" and go to menu "Subtitle", Set Subtitle to what you like.

4. Click the "Setting" and go to menu "Audio Track", Set audiotrack to what you like. To 'Output Folder', Enter the full pathname or choose the path where you want to save your video files by clicking 'Output folder'. The default output format is WMV, which natively supported by Zune. You can also hit "Setting -> Output settings", select other output formats you like (MP4, H.264, WMV7/8/9, MP3, WMA, etc.)

5. The converter will automaticly detect the main movie of your DVDs, it will popup with below window to let you make a decision, just keep the setting of "Record from movie start point" and output file size setting, the default setting is the best for good quality and compact output file size, click "Yes" to start ripping DVD to Zune video files.
Tips: You can also just record any part of movie by drag the slide bar to where you want to start, and click the "Convert" button, please select "Record from current time point". This provide you with more flexibility.

6. Find the .wmv or .mp4 file that DVD to Zune converter created and add it into your Zune software library.

7. Load the .mp4 or .wmv files to Zune by clicking 'Sync contenct to and from your Zune'. Done!


Share : how to convert dvd and video to zune

oh , thank you , and i think you are so professional , and i will try my best to learn it , and i think i can do it well ,

[Incognitum]

After my Zen died on me last year, I managed to make the Zune a workable podcast platform by end-running Micrapsoft. The key is a thorough MP3 tag editor.

**This is the arrangement that has worked for me, maybe you can pare down the number of steps necessary, but when I experiment with deviations, sometimes for unknown reasons some of the files don't upload to the zune correctly.**

First you need to create a folder in your zune watched podcast folder corresponding to each podcast 'channel' you would like to create (I.E. I have separate channels for news, entertainment, economics, and occasionally add others for catching up on back episodes of newly subscribed 'casts).

My tag software (called 'mp3tag 2.43') edits both 3.1 and 3.2 tags. As far as I can tell, only 3.2 needs to be edited, but I have both enabled to be safe. Set your tags to the following:

Tittle: [Blank]
Artist: [Channel]
Album: [Channel]
Year: "2009" (or Current)
Track: "1"
Genre: "Podcasts"
Album art, disc number, composer, etc...: [Blank]

Where "[Channel]" corresponds to the folder name for the channel that file should be in. Then move the files to their corresponding folder.

This process is made easy by a combination of the tag editor software mentioned above, and FeedDemon which collects all new podcasts in one easy to sort through folder. The effect is that each 'channel' is put into the zune's podcasts menu as their own podcast giving you the auto-resume and other podcast specific features, but in a playlist type format with your mix of podcasts playing through without manually clicking on each one. I am now able to upload all of my podcasts to the zune in about 4 clicks each morning. The one thing I've not yet been able to fix is that the zune software dates each file from when zune sees it, not when it was created, so if I have two consecutive episodes being uploaded they will sometimes play in the correct order, and sometimes in reverse order. This effect can be attenuated by uploading your files at the same time each day.

Hope this helps some other poor sucker who bought the zune unawares of it's pitiful native podcasting support.

[akman1988]

Marketplace doesn't have anywhere NEAR the selection of podcasts that's available on iTunes

[divele]

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