I'm still more interested in what's available from Amazon Unbox because I don't watch much video on any portable device, but it's nice to see another option. The Zune store has the key advantage of delivering videos that work on your PC, on a Zune and on the Xbox (streamed from the Zune software), while Xbox videos are trapped in your Xbox. Zune did manage to score some NBC programs that aren't available from iTunes, but I really see the Zune Marketplace video selection as the eventual replacement for (or merger with) the Xbox Live Video Marketplace. If you have both apps open you can post recently listened to songs to your Messenger status.Īnother important addition is the new video store is working toward achieving parity with iTunes. Some other new features are a bit more obvious - like integration with Live Messenger.
Key new features include advanced tag editing for correcting metadata on your tracks, a seemingly improved ability to identify tracks in compilation albums, and smart playlisting (this last feature still needs to re-add mood-based playlists, but most people won't care). The reason I consider this the real breakthrough release for the Zune software is because it adds back in some features that any media player needs to be useful. Zune Marketplace integration is useful (for finding albums you may not own) without being invasive. The experience of browsing for music in the Zune software makes finding music in a large library relatively easy.
#Zune software download fail windows#
The Zune UI team has succeeded where both Windows Media Player and iTunes have failed, eliminating the confusing folder > sub-folder hierarchy that's traditionally defined the desktop media player. Starting with existing support for h.264 content that WMP only plays after installing additional codecs, Zune software only got better in the current release. You can benefit without ever buying a Zune device or purchasing a single track from the Zune Marketplace. It's not, of course, you still need WMP to playback any of the PlaysForSure DRM stuff you've purchased in the past, like Amazon Unbox videos, but Windows Media Player might as well be dead because Microsoft has created something so much better with the Zune app. With the release of the Zune 2.5 desktop software, I'm officially declaring Windows Media Player dead.
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