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Zune 30 and MPEG-4 files

Someone got the idea that the Zune 30 can't currently play MPEG-4 video files, and that this feature will be added soon. I don't know where they got their info, but my Zune 30 has played MPEG-4 video files since the day I bought it. How is this a "new" feature? -NordsternMN 02:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Zune (device) cannot currently play natively the mpeg-4 video format. It needs to transcode (convert) the mpeg4 (xvid) video into native format for the device to accept and play. The only good news is that it saves time and uses industry wide standard video format which few use atm. The news was mentioned on many blogs and on a microsoft zune team blog. - 6etonyourfeet (talk?) 04:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zune Limited Edition Section

There are sure a lot of limited and special edition Zunes clogging up the Models section. Perhaps a special section should be dedicated to special colors, or limited edition Zunes? Dcastimore 18:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree it's not even relevant to the new Zunes. Probably place em in the Zune 30 section or create limited Zunes article like you suggested. - 6etonyourfeet (talk?) 19:27, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to move the first 6 paragraphs of the models section to the Zune 30 page and replace it with something like this:
The Zune 30 was the first Zune music player, and has a 30GB hard drive for storage. The Zune 30 is similar in size to the Ipod classic.
The Zune 4 is a second generation Zune with 4GB of flash memory for storage. The Zune 4 is smaller than the Zune 30, and is similar to the Ipod Nano. The second generation Zune has a Zune Pad instead of the simple directional pad included on the Zune 30.
The Zune 8 is the same as the Zune 4, with the exception that it has 8GB of storage rather than 4gb.
The Zune 80 is a replacement to the Zune 30, with a larger 80GB hard drive. It is 14% thinner and 20% lighter than the Zune 30 and also includes the Zune Pad.
Any Suggestions?? Dcastimore 17:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Be WP:BOLD but I suggest that you try to merge your summarize all the models from the single one liner paragraphs into single unified paragraph. Also try to avoid references to iPod because there is an editor who consistently deletes/censors references to iPod when the comparison to competition is acknowledged by reporting media. You might want to cite the last paragraph because the figures may be WP:OR to some readers. - 6etonyourfeet (talk?) 23:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone got a latest zune?

If anyone has bought a latest zune, take a photograph of it and update this page... Thankyou Mugunth 10:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firmware update

The firmware update released today granted all Zunes updated codec and format support, plus podcast support and wireless synching, basically the entire Zune 2 package. --Basique 17:26, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Videos

There are now videos available on the new marketplace. there should be added infotramiotn babout the update--84.60.232.36 21:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Halo 3 Zune content

Music

The Zune comes preloaded with eleven songs all in a playlist called "Zune Gems". None of these songs can upload from the Zune to the computer, but unlike their video counterparts their thumbnails (album covers) display.

Name Album Artist Time
Tell Me Tell Me A New Language The Adored 2:34
A Pillar of Salt The Body, The Blood, The Machine The Thermals 2:57
Stay Small Sins Small Sins 3:53
At the End of the Sky Darkel Darkel 3:39
Can't Let Go LP Landon Pigg 3:58
Signs of Life Heart = Weapon Every Move a Picture 3:47
Alala Cansei de Ser Sexy CSS 3:58
Wicked Gil Everything All the Time Band of Horses 2:57
Munich The Back Room Editors 3:46
Open Book Capture/Release The Rakes 2:17
The Mating Game The Mating Game Bitter Sweet 3:24

Videos

The Halo 3 Zune employs different sections for videos, the only Zune with the capability to do this.

Movies

Name Description Year Time Can be downloaded
Halo 2:Theatrical Trailer The Halo 2 cinematic trailer, created by The Ant Farm, that ran in movie theaters in the US during the summer of 2004. 2004 45 sec Yes
Halo 3:E3 2006 Announcement Trailer The real-tine trailer that officially announced Halo 3. 2006 2:31 Yes
Halo 3:Starry Night The Halo 3 CG prime time teaser ad which ran one time only - "Starry Night". 2006 1:01 Yes
A New York Skateboarding Minute A ride through NYC & beyond, brought to you by 5Boro Skateboards. 2006(Unrated) 4:13 No
Progression - Kranked 6 8 of the world's best mountain bikers are given a challenge: to create the most progressive and stunning line, then ride it. 2006(Unrated) 2:08 No
Red vs Blue: Tune On, Tune In, Zune Out The soldiers of Red vs Blue welcome you to your new Zune player and invite you to turn on, tune in, and zune out! 2007 4:23 Yes
TGRTV Teaser No description available. 2006(Unrated) 3:27 No

TV Shows

The TV shows section shows another stunning feature only available to the Halo 3 Zune. It has videos placed in subsections, where the line you would usually click to view a videos information takes the user to a list of videos

Halo 3 ViDOC

The Halo 3 ViDOC section contains three videos, all downloadable from the Zune to the computer. In these subsections of videos it shows the month and date of creation to the left of the video, with thumbnails at the top and the name of the section directly below.

Name Description Year Time
Is Quisnam Protero Damno! Dive deep into the planning, process and personalities behind Halo 3's incredible new multiplayer game. Glimpse new levels, new techniques and new features [content cuts off] 1/1/2007 7:19
Et Tu Brute? In the second Bungie "Vidoc" we take a long hard look at the ferocious new antagonist for Master Chief, the Brute. Now that a tentative alliance has formed between Humans [content cuts off] 1/1/2007 7:19
Finish the Fight! In this fascinating short, you'll see some of the teamwork, thought processes and imagination that went into this Halo 3 teaser. You'll see the actual [content cuts off] 1/1/2006 7:23
Red vs Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles

The second of the two subsections contains the first six episodes of Red vs Blue, all can be downloaded from Zune to PC.

Name Description Year Time
Why Are We Here? The first episode of Red vs. Blue introduces the main characters, and poses the all-important question, why are we here? 1/1/2003 2:34
Red Gets a Delivery The Red get a new piece of equipment. and Grif has a problem with its name. 1/1/2003 3:49
The Rookies The Red and Blue armies get new recruits. 1/1/2003 3:12
Head Noob in Charge Caboose is given the job of "guarding the flag". Donut goes to the store 1/1/2003 4:18
The Package is in the Open Donut returns from the store with a surprise. 1/1/2003 3:35
1.21 Giga-Whats?? The Blues go through the teleporter. The Reds get the upper hand. 1/1/2003 3:24

Music Videos

None of the music videos can be downloaded from Zune to computer and as such none of them have thumbnails when searching through videos.

Name Description Year Time
1.618 No description available. 2006 11:32
Drain Cosmetics The video for "Drain Cosmetics" by Serena-Maneesh was shot in an Oslo mansion and features brother and sister combo Hilma and Emil 2006 3:17
Elevate Myself Jason Lytle and the recently disbanded California quintet travel through an animated metropolis while performing a single off their 2006 release "Just Like The Fambly" 2006 3:29
Faster Kill Pussycat No description available. 2006 3:21
Keep Me Home Wildly creative, this video for "Keep Me Home" features an unlikely, yet sympathetic protagonist. 2006 3:23
The Kill No description available. 2006 4:54
Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from [Above] From the 2006 Sub Pop release "Cansei de Ser Sexy." 2006 3:38
Over and Over See the amazing new video from the critically acclaimed UK act. 2006 4:02
Red Hot Drops From the 2006 Sub Pop release "Skelliconnection." 2006 3:27
The Snowy Parts of Scandinavia (Live) Recorded Live in NYC. Originally from the album "Alpine Static." 2006 9:08
True Skool Root Manuva guests on this bouncy selection from Coldcut's "Sound Mirrors" album. 2006 3:35
The Wind that Blew My Heart Away (Live) Recorded Live in NYC. Originally from the album "Spelling in Bones." 2006 3:17

Section for Discussion

This section should be included as it gives insight to new Zune features to come along with information. -67.167.255.17 (talk) 00:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All the Zunes can do the Movies, TV Shows and Music Videos categories, not just the Halo 3 Zune. That is handled through special metatags used in the content. Also, information about the specific preloaded content is of little importance. 121.220.223.22 (talk) 13:13, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No they can't. Videos cannot be sorted yet, only for the Halo 3 Zune, see this. 76.16.188.239 (talk) 17:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This section should be removed or put on a secondary page. It doesn't contain any references. Its language reads like marketing speak i.e. "another stunning feature". It is trivial content. Preloaded content is not important enough to deserve such a large portion of the article. Perhaps something like "The Halo edition contains x halo trailers and y red vs blue episodes" would be appropriate provided we can find references to cite for ths information, but a full listing just clutters the article. Graavy (talk) 15:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How would you cite information that could just be written down from the Zune? Also the Trailers are linked to other articles. 76.16.188.239 (talk) 17:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Strip it down to a couple of numbers. 121.220.212.98 (talk) 15:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

weird wording in the article

Just a while ago, I noticed that this article described the zune as a product from microsoft to "fight against apple inc." First of all, that just sounds weird. We might as well get all of our zunes to "fight" the evil apple company, right? >.>

I will change this statement into "This is microsoft's attempt to compete with apple's ipod".

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