Zune 2.5 Update - The Video Tour

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PitchChange — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:58:39 GMT

Hey MyZuneisGood,

I'm having the same pitch change problems with some songs as well. It's really weird, at first I thought the song slowed down, but it has the same track time... so obviously the person was just singing lower.

This is really weird...

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MyZuneisGood — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:32:38 GMT

I had another song exhibit the time shift issue. OK the pitch doesn't change but the time strectches about halfway through the song.

Sanctus Real - We're Trying @ 1:34

Can someone else download this track, and play it back and see if their is anything strange when you play the song back. Please.

Just played the song back at identical points on the zune software and the zune device. Zune device does not exude this behavior. Zune support doesn't recognize this as an issue. ANYONE else had this problem. ? Please reply to bill [dot] kunkel [at] gmail [dot] com.

Windows XP SP3 v.3311

T2400 @ 1.83 GHZ

2GB RAM

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Cesar Menendez — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23:05 GMT

Kevin, you might be able to find tech support in the forums - forums.zune.net! good luck!

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Kevin — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:53:05 GMT

I don't understand why all of you love the new update so much. I got the update, and now I can't drag and drop music files into the playlists that I am creating or editing. What kind of update, or "improvement" actually removes functionality? Now I have to painstakingly find each individual file, if it is even recognized and then drop it into the playlist, one artist at a time. I have some old mp3 files that don't have all of the tagged info associated with each file, so therefore, it isn't recognized by the "improved" Zune software. I called technical support, and they basically told me that there's nothing that they can do for me. I never should have bought this piece of crap. My wife's Ipod is the first Apple product that I have ever bought, and it looks like it won't be my last. The Zune is absolutely awful and I look forward to the day that I can destroy it in front of a large crowd. Microsoft really is as awful as the Apple community makes them sound.

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MyZuneisGood — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:40:59 GMT

Another song exhibiting the pitch shift. Can I forward the file to someone to see what could be causing this? Are there any diagnostic tools to run during playback?

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red13 — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:58:12 GMT

Can anyone tell me why marketplace no longer shows up in the zune software im in the u.k. and the marketplace never worked until the 2.0 update but it seems to have gone again with this latest update (is it a regional thing because of the new video deal with NBC), although my podcast subscriptions are continuing to download. any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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MyZuneisGood — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:43 GMT

Had 3 more songs exhibit the pitch change problems during playback. It is not on the original records. It is a very strange phenomenon.

Has anyone else experienced this playing back Zune pass tracks?

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ErikTheRed — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:43:36 GMT

I'm not sure where to submit comments/suggestions for the Zune, but I figured here was a good place to start.

I'm just wondering why the Zune firmware doesn't recognize/sort by disc number tags. I have a several albums with multiple discs, where I have the album name for the each disc the same, but I have the disc number for each disc (with the track count starting again at 1 for each disc, like it is usually displayed on the back of the cd case).

The reason this is a problem, is when I go by album view i'll have something like this:

1 - track

2 - track

3 - track

instead of this (how it displays in the Zune software):

1 - track

2 - track

3 - track

1 - track

2 - track

3 - track

Obviously the first 1-3 from disc 1 and the second 1-3 from disc 2.

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Marko — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:47:10 GMT

WTF? All my sync groups - deleted by the upgrade. All my played/unplayed status on podcasts - reset to unplayed. Anyone else? :-(

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MyZuneisGood — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:54:21 GMT

I am having a problem with song playback on the PC since updating to the 2.5 release. It seems that occasionally in the middle of a song my track will "pitch shift" and change tempo. One song right now is by Matt Maher, from the Empty and Beautful album, called "Great Things"

They are all songs I have downloaded from my Zune pass subscription. License file says

DRM: Yes - license expires 6/9/2008 (has sync rights, no burn right)

It may be of interest that the songs were downloaded under the previous release on Vista. Then transferred to my XP notebook via the Zune. Love the new interface, but this effect is starting to get worrisome.

Any one shed some light? Contact me bill [dot[ kunkel [at[ gmail [dot[ com if you need more info Zuneinsiders.

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brutha-man — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:07:19 GMT

I must say Zune is on the cutting edge right now....people who hate on zune don't know what they're missing!

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Eddie — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:11:16 GMT

Also, all the songs I dont like go on my "Recently Rejected" auto playlist so I can delete them when I sync up as well ;)

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Eddie — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:08:39 GMT

I have no problem with the heart rating because I'm constantly adding new music on to my "Recently Added" playlist. I have music that I may or may not like in that playlist and if I dont like it I'll just give it a broken heart and delete it next time I sync my device.

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Ramiro — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:34:22 GMT

cool man. now we have got "show listen on messenger" but we wanna radio in the software jejej

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Jaxim — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:57:15 GMT

@Gemini Ace

I'm with you. I don't want to install silverlight either. Flash is sufficient, thank you very much.

However, you can click ont he link below the silverlight video and it'll take you to a page where you can view the video in multiple formats, including wmv.