This is very simple, but restarting your Zune may fix many problems you may be having. To reboot you Microsoft Zune simply hold the left/back button and push up on the navigation circle. Hold that for a few seconds until the screen goes blank then let go. Your Microsoft Zune will reboot. If you are having major issues with your Zune this should be one of the first things to do. Here is a video showing these steps.
This is a great video on how to have your Zune show up to your computer’s file browser/directory. This allows you to add videos, songs and images to your Zune much faster and easier than using the Zune software. After making these changes you can just drag and drop your media files onto your Zune!
Nice promo video of the new Microsoft Zune 2.0 hard drive and flash Players. I’m amazed at how thin the new Zune is and how great the new Flash “Nano” version are! Discuss this video here.
There is a nice program called YouTube Robot that allows users to download YouTube videos and add them to your Zune for future viewing. The YouTube Robot program allows users to search YouTube, download the video, convert the video to to the format you want and then transfer to your mobile device. Currently, YouTube Robot. You can use this for almost any portable device like the Zune, iPod, iPhone, Pocket PC and PSP. YouTube Robot support almost all audio & video format, include MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV, M4A, AVI, 3GP, 3G2, WAV, DivX, XviD and more. You can download a trial version here.
One of the cool features is you can schedule the downloading and converting tasks to be executed automatically, even when you are not around. Downloading is followed by conversion to the format of your choice and uploading videos to a mobile device. For example, you can plug in your Zune (or other player), select multiple videos, go to bed, and by the time you wake up next morning, your Zune will be ready to play new YouTube videos. I am downloading the trial version and will be testing YouTube Robot out. I will post a review soon with screen shots and possible some video. Discuss this topic on the forum here.
Thanks to ALPHA for this nice Halo 3 video!
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I know we have coverd Zune video converting before and shown you some sites/programs that let you download clips from YouTube.com and then stick them onto your Zune. However a site I like to visit, Mashable, has put together a great list of 23 ways you can get clips from YouTube (or any where really) on to your PC. Some of the ways just get the clip onto your desktop, while some, for example Zamzar (we recommend) is an all in one site. You visit the site, put in the URL of the clip ( they have a tutorial on how to do this if you get lost) then select the file type you want it to be and then let it do its stuff. Its very simple and easy to use for the average user. Its also a great way to get those clips on YouTube that are just too good not to be shown around to every one.
If doing this via an application is more your thing, then VideoGet is what we would recommend. Video get is able to get clips from more the 100+ different video sharing sites. However its converting capabilities are some what limited to just doing MPEG-4 formats unfortunately. Another plus on this this program is its has the Softpedia 100% clean check on it, so not going to be getting any nasty unexpected surprises with the program.
So there you have it 2 more ways to get faviorite clips from the net to your Zune and another 21 ways over at Masable’s list.
I didn’t get a chance to test them all out, so if you find one on the list thats good, make a comment and let everyone know.
 If I were to compare the iTunes Store and the Zune Marketplace right now, the clear winner would be the iTunes store. I say this simply due to content such as Movies, Tv Shows and a large library of songs. But some of that may change very soon. It is likely that some time in 2007, Microsoft will release TV shows on to the Zune Marketplace. And movies may follow. There is speculation that Microsoft will possibly release these downloads as early as February.
 TV shows on iTunes grabs alot of downloads and it is safe to say that some iPod buyers bought it simply because iTunes offers TV shows. The typical person doesnt have time to watch all their favourite TV shows, yet theyspend countless hours doing nothing on the bus, during the lunch break and many other odd times. So people would much rather connect their iPod to sync their TV shows the night before so can watch that new episode of ‘Heroes’ and dont mind paying that 2 dollars.
 Microsoft could take the same direction as Apple is doinig with iTunes right now and charge people for each download. Or they could integrate it with the new xbo 360 IPTV system so that consumers could get their shows on their Zune without paying a fixed price. It could also enable user to transfer HD movies to their Zunes, but I doubt the picture quality would be good.
 Either way Microsoft will be releasing shows on to the Zune in the near future because to be frank the success of Zune is impacted greatly by the content avaiable at the marketplace. Microsoft already has CBS, ABC, NBC and The CW aboard for Xbox 360, so it shouldnt be too much of a pain to get them on Zune. Hopefully Fox begins selling their shows, so that next year when the service is action we can be watching some ‘24′.
 A couple years ago people would have be scepticle about watching TV on a 3.5′ screen but it seems to have great success so far.
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