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SgtScruffy
Dec 27, 2003

Babies.

Does anyone happen to have the little baggie of earbud covers that came with their premium earbuds? I threw mine away when I first got it, and now one of my earbud covers fell off and I lost it, so I'm screwed.

I set up a thread in SA Mart, but no one bit, so I guess I'll ask you Zune gentlemen - I'll pay five bucks for the pack thingy.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3014423

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shibbyo
Jun 14, 2003



Monster w21 Faces posted:

Guess what! Obama rolls with the Zune.

http://gizmodo.com/5101522/barack-obama-uses-a-zune

Make sure to download Obama's fave tunes from Zune Marketplace.

The comments on Gizmodo were hilarious.

Weedle
May 31, 2006

Don't worry weed tumbla, some people still love you.

(seriously finish the fucking LP I swear to god)


shibbyo posted:

Make sure to download Obama's fave tunes from Zune Marketplace.

The comments on Gizmodo were hilarious.

I'm at work right now on a Mac so I can't use the Zune software. Could someone post the list of Obama's favorite tracks?

Pibborando San
Dec 11, 2004

oh yes. two kinds... of dances


Rock Tumbler posted:

I'm at work right now on a Mac so I can't use the Zune software. Could someone post the list of Obama's favorite tracks?

The Fugees - Ready Or Not
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Kanye West - Touch The Sky
U2 - City Of Blinding Lights

Stumpalitious
May 07, 2007

COME GET SOME


My Zune Social is Stumpalitious and I should get my Zune pretty soon (Zune 120, I'm pumped for it).

MY FANTASYS.zip
May 07, 2006


I like to make a suggestion and not buy the 100 dollar Zune speakers from Altec Lensing. I bought it back in mid-April and it broke in November. I took apart to see what wrong, and the part of the mother board with the power switch broke off. And since I opened it, I can't get it repaired (which I lost the receipt, so I wasn't going to be able to have it repaired anyway). Avoid at all cost.

Glottis
May 29, 2002

No ma'am. We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.

These ones? http://www.zunescene.com/altec-lans...-zune-speakers/

I have used them for quite a while and they have never failed, and I think they put out pretty good sound for the size. Plus, they make a good dock for connecting to a PC and charging.

guppy
Sep 21, 2004

sting like a byob

I have one too and it works great. I also have the newer, slightly crappier model with the small LCD screen, and it works great too. Dock options for Zune owners are very limited, so I can't see warning people off of just about the only choice.

Pigs
Feb 26, 2005
I didn't do it.

Does anybody have the ihome zune alarm clock? I've wanted one since they announced it, but wasn't sure if it was worth it.

chizad
Jul 09, 2001

'Cus we find ourselves in the same old mess
Singin' drunken lullabies

Pigs posted:

Does anybody have the ihome zune alarm clock? I've wanted one since they announced it, but wasn't sure if it was worth it.

Whoa, get out of my head. I was seriously just about to post in here asking about that.

Ferg
May 06, 2007

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

Todays Penny Arcade brings attention to exactly what I've been asking myself for the past week or so since news of Obama using a Zune hit the newsfeeds:

Factor Mystic
Mar 19, 2006

Baby's First Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Ferg posted:

Todays Penny Arcade brings attention to exactly what I've been asking myself for the past week or so since news of Obama using a Zune hit the newsfeeds:



I had hoped he would bring us legitimacy

Stuntman Mike
Apr 14, 2007
The saucer people are coming!

Factor Mystic posted:

I had hoped he would bring us legitimacy

We need a Special Edition Obama 120G Zune. gently caress Gears of War, I want Obama's face plastered on the back of my mp3 player!

Weedle
May 31, 2006

Don't worry weed tumbla, some people still love you.

(seriously finish the fucking LP I swear to god)


Stuntman Mike posted:

We need a Special Edition Obama 120G Zune. gently caress Gears of War, I want Obama's face plastered on the back of my mp3 player!

If they offered an engraving of his face as a Zune Originals option I would buy it in an instant.

Glottis
May 29, 2002

No ma'am. We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of.

Rock Tumbler posted:

If they offered an engraving of his face as a Zune Originals option I would buy it in an instant.

So would probably 20% of all people under age 30. That would be huge for Microsoft, haha.

vinnie1023
Sep 27, 2002

Coping with unoriginality since 1998.

Pigs posted:

Does anybody have the ihome zune alarm clock? I've wanted one since they announced it, but wasn't sure if it was worth it.

chizad posted:

Whoa, get out of my head. I was seriously just about to post in here asking about that.

According to UPS, mine just arrived today, so after I've used it for the rest of the week, I'll post a trip report.

Stuntman Mike
Apr 14, 2007
The saucer people are coming!

Glottis posted:

So would probably 20% of all people under age 30. That would be huge for Microsoft, haha.

I'm not sure someone in Obama's position can make a deal like that with Microsoft though. I'd totally buy one, though


VVV A person has a level of control over how his or her likeness is used in public...the president more so than most normal people. Still, you may be right.

Stuntman Mike fucked around with this message at Dec 08, 2008 around 23:11

Weedle
May 31, 2006

Don't worry weed tumbla, some people still love you.

(seriously finish the fucking LP I swear to god)


Stuntman Mike posted:

I'm not sure someone in Obama's position can make a deal like that with Microsoft though. I'd totally buy one, though

I'm pretty sure they would only have to deal with whomever has the rights to the image from which they would be working.

edit: This would be an excellent source image:

Weedle fucked around with this message at Dec 08, 2008 around 22:50

Kenfoldsfive
Jan 01, 2003

The un-bitey-ness of a chicken's head and the "I don't want to cook that"-ness of a dog's body

Monster w21 Faces posted:

Guess what! Obama rolls with the Zune.

http://gizmodo.com/5101522/barack-obama-uses-a-zune

Well his campaign -was- based on change, and using an ipod does seem a bit mainstream.

pwnyXpress
Mar 28, 2007
fastest male in the west

Rock Tumbler posted:

I'm pretty sure they would only have to deal with whomever has the rights to the image from which they would be working.

edit: This would be an excellent source image:


I would buy one, and I already have a Zune I'm perfectly happy with.

Stuntman Mike
Apr 14, 2007
The saucer people are coming!

I still have this "mark as favorite" problem. What exactly can or can't I mark as favorite, and under what conditions can I do so? It seems random if I see "mark as favorite" when I right-click an album, artist, or song. Sometimes it is there, sometimes not. The gently caress

leftover
Mar 09, 2007

I LOVE the galley!


I just recently bought a zune after 3 unhappy accidents with previous ipods. At first I was pretty happy with it, but three problems have arised, all that are HD space related.

First off, is there any way to create a playlist directly on the device? I only have 30 gigs available on my really old laptop (but works for what I need it) and I have all of my media on a large external. Moving the songs over to create a playlist to sync annoys the hell out of me.

Same thing with being unable to play files on the computer directly from the zune. I have to copy them back? That sucks.

And the last thing I just discovered after some messing around, I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, and I wanted to keep all episodes of each one on the zune (this is why I bought the 120). My HD was once again filling up, so I deleted the podcasts from my HD... and find them wiped from the zune too. I don't have this problem when I add music to the Zune, move it to my external, then delete the music (I put that I would manually sync songs) so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

As a newbie to Zunes, is there any way around the three things I mentioned? Otherwise I love the zune, but it's starting to annoy the hell out of me. Thanks ahead of time.

edit: I just remembered, is there anyway to make the zune only download one podcast file at a time? I looked all over the settings but I can't find anything. I rather have it download one than take forever downloading five at once.

leftover fucked around with this message at Dec 10, 2008 around 02:14

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006


leftover posted:

I just recently bought a zune after 3 unhappy accidents with previous ipods. At first I was pretty happy with it, but three problems have arised, all that are HD space related.

First off, is there any way to create a playlist directly on the device? I only have 30 gigs available on my really old laptop (but works for what I need it) and I have all of my media on a large external. Moving the songs over to create a playlist to sync annoys the hell out of me.

Same thing with being unable to play files on the computer directly from the zune. I have to copy them back? That sucks.

And the last thing I just discovered after some messing around, I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, and I wanted to keep all episodes of each one on the zune (this is why I bought the 120). My HD was once again filling up, so I deleted the podcasts from my HD... and find them wiped from the zune too. I don't have this problem when I add music to the Zune, move it to my external, then delete the music (I put that I would manually sync songs) so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

As a newbie to Zunes, is there any way around the three things I mentioned? Otherwise I love the zune, but it's starting to annoy the hell out of me. Thanks ahead of time.

edit: I just remembered, is there anyway to make the zune only download one podcast file at a time? I looked all over the settings but I can't find anything. I rather have it download one than take forever downloading five at once.

Why not plug in your external hard drive when you want to sync your Zune? That way you can keep auto sync on without filling up your laptop's hard drive.

Alternately, you can turn off auto sync, and then when you delete the podcasts and stuff from the laptop it isn't deleted from the Zune.

leftover
Mar 09, 2007

I LOVE the galley!


fishmech posted:

Why not plug in your external hard drive when you want to sync your Zune? That way you can keep auto sync on without filling up your laptop's hard drive.

Alternately, you can turn off auto sync, and then when you delete the podcasts and stuff from the laptop it isn't deleted from the Zune.

Unfortunately, the laptop cannot power the external and the zune at the same time since it's ancient. And auto sync is off, and works fine with songs, but for some reason when I delete podcasts from the drive it deletes them from the zune too.

vinnie1023
Sep 27, 2002

Coping with unoriginality since 1998.

leftover posted:

And the last thing I just discovered after some messing around, I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, and I wanted to keep all episodes of each one on the zune (this is why I bought the 120). My HD was once again filling up, so I deleted the podcasts from my HD... and find them wiped from the zune too. I don't have this problem when I add music to the Zune, move it to my external, then delete the music (I put that I would manually sync songs) so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I'm not sure how exactly it will treat old episodes, but it looks like the answer you seek is in the series settings button at the bottom right corner of each podcast. You can set it to not sync at all (manually sync episodes you want, just like with music) or (probably more useful, but again, not sure what it will do with old episodes) sync only the first unplayed episode. There's also an episodes slider, and if you crank that all the way up to "all" and choose sync only latest unplayed, it's possible that it will keep everything on the Zune and ignore the fact that you're deleting old episodes on your computer as you go.

Now for a question of my own: if I reformat my computer, can I easily just dump everything on my Zune back on to the hard drive so that I can continue to use automatic syncing? The last thing I want to do is reformat, install the software and have it sync first thing, nuking everything on my Zune.

SuperMarrio
Mar 25, 2005

Those who live by capitalism must be prepared to die by it.


Ive been on the Zune social for a while now, feel free to add me!
Zune tag is rivalthirt33n, which is also my xbox live gamertag

also, heres some more Zune wallpapers for anyone who wants em, most are from wallpapers found here



guppy
Sep 21, 2004

sting like a byob

I like a bunch of those, thanks.

Avarcirwen
Mar 07, 2008

Yeah I've had sex with my parents, big whoop, wanna fight about it?


leftover posted:

Unfortunately, the laptop cannot power the external and the zune at the same time since it's ancient. And auto sync is off, and works fine with songs, but for some reason when I delete podcasts from the drive it deletes them from the zune too.

Podcasts are handled differently from songs, since they can't be updated directly on the device and are subscription based; the Zune assumes that when you delete them on the computer you don't want them anymore.

Honestly though, I think it's time to get a new laptop.

vvv Well if it's so ancient that he can't connect two USB devices at the same time, I'm thinking it's time to go. vvv

Avarcirwen fucked around with this message at Dec 10, 2008 around 18:52

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006


Principia posted:

Podcasts are handled differently from songs, since they can't be updated directly on the device and are subscription based; the Zune assumes that when you delete them on the computer you don't want them anymore.

Honestly though, I think it's time to get a new laptop.

It's much cheaper to buy a new hard drive than a new laptop. He can even image his current drive, install the new hard drive, reimage that hard drive with his old one, then expand that partition to fill it.

leftover
Mar 09, 2007

I LOVE the galley!


I'll buy a new laptop when this one breaks
In all seriousness, thanks for the replies, it looks like it's a "feature" for some odd reason. I freed up some space and will just eventually back up podcasts on the external when I need the room. Thanks!

Dmar
Aug 19, 2004
yarg

SuperMarrio posted:


also, heres some more Zune wallpapers for anyone who wants em, most are from wallpapers found here


These are great. Thanks.

muscles like this?
Jan 17, 2005

Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence.


Argh, it kind of sucks that you don't accumulate the free songs with Zune Pass. I didn't use all 10 last month and when I looked today it was reset back to 10 downloads.

Elder
Oct 19, 2004

It's the Evolution Revolution.

Is anyone using MediaMonkey to sync their zune? I'm getting tired of the software and thinking about making the switch, but I'm wondering if there are any downsides or issues to deal with. Does it sync videos as well?

Weedle
May 31, 2006

Don't worry weed tumbla, some people still love you.

(seriously finish the fucking LP I swear to god)


Elder posted:

Is anyone using MediaMonkey to sync their zune? I'm getting tired of the software and thinking about making the switch, but I'm wondering if there are any downsides or issues to deal with. Does it sync videos as well?

MediaMonkey only syncs audio.

Elder
Oct 19, 2004

It's the Evolution Revolution.

Rock Tumbler posted:

MediaMonkey only syncs audio.

Can you still use the Zune software after installing zAlternator?

Ferg
May 06, 2007

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

Rock Tumbler posted:

MediaMonkey only syncs audio.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoooaaaa since when does MediaMonkey support syncing to the Zune? I knew that they were working on it, but has somebody cracked the process? Will we be seeing more 3rd party app support soon or is this a closed thing that MediaMonkey did?

Weedle
May 31, 2006

Don't worry weed tumbla, some people still love you.

(seriously finish the fucking LP I swear to god)


Ferg posted:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoooaaaa since when does MediaMonkey support syncing to the Zune? I knew that they were working on it, but has somebody cracked the process? Will we be seeing more 3rd party app support soon or is this a closed thing that MediaMonkey did?

I actually have no idea. I always just use the Zune software, but I do know that MediaMonkey doesn't handle video at all.

ssjonizuka
Jun 22, 2004

I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....

just picked up my zune and been setting it up/loading stuff onto it tonight.

Ran into one thing, it seems on some of my videos it hangs up randomly. If I fastforward a bit, it's fine. thoughts?

Social is: JamiesaninVT

ssjonizuka fucked around with this message at Dec 14, 2008 around 02:47

Elder
Oct 19, 2004

It's the Evolution Revolution.

Ferg posted:

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoooaaaa since when does MediaMonkey support syncing to the Zune? I knew that they were working on it, but has somebody cracked the process? Will we be seeing more 3rd party app support soon or is this a closed thing that MediaMonkey did?

This is the site I was looking at. I have no idea how well it works. Also it seems like this might not work with firmware past 2.5 but I'm not sure about that.

Ferg
May 06, 2007

Do these effectively hide my thunder?

Elder posted:

This is the site I was looking at. I have no idea how well it works. Also it seems like this might not work with firmware past 2.5 but I'm not sure about that.

Ahh the zAlternator thing, yeah it doesn't work with 3.0. I'm not interested in some "key hijacking" hack anyways, I'd prefer a straight up replacement method that doesn't involve the Zune software. Ah well.

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