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Saturday, June 14, 2008

3 Instant Ways to Download Music to Zune

The whole topic of how to download music to Zune would appeal to the masses who own the player. While a lot of information can be found online about getting downloads for iPods, not much can be found about Zune. This article would show you some quick ways to load your player with the latest songs.

If you own an MP3 player, you probably already are adept at music transfers between your computer and player. Unlike iPod which requires iTunes, you need to Windows Media Player for music formatting. In today's environment, there are basically 3 methods to download music to Zune.

First and foremost, song ripping from compact discs is one of the obvious ways to download music to Zune. All you need to do is to find or borrow a CD from a friend, fire up your Windows media player, hover and click your CD icon and the entire list of available songs are displayed before you.

Next step is to select and tick the songs you want and click the Rip button. It should take just a jiffy before the music files including the titles appear in the media library. Now, it is time to plug the USB cable that is connected to your player into the USB port of your PC. Synchronization should take place instantly and you are now downloading music to your Zune player.

What if it is not properly synchronized? Do not worry as you can still transfer the files to your player directly by copying and pasting. But one thing you must take note is to save the ripped songs in WMA, MP3, WMV or MOV formats. These are the only ones that can play directly on Zune. The other file formats are not readable.

Ripping is but one method. You have another way to download music to Zune players. The most straightforward one is to order your songs through sites like Zune marketplace, iTunes, HMV, Walmart and other online music stores. It wouldn't cost you more than $1 in most cases though the limited edition ones can be quite pricey.

The final method which I am going to show you is to choose a paid membership service. For a cheap yearly subscription, you can access millions of songs both classic and new across all genres. There is also a package for lifetime access which costs a few bucks more. Needless to say, it is worthwhile to go for it.

These are what you need to learn to be able to download music to Zune. I know that you must be itching for some music now. Run along to my song blog and feed your player with the latest hits now.

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