| Zune players are considered new compared to | | | | you can do is manually copy and paste the music |
| iPods. As such, not much information is available | | | | files onto your player. It is as easy as ABC. But |
| about how to download music to Zune. But if you | | | | when you rip the songs, remember to save them |
| are already familiar with using MP3 players, then | | | | in the following formats WMA, MP3, WMV and |
| what you read here would be simple to grasp. | | | | MOV as these are compatible with your Zune. |
| Anyone who owns an iPod would know how to | | | | Other formats like RealMedia and DivX are not, so |
| download music to Zune quite easily. You would | | | | don't bother. |
| need computer software. For iPod, it is iTunes | | | | On top of ripping, there is another method to |
| software but for Zune, you can use the Windows | | | | download music to Zune players. This is the |
| media player which should be a resident program | | | | common route which is to buy your songs from |
| if you are using Windows OS. There are | | | | mainstream music stores like Zune marketplace, |
| essentially 3 ways to get hold of the Zune music | | | | iTunes, Amazon and so on. Each song typically |
| downloads. | | | | costs around $0.99 onwards. |
| The first is of course to rip songs from CDs and | | | | There is a third option nowadays to download |
| download music to your Zune. Simply load the disc | | | | music to Zune players. It is quite new and |
| onto your ROM drive and then activate Windows | | | | revolutionary. For a flat fee, you can actually |
| media player. Click on your CD icon and you | | | | purchase a yearly or lifetime membership to paid |
| should see the songs available on the disc. | | | | services for unlimited Zune music downloads. |
| From there, just pick the tracks you like and | | | | There are more than a million songs and |
| mouse click the "Rip" button. The songs that are | | | | soundtracks to download. This alternative is |
| ripped would appear shortly in the library. Once it | | | | becoming more popular among youngsters these |
| is done, connect your player to the computer via | | | | days due to its affordability and constantly |
| a USB cable. If the settings are properly | | | | updated database. |
| configured between your player and the PC, | | | | Quite simply, these are all great ways to |
| synchronization should take place automatically | | | | download music to Zune players. Why not pop |
| and it would download the music to your Zune. | | | | over to my music blog and start transferring |
| Even if the synchronization is incomplete, what | | | | some nice cool songs onto your player? |