Question for those of you who own a Zune.

gonzorob · #1 12-30-2008, 01:13 PM

I got one for x-mas because I friggin despise the Ipod/Itunes crapola.

Its great and I love it, but I have noticed something strange. When I add albums to my zune folder (12 to be exact), it breaks them up into 22 or so "unknown albums" and they only have a few songs a piece in them. These were downloaded via torrent as they are old and out of circulation.

Anyone else have a issue like this?

thanks!

Eublet · #2 12-30-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

I got one for x-mas because I friggin despise the Ipod/Itunes crapola.

Its great and I love it, but I have noticed something strange. When I add albums to my zune folder (12 to be exact), it breaks them up into 22 or so "unknown albums" and they only have a few songs a piece in them. These were downloaded via torrent as they are old and out of circulation.

Anyone else have a issue like this?

thanks!

Sounds like it's not a Zune issue, but that the tags on the files you downloaded are wrong.

gonzorob · #3 12-30-2008, 01:16 PM

I was thinking of renaming all the files and folders to see if that fixed it. You are probably 100% correct.

DudeistMonk · #4 12-30-2008, 01:18 PM

My i-pod used to be really picky about spacing and capitalization in artist names, so I would start by checking that... I had like 7 "Dave Matthews Band" on the menu each one containing a small piece of my DMB collection.

gonzorob · #5 12-30-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeistMonk

My i-pod used to be really picky about spacing and capitalization in artist names, so I would start by checking that... I had like 7 "Dave Matthews Band" on the menu each one containing a small piece of my DMB collection.

Doesn't that drive you bat****** crazy?

Muusers · #6 12-30-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

Doesn't that drive you bat****** crazy?

no, that way it's easier to spot out the morons that download aimlessly and the morons that download aimlessly but dont want to have 7 or 8 the same bands in their list

Eublet · #7 12-30-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

I was thinking of renaming all the files and folders to see if that fixed it. You are probably 100% correct.

Well, you need to edit the tags on the file, not the file names themselves.

gonzorob · #8 12-30-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Eublet

Well, you need to edit the tags on the file, not the file names themselves.

10-4

thanks for the help.

DudeistMonk · #9 12-30-2008, 01:55 PM

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Doesn't that drive you bat***** crazy?

Yes, yes it did...but only on DMB for the most part...I generally rip my own CD's/swap music...I happened to be really into DMB when kazzaa was in its prime.

BTW, I purchase a great deal of albums(including a few of Dave's), just not all of them.

gonzorob · #10 12-30-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Muusers

no, that way it's easier to spot out the morons that download aimlessly and the morons that download aimlessly but dont want to have 7 or 8 the same bands in their list

Erm.

Not sure what you are getting at, but I generally only download stuff is out of circulation. No way in jeebus am I paying some collector $50 for a copy of Buch and the Snake Stretchers.

I ain't apologizing for it.

tplyons · #11 12-30-2008, 02:39 PM

Yep, it's all about the tags on the files themselves. I had this on a brand new album that even downloaded the CDDB info because someone put the artist in with the guest artists on that particular song. One album had 6 different artists.

When this happens, I make the artists the same and add the guest artists to the song name or the notes field, so the albums can stay as they were meant to be.

Croox · #12 12-30-2008, 03:34 PM

when I had Itunes it did that to my music quite a bit, it also messed up all the genres. its either how your music was tagged, or the clown who first uploaded it. zune user here I'm at 89K plays

spencer · #13 12-30-2008, 08:15 PM

Now you gotta deal with Zune Crapola..

gonzorob · #14 12-30-2008, 11:07 PM

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Now you gotta deal with Zune Crapola..

Yeah, yeah.

I still don't see how anyone can try and use I-tunes and not claw their own eyeballs out.

iamlowsound · #15 12-30-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

Yeah, yeah.

I still don't see how anyone can try and use I-tunes and not claw their own eyeballs out.

I have no idea what you are talking about. It is the easiest and more intuitive music program that I have ever used. I have used just about everything as well.

lowsound

Eublet · #16 12-31-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

Yeah, yeah.

I still don't see how anyone can try and use I-tunes and not claw their own eyeballs out.

I'm no fan of iTunes at all, although I have a couple of iPod's and an iPhone 3G. But I hated everything about Zune as much or more. Truthfully, neither program is very useful to me, and there are far better applications out there for managing music. I don't think there is any room for either side of the Zune/iTunes camps to call the other side crappy. The both suck equally well. At least with iTunes and Apple products you have more options for accessories and features. I was always ho-hum about iPods, and I've never been a fan of Mac products as complete replacements for a good PC, but I love my iPhone and wouldn't give it up for anything. The next Windows Mobile better be killer cause I don't know if they can catch up with Apple with the momentum they've built.

Muusers · #17 12-31-2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

I have no idea what you are talking about. It is the easiest and more intuitive music program that I have ever used. I have used just about everything as well.

lowsound

+1

spencer · #18 12-31-2008, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by gonzorob

Doesn't that drive you bat***** crazy?

It's so easy to do, select all of the songs from one artist and then click get info next check the box next to artist and then write the artists name in there... And it's all under one artist... This works for albums and genre... This was writted from my iPhone....

**WillPlay4Food** · #19 12-31-2008, 07:49 AM

Anyone here with a 30GB Zune that still works today? I'm reading articles across the 'net that 30GB Zunes with the latest firmware are locking up as of 2AM today.

gonzorob · #20 12-31-2008, 08:42 AM

My wife has an ipod. And what I find ridiculous is that when I copy a CD to my hard drive I have to open I-tunes and jump through hoops to get the music to the ipod. Granted I still have some hoops to jump through with my zune. I Don't want the music to be restricted to I-tunes. I want it in a folder on my HD where I can physically get to it without having to look at the i-tunes interface. I still find the zune program more flexible than I-tunes.

I had no intention of turning this into a I-tunes vs. Zune thread. If you all like being handcuffed to I-tunes thats A-ok with me. Its just not my bag. I was just asking for a little assistance.

Thanks to those who helped.