Kregger wrote:
krashdown wrote:
This is Beta software
I would disagree with this statement. The software quality (aside from the install issues which
some
people have experience, which are to be expected on an open operating
system such as Windows XP/Vista -- trust me, you can't test the
infinite number of hardware/software scenarios that are out there) is
definitely release quality.
You may not like the FEATURE SET
that is included, and I know to a user this is picking nitts, but that
does not make the software a piece of beta software.
I
personally have had no problems upgrading either my pc software or my
Zune30. I've used wireless sync several times with no issues. Signed in
to the Zune Social and see my listened to tracks update, etc.
That
said, I despise the fact that we "advanced" users lost a lot of
features (auto-playlists, tag editing, view by genre on the pc). The
same things happened to MS Money over several revisions and I
eventually had to switch to that "other" finance package.
Spot on post! I also had no trouble. This is my first Zune, although I had previously kept all of my music organized in WMP11, then migrated my library into the Pre Zune 2 Zune software. I picked up a Zune80 yesterday and had no issues in upgrading the Zune software, getting the 2.2 firmware on the device and ultimately syncing the device with my playlist, including all album art and metadata. I'm one of those odd ones that uses a playlist, I have never used a smart or auto playlist. Granted my collection is not as vast as some others I have read about here.
My nits:
Why no thumbnail preview of pictures when browsing Device->Pictures in the Zune software if the picture is not in your (PC)Collection? It came preloaded with a handful of pics but unless I right clicked and added them to my collection, an empty gray box shows on the Device->Picture page where the picture should be. I guess most people would have a picture in their collection if it was on their device since this seems to be a requirement to Sync so this may not be a common scenario. It just seems to imply that the communication is one way PC->Device but not the other way around.
To the point above, but it would seem that you cannot play a song, video, view a picture on your PC from your device if said item is not in your PC collection. What if I only had a video on my device but wanted to view it in the Zune software? Am I forced to add it to my collection i.e. copy it to my PC first? What if I don't want to do this? Again implying one way communication.
No ability to sort A Playlist on device from the Zune software!?. It works fine in list view if I'm viewing the Collecion on my PC but if I select the Playlist, there's no way to sort!? why!? It is sorting in it's own nutty way, which I'm not sure what the criteria are, it's mostly sorting in Descending order by Artist, but I'll see some artists starting with J at the bottom, with the rest mixed somewhere in the middle what the hell?
Those are just a couple of items in using the software for almost a day. I'll probably have more once I delve deeper in.
