PETITION: Add WMP Support!

Please, this is an old and dead thread.  "Feautre requests" should be posted and discussed in the wishlist forums, and not here.

signed...

Compatibility to the WMP would be a great leap ahead. The Zune software is SLOW, (still) unable to use tags and loaded with alot of features I don't even care about (the whole marketplace).

The greatest benefit for everyone would be, if the developer team opened the zune to be used as an external hard drive. This way I could manage the content by myself, performing WAY better than any sync, autosync or syncgroups stuff.

BUMP!

I just need SOMETHING other than Zune to work with...

Consider me signed!

I love my Zune, but had I known when I purchased it that it couldn't sync with WMP, I wouldn't have bought it.

 lvivske wrote:

    With all the issues people are having, I think its time MS did something proactive to fix the situation. The new software is a complete mess and there is no way a fix can be made quick enough to squash the fundamental issues with it.

Of these issues, the most prominent are:

• Meta-tags being read incorrectly
• Album art being mixed up / used for incorrect albums (and artists!)
• Removal of Auto-Playlists
• Removal of rating system (the heart system isn't a rating system so much as flagging renamed)
• Removal of meta-edting and editing multiple entries at the same time
• Index/Smart searching replaced with warped useless timewasting BS
• Clututered interface
• Song sorting is completely flawed

Now you already know what I'm suggesting: ALLOW ZUNE SYNCING WITH WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

Allowing WMP support for Zune would solve all of our problems. Old Zune software was just a re-skinned WIMP anyway. WMP is an integral part of Windows (specifically Vista) and if Microsoft wants integration of their media players, xboxs, and pc's then the best solution would be to bring them together with a unified piece of software.

Unlock the syncing in WMP and we can all live a happy life and enjoy our Zunes. Not saying not to keep working on the software, but allowing an alternative is definitely required to make the consumer base happy.

Sign/Bump if you agree. Let MS see what we want. A solution to all the problems of the new Zune lameware.

I agree!!!  I would love my 80G Zune if I could use WMP to sync, add and delete content...as it stands now, I have had my Zune for about a month and I absolutely HATE using it because of the Zune software!!!  I have told so many people to avoid Zune completely until they resolve these issues!!!

I'm all for better windows integration and media player support. 

Microsoft is such a big crusader against piracy and the protection of intellectual property, yet they've been stealing peoples ideas and using them as there own for years and have never paid a single penny for them, not to mention actually seeking permission to use them. Microsoft are the worlds single most profitable pirates of stolen intellectual property.

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microsloth = bloatware and defective junk

I agree 100%, zune software is crap, but there is one thing u should know.  There is actually software out there that allws you to sync your zune with windows Media Player and Winamp. Its called zAlternator.  Message me here for details.

Completely agree. I love the zune social and may still use the zune software even if WMP were supported, but there's no excuse for not at least supporting WMP for those that choose to use it.

*SIGNED

I agree completely!!!!!!!!!

I wish that they wouldn't mix up the songs when organizing a playlist by artist name. For instance itunes had it by artist, album, and then the order that the songs appeared in the album. This is seriously annoying. The player is not organized, it feels like they had a good idea, and were rushed and just threw it out there to make their project leads happy. Something I would not pus past MS. Look at Vista for goodness sakes, full of flaws. Anywho point made.

*Fix the GUI (more streamlined and functional less "cool" looking)
*Fix the organization of songs
*add a WMP option
*potentially add the option to custom the player so that all playlists could be viewed in a seperate window, while browsing other songs, making the     --creation of playlists A LOT easier
* Bring the visualizations back!!!!!
* Lose the girly color scheme: something that could be darker, grayer, and less.... pink

Looks like this no brainer will never happen. Like the Zune Tatto Guy, I just don't give a crap any more. Since my last post, I moved on and besides my 160 classic, I got an iPhone, and then a 3g iP. Amazing technology. Having been a WiMo user since '97 (Windows Ce) M$ has now lost my Pocket PC/SmartPhone  money. Still using PCs exclusively. But frankly, that's only because I prefer to have a tablet, and I'm not comfortable getting a hackintosh. If the speculation is right that could all change in October.

Way to go M$! I was always a fair weather friend... but you guys lost ZUNE TATTOO GUY!!?? Pathetic. Innovate or die.

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Zune 30gb? - Waste! iPod Classic, 160gb - Dusty. iPhone wife has it. iPhone 3g, posting from it. :) Suck it Zune!

Agreed!! i like to work with the WMP software better, i use it to update my files, THEN send it to zune.. and then REFIX it... its a pain... so yes, add WMP support PLEASE!!!

~MissingNYC