There are a lot of misinformation to find what will and will not play on your Zune.
A recent poster in our forum summed up the confusion: "I hope that I answer a question for me to have about 10 GB of music on my hard drive, more than half of which I have acquired through music as MusicMatch and MSN I. . really want to buy a Zune, but I'm concerned, this player does not play the music I've bought and news by reading some messages, blogs.I will play my music ... or is all the music I got from the window? Please clarify this concern for me ... I have not been able to find all the answers anywhere ......"
We give a clear answer to this question. There shall be final, as we know from the information available.
In your collection, the music is more likely to be one of the four sources below. Here's what we know for each:
Music purchased from the iTunes Store ...
... Can not be played on Zune(Or any other digital player with the exception of the iPod). That's because Apple continues its "FairPlay" digital rights management restrictions on files purchased from iTunes.
Music purchased or otherwise acquired protection from sources that do not apply DRM or copy ...
... They are playable on Zune. Examples: songs ripped from CDs, songs downloaded illegally.
The Zune Marketplace music purchased ...
... He can play on your Zune (naturally). It can not be playedon non-Zune players.
Music bought from sources that requested the DRM protection, but does not restrict the playback of songs on some players (such as MSN Music and other online stores) ...
... There seems to be playable on Zune.
We found the last fixed point for a long time to believe. But it now seems clear that Zune players will be compatible with the Zune service elsewhere (such Marketplace) only, and not the music purchased.
We draw thisStatements as part of a recent interview with Engadget J. Allard, and our e-mail interactions with Zune insiders and Microsoft blogger. In the interview, Allard demonstrates that "you get a Zune device, you connect to the Zune service, and why it works," and his other statements indicate that music purchased from PlaysForSure sources did not play on Zune.
In this regard, the system is less restrictive Zune iPod / iTunes.
What does this mean for you?Part of this response depends on the composition of the current music library.
For people with large music collections of protected music downloads will not be able to play music on your Zune - at least not without some awkward solutions. This will affect your decision whether or not the Zune.
For people who are not sold through large collections, or comfortable with a Zune Pass subscription, Zune is the decision to go easier.
And for those whoare against closed music systems in general ... So Zune is still no iPod for you. Remain on the sidelines and stick with PlaysForSure and other more open systems.
For me, I'm going with a Zune Pass subscription. For a monthly price of an album-and-a-half, I have my choice to millions of songs. I will share songs and albums in and out of my library without restriction.
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