Start Windows Media Player. Connect the Zune to your computer using the supplied Zune sync cable. Click the 'Sync' button on the top right of Windows Media Player. Drag and drop the songs you want on the Zune into the 'List' section below the Sync button.
This is a quick tutorial about how to convert music videos bought from Zune marketplace to plain mp3 avi mp4 format.
Before we start, let's take a quick look at some glossaries from Zune Marketplace.
Zune Marketplace – is an online service that provides music Movie (including DRM-ed and DRM-free music videos) and podcasts for your Zune player.
Zune Pass - is your unlimited access ticket to Microsoft's Marketplace. By buying a Zune Pass you may download as many songs, movies, games, from the Zune Marketplace as you can handle. The Zune Pass is $14.99 PER MONTH.
DRM – Music (DRM-restricted WMA format) or Video(DRM WMV format) downloaded through Zune Marketplace cannot be played on other mp3 mp4 players like iPod, Blackberry, PSP, etc but Zune devices. They can be played on up to 3 PC's and 3 Zune's for as long as you're a subscriber, and If you cancel your Microsoft Zune Pass subscription then you will lose every single song, every movie, every game you downloaded from the Microsoft Marketplace and transferred to your Zune.
This DRM license protection will also prevent your converting Music Video from Zune marketplace to MP3 AVI MP4 MPEG FLV, etc with common Video Converter, this is ridiculous, and don't you think so?
Is there a way we can remove Zune Marketplace DRM protection and convert it without limitation, now let's go to next part – the near perfect DRM Removal Software will lead you simple steps to convert Zune marketplace Music Video to MP3 AVI MP4 MPEG FLV, etc.
The Tool we need is Video Converter Ultimate - a professional DRM removal and media converter that can strip DRM from almost DRM protected files, plus, it's integrated with DVD Ripper, Video Converter and more.
Firstly download Video Converter Ultimate, and then go through the following steps.
1 Import files
This Video Converter Ultimate fully supports songs music videos purchased from Zune Marketplace. Select 'Add Files' from triangle beside 'Add Video' to load files
2 Choose output format
Select output Audio files to MP3 from lower left corner if you want to convert songs from Zune marketplace to MP3.
Or Select output Video files to MP4, AVI, etc format from lower middle corner if you want to Convert Zune Marketplace videos to AVI, MP4, MPEG, WMV and other video format.
3 Start converting
Click 'Start' button to began to remove Zune DRM and convert Zune Marketplace Music Video to MP3 AVI WMV MP4,etc
Finally after all these steps finished, you can get DRM-free Music Video from Zune Marketplace in your favorite format and play it without limitation, any players, anywhere, anytime!
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While the Zune HD was released with much hype and excitement last week and was blessed with many thorough reviews from various tech websites, some users are getting very frustrated with Microsoft over at the Zune Forums. Ever since the Zune 4.0 software was released last Thursday, some Zune owners have been unable to access the Zune Marketplace. To make matters worse, Zune HD owners are even more affected by the issue since the device requires the latest software version and thus attempting to downgrade to an older one isn't an option.
Although these users can log into other parts of the Zune service, when they try to access the online store, the following error code is displayed: 'C101001C can't retrieve the computer name.' Since they can't get sign in, they can't access content with the Zune Pass, download music or videos that they don't already own, nor can they retrieve any device info, sync stats, or use other parts of the service they are paying for. They still have access to everything they already got onto their computer, but they cannot obtain new content. It appears that the upgrade from previous versions of the Zune software to 4.0 doesn't cause issues on all computers, but for those that it does, it's a major headache that few have been able to fix.
Naturally, these users have tried to solve the problem on their own. One user contacted Microsoft technical support but hit a dead end. Both the first-level and second-level support phone personnel at the company had no information on error code C101001C. Walking through the required basic troubleshooting steps did not resolve the problem, and the user was told the issue had been passed on to the development team. This user then turned to the Zune forums.
A Microsoft employee by the name of Jon T., of the Zune Product Team, replied on the forums the same day the problem was posted. He asked users for their Windows account type, OS version, and hardware details. A few users responded, and once it became obvious there were no obvious similarities between their different computers, he explained to them that he managed to reproduce the problem by disabling the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service. The Zune software reportedly uses this service to look at the computer's hardware to determine the unique identifier for that machine and verify whether it is registered to download Zune Pass content. Jon then asked them to close the software and verify that the WMI service (by going to start > run > typing 'services.msc' without quotes and hitting enter) had its Startup Type set to Automatic and that its Status was showing as Started.
One user reported that his WMI service was indeed set to Automatic but that it was not started. When he tried to start the service though, he got an 'error 1290: 0x50a' message but could not find out how to get around it.
Two users have successfully fixed the problem. One of them removed the Zune software from his computer which had the Windows Firewall disabled, following instructions on a smallvoid.com webpage titled 'Configure and troubleshoot Windows Firewall and ICS' that told him a bunch of services he had to manually start, and then reinstalling the Zune software and turning on the Firewall. We feel it's important to note that one of the Windows services that is mentioned is the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service, which is the only service that the WMI service requires in order to be able start (according to the Dependencies tab). The second user sent us the following five steps that worked for him (and for others, but not for everyone):
- Run services.msc (Open the Services Panel)
- Scroll to Windows Management Instrumentation in the right-hand pane and
right-click it. - Press Stop. (some users noted that the WMI service was started for them)
- Use Windows Explorer to delete all the files in the %SystemRoot%System32WbemRepository folder.
- Shutdown and restart your computer. The Windows Management Instrumentation service will start and the files will be re-created.]]
Jon noted that even if the WMI service was running, something else could still be interfering with its operations. 'Either way, without working WMI, Zune's kind of stuck,' he concluded. Some of the users experiencing the issue argued that this is not a problem with their Windows computers because version 3.0 and earlier worked perfectly fine. Thus, they argued, it was a problem that Microsoft should fix with a patch instead of telling them to try fix nonexistent issues on their computers.
At the time of publication, the thread had almost 50 replies from at least 20 users with the above problem, in addition to one Microsoft employee apologizing and trying to help them. The issue doesn't appear to be widespread, but it can potentially impact any Zune user—from those with the first generation 30GB devices to the newly released Zune HDs—who upgrades to the latest version of the software. Those with Zune HDs don't even have the option to try using an older version of the software because the latest one is required for the device. Some of the users went as far as saying they are going to sell their device if Microsoft doesn't act quickly.
We have contacted Microsoft but have yet to receive a response.