3 Instant Ways to Download Music to Zune

The whole topic of how to download music to Zune would appeal to the masses who own the player. While you can find a lot of information online about getting downloads for iPods, you can’t find much about the Zune. This article will show you some quick ways to load your player with the latest songs.

If you own an MP3 player, you’re probably already adept at transferring music between your computer and the player. Unlike the iPod, which requires iTunes, you need Windows Media Player to format music. In today’s environment, there are basically 3 methods to download music to Zune.

First of all, ripping songs from CDs is one of the obvious ways to download music to Zune. All you need to do is find or borrow a CD from a friend, fire up your Windows Media Player, hover over and click your CD icon and the full list of available songs will be displayed before you.

The next step is to select and bookmark the songs you want and click the Copy button. It should take just a jiffy before the music files, including the titles, appear in the media library. Now it is time to plug the USB cable that is connected to your player into the USB port of your PC. The sync should be done instantly and you are now downloading music to your Zune player.

What if it’s not properly synced? Don’t worry, you can still transfer the files to your player directly by copying and pasting. But one thing that you should keep in mind is to save the ripped songs in WMA, MP3, WMV or MOV formats. These are the only ones that can be played directly on the Zune. The other file formats are not readable.

Extraction is just one method. You have another way to download music to Zune players. The easiest is to order your songs through sites like the Zune marketplace, iTunes, HMV, Walmart, and other online music stores. It wouldn’t cost you more than $1 in most cases, although the limited edition ones can be quite expensive.

The final method that I will show you is to choose a paid membership service. For a low-cost annual subscription, you can access millions of songs, both classic and new, from all genres. There is also a lifetime access package that costs a few bucks more. Needless to say, it’s worth going for it.

Here’s what you need to learn to be able to download music to the Zune. I know by now you must be looking forward to some music. Go to my song blog and feed your player the latest hits now.