Any tips for using itunes to sync music for lumia 800? I've Windows 7 and I've yet to found anything related to this matter. I can't stand zune as the logic behind it seems terrible, atleast after few years of itunes.
[Q] itunes / zune
- Thread starter oskariunit
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Yeah, I don't think that's going to be happening any time soon. The possibility of being able to use other software to move music back and forth makes sense, but iTunes? ugh (personal opinion).
I, personally, do not use Zune to play back music or manage my 130GB library. i use it solely for the music I'd like to have on my Lumia 800. I've got mega storage space on my laptop, so it's a non issue for me.
iTunes user speaking, I loved the iTunes too, but after purchasing the Lumia, I had to do the same thing, move to Zune, it's not that different at all once you get used to it, it's almost a complete copy, but the interface in Zune is a whole lot better, just synching videos is god damn awful, it takes literally 5+ minutes to sync a 2-3min video clip, impossible to sync a movie, it'll take at least an hour. Shout out if you need any tips.
It takes that long to sync videos probably because it's converting them at the same time. Check your CPU usage to know for sure.iTunes user speaking, I loved the iTunes too, but after purchasing the Lumia, I had to do the same thing, move to Zune, it's not that different at all once you get used to it, it's almost a complete copy, but the interface in Zune is a whole lot better, just synching videos is god damn awful, it takes literally 5+ minutes to sync a 2-3min video clip, impossible to sync a movie, it'll take at least an hour. Shout out if you need any tips.
Also, I'm willing to wager that Zune has better audio playback codecs. As of a year ago, iTunes was the worst in playback quality when using my ears as the testing tool.
Nah, that's changed, iTunes has got better, Zune hasn't enough bass and the treble is too high, if you're not happy with the sound on iTunes, it has an equalizer which Zune is lacking, big downer, that and the video syncing is what made Zune horrible.
I shall check if it's converting. Cheers.
Thanks for the reply. 1 of the reason I asked as zune doesn't find my album art. I've all the album art in itunes, but in zune about 50% is missing.iTunes user speaking, I loved the iTunes too, but after purchasing the Lumia, I had to do the same thing, move to Zune, it's not that different at all once you get used to it, it's almost a complete copy, but the interface in Zune is a whole lot better, just synching videos is god damn awful, it takes literally 5+ minutes to sync a 2-3min video clip, impossible to sync a movie, it'll take at least an hour. Shout out if you need any tips.
Also how the dj function works, it's flawless in itunes, I've set it to randomly grab 50 songs from main playlist with better rated songs playing more often. I cant even find the thing in zune. And the rating sucks, why only like/notlike ffs
Also I dislike the interface alot. Can't get it to function how I like. It doesnt even say anything if I try to add songs to playlist where they already are, which makes imo the playlist function quite bad. As I wanted to make playlist for my lumia, and randomly update it with songs. It gets quite big so cant remember all the songs, and now I've duplicates bla bla. Sorry, bit frustrated
.Maybe I've to buy macbook so I can sync my wp7 device with itunes, sounds funny haha.
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An album art addict, to me, music ain't music without its album art.Thanks for the reply. 1 of the reason I asked as zune doesn't find my album art. I've all the album art in itunes, but in zune about 50% is missing.
Also how the dj function works, it's flawless in itunes, I've set it to randomly grab 50 songs from main playlist with better rated songs playing more often. I cant even find the thing in zune. And the rating sucks, why only like/notlike ffs
Also I dislike the interface alot. Can't get it to function how I like. It doesnt even say anything if I try to add songs to playlist where they already are, which makes imo the playlist function quite bad. As I wanted to make playlist for my lumia, and randomly update it with songs. It gets quite big so cant remember all the songs, and now I've duplicates bla bla. Sorry, bit frustrated
Album art was a problem, until I found out on how to do it manually, time consuming but, where you have your music collection, on the right, where you have genre, artist, album etc......click on album, then right click and edit the album info there to whichever song requires an album art. It is manual, but if they're all in albums, this easily attaches the album art to the tracks.
As an iTunes user, the tabs "artists" and "albums" on the right will work to your best to get used to the interface, just fiddle around with them for a while, it's what I did, and you'll adapt to it in a few hours, even now sometimes my head gets baffled with the interface, iTunes is just plain simple.
Ok for the playlist, it's easy. First click the "playlists" tab on the right, once there create new playlist. Once you've done that return to your music collection, right click your tracks and add to your selected playlist or drag the tracks to the playlist icon on the bottom left corner. It takes time, I admit that it p***** me off for weeks, but since you got these tips, you'll get used to it earlier than me.
Give me a shout if you need more tips.
Smart DJ. http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/zunesoftware/features/smartdj.htm
It seems it's not availevable in all regions, which seems odd that you can't even use it with your own music.
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Ahhh....did you do this first, go to settings > software > metadata and ratings > check automatically retrieve and update album art? As that should do the trick.Smart DJ. http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/zunesoftware/features/smartdj.htm
It seems it's not availevable in all regions, which seems odd that you can't even use it with your own music.
thanks for the reply. Yeah i've got it set like that, no smart-dj functionality. Seems it's issue on the finnish version of the software.
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