I'm sorry, but I have to ask a question here. I opened a Zune that I giving as a Christmas gift to get it charged and get it set-up with music and video. I had downloaded and used Xilisoft Zune Video Converter (
http://www.xilisoft.com/zune-video-converter.html) to convert some music videos and cartoons to .mp4 format. The setting in the software says "Zune MPEG-4 AVC Video Format (*.mp4). But when I put it into Zune, sure enough the conversion process kicked off. So you're saying that the Zune can never play an .mp4 file, it can only play a .WMV file.
At
http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/ho...enjoyvideo.htm the statement says:
Zune software supports the following formats and codecs:
* Windows Media video (.wmv)
* MPEG4 video (m4v, .mp4, or .mov)
* H.264 video (.m4v, .mp4, or .mov)
Video content in formats or codecs not mentioned in the preceding list need to be converted into one of these formats and codecs in order to be imported to Zune software. For more information about encoding content into one of these formats, see "How to Provide Content for Zune."
Later on it says:
The Zune device supports the following video codec:
* Windows Media Video: up to 320x240, 1.692 Mbps, Main profile, files with extension .wmv
When Zune software converts a video file, it creates a separate file and syncs that file to your device. Zune software does not alter the original video file in any way.
That is really misleading and frustrating. I read the first statement to mean the Zune device NOT the Zune software. So the software can read those codecs but the device can't. Then why would there be conversion software that says Zune on it that converts to anything other than WMV??
I'm just frustrated now. I clearly see what the answer is - I just am surprised.
Sorry for the rant.