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If by the odd chance you happen to own a Microsoft Zune (whch is still only available in the US), you may have noticed that a software upgrade is now available for your player.
The software, now at version 2.3, doesn't add any new features but brings the following fixes to Zune devices:
General fixes
- Fixed top crashing bugs submitted by users
- Fixed bug where Zune software thinks the device memory is full (but isn’t)
Key Marketplace fixes
- Allow users to view top music videos in marketplace
- Misc improved error messaging including splitting sign-in issues into 4 separate errors for customer and support benefit
- Resolved most cases where retrieval of subscription download history stalls
- Better handling of accounts that have expired credit cards
- Podcasts with spaces in their name can now be subscribed to
- Marketplace no longer blocks explicit content purchases when parental controls are set to allow
- Points balance label is now updated when user purchases new points
Key Player UI fixes
- Allow zooming in/out (2x, 4x, fullscreen) during video playback to prevent stretched playback
- Ability to switch Zune to GDI mode through command-line parameter
Key Podcast fixes
- Allow subscriptions to podcasts larger than 10MB
- Fixed some parsing errors that prevented some podcasts from syncing to the device
- Fixed bug where podcasts were unsubscribing themselves
Key Setup fixes
- Fixed numerous bugs affecting build to build upgrades
- Improved installation for users accessing from corporate networks
- Fixed driver uninstall failures
- Included device 2.3 firmware in client download
- Failure in creating system restore point no longer blocks client installation
Key Sync fixes
- Fixed issues with reverse sync
- Fixes issues with sync meter UI showing incorrect information as to what is on the device
- Fixed issues using wireless sync with multiple devices to the same PC
- Fixed a few different issues setting up wireless sync
- Device is no longer being reported as full even after deleting large file from device
- Device content is no longer being turned into guest content when it shouldn’t be
- Content with bad metadata now shows properly so it can be removed from device
- Turning off “autolaunch when a Zune device is connected” no longer prevents “Sync Now” from working from a wirelessly connected device
- Podcast bookmarking is now transferred/saved to the device
- Wireless sync connection continues to work after rebooting host computer
- Unsubscribe podcast from device now works properly
- Changing album art in the client now updates the device as well
- Duplicate tracks are no longer synced to the device twice
Key Xbox Streaming bug fixes
- Xbox Streaming now monitors the rip folder if user changes default location
- No need to reinstall client to fix Xbox Streaming when upgrading from XP to Vista
Key Infrastructure fixes
- Vista x64 customers can now get to web help from error messages
- Client no longer crashes if database is corrupted
Key Library fixes
- Changes in pictures or video metadata made outside client will now get updated in the library
- UI is now smoother during file groveling
- When a track is added to an album we will now always update the track on disc
- User can now update album art for marketplace tracks
- 'Unknown Artist' metadata is no longer written to files when writing out user edit of album name
- Renaming an artist now more reliably keeps the change
- Two different copies of the same album no longer get duplicated down to one when it shouldn’t
- Access violation no longer occurs when checking song properties in the burn list
- Multi-disc albums imported from iTunes no longer show in the client as a single disc album
- Thumbnails for video content now extract on XP properly
Note to Microsoft: thanks for the fixes, but enough's enough already, bring the Zune to the UK, please. I kinda want one.
