Entries tagged with “mp3 player” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

What's probably the easiest, cheapest, and most flexible way to add an audio player to your site just got a whole lot better. Yahoo Media Player version 2 launched yesterday, adding a bevy of new features, including faster load time and support for several new audio formats beyond MP3.

Clicking an MP3 link is annoyingly unpredictable. Will the file blank out the page? Will it start to download? Will it throw an error? You never know. So, inspired by Del.icio.us Play Tagger, I whipped up this one-click Web audio player.

A nice treat from the folks at Zune: 30-odd free unDRMed MP3s ready for download, including tracks from Wierd Al, Barenaked Ladies and the Shins. Perfect for your iPod, Zune or other MP3 player....

Yeah, yeah. The Zune may be a miserable failure according to some, but there are definitely some positive points about the Zune that Apple should take note of and consider emulating. Here is my list of six lessons Apple might consider learning from the Zune and implementing in their iPod line. 1. Be fingerprint resistant. The soft feel of the...

Fresh from the press release: Getting a Zune for Xmas? For only $7.99, you can get the real scoop on Zune in "Eight Great Ways to Get The Most Out Of Your Zune" by Erica Sadun in a 70-page PDF Short Cut.You'll learn:How to get the most out of your Zune.The best methods and secrets for managing your media, loading...

Zune is now Vista Friendly The 1.2 firmware update now plays nicely in Vista's sandbox. Leo Laporte on Zune Let's just say that he's not a big fan. Zune Games on the way? Microsoft may be considering the Zune as a possible (and limited) gaming platform....

I'm slogging through these terms, trying to figure out what you can and cannot do with your Zune and stumbled across a few What-the-Heck?! moments. Here is one of my favorites: "In using the service, you may not...create a Zunetag or motto that other users may be offended by, including words that sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or...

Is there anyone out there in reader-land who has a PC, a Zune, a USB Sniffer and some development experience? I'm dying to see what's going on during a Zune sync so that I can figure out how to simulate that with the Mac/Linux command line. The addy as always is erica@mindspring.com. Thanks....

Device Certificate after the jump....

Here are the folder and device properties specifically for my Zune, plus its supported filetypes. I'm guessing the Sync partner is the one computer that my Zune hosts to. Biff is the meta-syntactic name I selected as my Zune ID. The Bytes/Free bytes are accurate. The Battery level seems low as it reads as fully charged on the device and...

This one is really long, so I've hidden most of it behind the jump. Here are the Playable File/Object Types and the object properties supported for each one....

Supported operations: 1001: Get device info 1002: Open session 1003: Close session 1004: Get storage IDs 1005: Get storage info 1006: Get number of objects 1007: Get object handles 1008: Get object info 1009: Get object 100b: Delete object 100c: Send object info 100d: Send object 100f: Format storage 1010: Reset device 1014: Get device property description 1015: Get device...

USB low-level info: bcdUSB: 512 bDeviceClass: 255 bDeviceSubClass: 0 bDeviceProtocol: 0 idVendor: 045e idProduct: 0710 IN endpoint maxpacket: 512 bytes OUT endpoint maxpacket: 512 bytes Device flags: 0x00000000 Device info: Manufacturer: Microsoft Model: Zune Device version: 01.01.00322.00-00309 Serial number: 14badbab - 0aee704e - 80bd1ff8 - 8ee00652 Vendor extension ID: 0x00000006 Vendor extension description: microsoft.com: 1.0; microsoft.com/WMDRMPD: 10.1; microsoft.com/WMPPD: 11.1;...

I just uploaded a post over at the Mac Blog about using XNJB to see the contents of your Zune from a Macintosh....

By now you may have heard the news that Microsoft has struck a deal with the Universal Music Group (UMG) whereby Universal stands to gain $1+ on the sale of every Zune device. UMG will also receive royalties for music downloads purchased through the Zune Marketplace. Deals with the other three major labels will undoubtedly follow a similar path. This...

For some reason, a lot of the Zune documentation is striking me as unintentionally but hilariously salacious. Under Play with Zune, I found the following list of options that made me laugh out loud, particularly the differential between the first and second options: Even the direct URL is a giggle: "http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/howto/play/default.htm". As if Coming Zune weren't enough! Edited to add:...

According to online Zune docs, it is not. Given that Vista is supposed to ship any second, this seems like bad planning to say the least on Microsoft's part....

According to a Bloomberg.com report, Microsoft plans to "eventually" add video-sharing to the Zune and may add a Zunephone model to the line. "The race is on," CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly said. "I'm confident we can keep up. They have brand and image going for them, and we have some innovative ideas."...

Zune Disection [GearLive]Taking the Zune apart and putting it back together. Zune Marketplace Walkthough Video [ZuneDashOnline]10 minute walkthrough of the new software. Promote Zune? Rocketboom says "no". [DemBot]Why use a Zune logo on your site if you can't contractually say anything negative about the product? Early Zunes [Engadget]Assorted Best Buy Zune Sightings. Zune Marketplace Software [ZuneCorps]Early access--for now. What's the...

According to the Zune Insider website, Universal Music Group will receive a device royalty on every Zune sold. Specifics of the deal are not forthcoming from either Microsoft or Universal, but the article suggests that a portion of the royalty revenues will be relayed to recording artists. This makes me wonder how the sharing will take place and whether it...