The Zune Feature Request & Suggestion Thread

When is there going to be a firmware update to address the Shuffle play operation?

The Shuffle play operation is inconsistently consistent.

I can count on listening to about 300 different songs (it is probably less than that) out of my 20,000+ library on my ZUNE.

When I select shuffle, I expected that every time I start playing I will hear something that I have not heard in a long time, especially with the size of my library. As it stands I can make it a day or so before the shuffle mode shuffles me back into the same 300 song list that it likes and I hear something I have heard not long ago.

I play using Artist, not album, so it should play the entire list of artists, about 500.

Granted, 300 songs is nice and it is random, but I have other MP3 players that seem to adjust for the size of my library and actually play random shuffled songs, some that I have nto heard in years.

As comparison, Google Music Player, I have been using this on my phone for about a month in shuffle mode and have yet to hear the same song repeat itself.

I think the ZUNE software shuffle algorithm limitations needs to be addressed to accomodate greater music libraries than 300 songs.

ORA

I totally agree, though I don't get all that many re-plays since I do the shuffle on "songs" not "artists".  I'd also like to see the Shuffle function added to Playlists.  Now, if you create a Playlist, it plays in the order you create it.

Lyle

When I'm listening to a podcast (4Gb Zune) and want to replay the last segment, I click on the left side of the circular control button which then takes me back to a point that is the 0%, 25%, 50% or 75% mark, whichever was the last one. The problem is that if it is a long podcast, eg 60 minutes, then this point could be as long as 15 minutes back in the worst case. On average I find that it is about 5 minutes, but even that is frustrating when ideally I would like it to go back only one minute. I suggest that this feature be changed to go back one minute for each of say the first 5 clicks and then say 5 minutes for each subsequent click. Even better, depressing the LHS of the button starts "rewinding" slowly and then accelerates the longer I keep it depressed.

When I'm listening to a podcast (4Gb Zune) and want to replay the last segment, I click on the left side of the circular control button which then takes me back to a point that is the 0%, 25%, 50% or 75% mark, whichever was the last one. The problem is that if it is a long podcast, eg 60 minutes, then this point could be as long as 15 minutes back in the worst case. On average I find that it is about 5 minutes, but even that is frustrating when ideally I would like it to go back only one minute. I suggest that this feature be changed to go back one minute for each of say the first 5 clicks and then say 5 minutes for each subsequent click. Even better, depressing the LHS of the button starts "rewinding" slowly and then accelerates the longer I keep it depressed.

If you do hold down the right or left hand side of the pad it does FF or Rewind and goes faster the longer you hold it down. At least the 8GB and 30 GB i've used in the past did.

Please add John Doe's recent album "Keeper" to Zune marketplace.  It is mentioned in his bio and is getting good reviews.

Thanks