The Zune Feature Request & Suggestion Thread

Four years later and the Zune software is still my favorite music player, but I can't believe out of the dozens of great suggestions for this software since the old Zune forums that almost none have been implemented.

1. Player customization - there was a independent third party modification that allowed us to change the color scheme and background image, but has since become non functional via updates.
2. Rating system - although it is simple, the heart system has yet to recommend decent similar music to me in the marketplace.
3. Visualizations - WMP had it and there are a few good third party visualization plugins. i.e. - Soundspectrums G-Force.

There are standalone visualizations, but none have access to the decoder in the zune player so they're worthless if you're using zune.

If I could have one of these three it would be the player customization. Is it asking too much for the devs to give us this option in a future update?

Maybe one day this suggestion will be read by a caring developer...

It's a real shame that there aren't more albums from the Ninja Tune and Tru Thoughts labels...

Hello,

I have spent several weeks trying to record tv on my pc via windows media center and ultimately failing due to my provider blocking tv signals.  I am trying to record UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN a spanish language soap opera tv show that airs on TELEMUNDO on my pc reencode it to the proper video format for either my Zune or Windows Phone.

I have been unsuccessful

so i come here to the zune forum and am requesting

UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN via TELEMUNDO spanish language channel

i am willing to pay for this video service and desperately want this added to zune marketplace video offerings

i am long time windows mobile and phone user and am proud to call myself a PC

i would like to use my media center remote for extra functions (for example modify my favorite setting "like, dislike, no-opinion")

also i would like to remap the kayboard shortcuts

Couldn't find the post button so this will end up being a reply to mer2329.  Sorry mer2329, I have no solutions only more complaints.

1. In Windows Phone 7 Zune, I want to be able to see the Now Playing playlist. It is annoying that I can't add a song to the now playing list and then go back to the currently playing playlist and see the song added there. Or I would like to have an option to add a song to a specific playlist.
2. I can't find a way to have a Recently Added Playlist in Zune Software. I don't buy my music from Microsoft even though I have a Zune music pass. Amazon is cheaper most of the time. It would be nice to be able to quickly jump to a Recently Added Playlist that would show the songs that I just bought.
3. When I am looking at the songs list in my collection, I can no longer arrange by Artist and just start typing the artists name to jump to that point in the song list. It is really annoying having to scroll all the way down to P's. I thought I was able to just start typing and have it jump to the position I wanted based on the column the content was arranged by.
4. When I purchase a song from Amazon that I had previously downloaded from Zune Pass, I want the Zune Pass song to be replaced and get out of my collection. I purchase songs so that I can put them on both mine and my wife's phones/computers and it is annoying to have to manually delete songs that were previously downloaded from Zune Pass. I also want the song that I bought to replace the songs on any playlists which it is a part of.
5. Zune does not seem to be capable of managing two Windows Phones. Therefore, I have to use a network folder which contains our entire music/ video library. Then, to add insult to injury, I have to manage my wife's phone on her ancient laptop. Seriously, why can't Zune recognize two different phones and then use different Windows Live IDs. I do like that Zune stores all of the playlists I create in the network folder so that they automatically sync to my wife's computer. That part is a nice touch.

I do like the look of the software, and I am really enjoying my new Lumia 900.