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submitted: Aug 26th 2008 | by: DavionWong | Total views: 6 | Word Count: 629 | |

Are you a Zune owner and wish that you know where to download music for Zune conveniently, instantly and most importantly without expensive pay per download fees? You may be looking for the latest songs by Beyonce, Maroon 5 or Justin Timberlake but the thought of the cost makes it a little hard to bear. If this describes you, then you may want to read on as we share about how you can pack more music to your Zune and where are the best places to download music for Zune.

You perhaps already know that you can find movies, music, videos and games for your Zune player at iTunes and Microsoft's Zune marketplace and other online music stores like Amazon, HMV and more. At Zune marketplace, you can access millions of songs. For the price conscious, the price tag of $0.99 to $2 over for a piece of song at any of these music stores can really be a turn-off. Imagine how much it would cost to acquire hundreds of songs for your music collection?

Of course another option is to head to some of the free Zune music networks where you can download music for Zune for free. While this sounds like a great idea, I can almost assure you that you may regret it like some others. Be prepared to open your computer to the risk of spyware, adware and viruses. Trojans, worms and all are but common files that are attached to the music download. Not only that, the copies might not be the full complete songs!

There is a safe option to transfer songs to your Zune. Similar to any other MP3 players, you can rip songs from a CD and synchronize that onto your player. If you are familiar with music ripping, you should be quite comfortable to download music for Zune in this manner.

If you want to transfer songs from a CD to your Zune, all you need to do is rip the music using a media player like Windows Media Player. Select the desired songs or sound tracks and click the "Rip" button and in a moment's time, the songs would appear in the library of the Windows Media Player. Connect your Zune to the USB port or cradle and your player would synchronize automatically with the media library to download the songs onto your Zune player.

Even if the player is not syncing well, it is fine. You can simply copy the music files manually onto your Zune and it would work just fine except for the extra step. On your windows explorer, you would always see your Zune as an additional drive. Be sure to download to it correctly.

One important point here when you download music for Zune online or rip music from CDs is that the file formats must be compatible with your player. Zune supports windows media player supported formats like WMA, WMV, MOV, MP4 and MP3. Do not be mistaken that they can support RealMedia or DivX format as Zune does not support them.

Other than the free sites as well as music CD ripping, you do have a third option which is a favourite among current Zune owners. This alternative comes in the form of paid membership services where you can have unlimited access to download music for Zune as well as movies, videos, games and even the latest software. All these are available without any bandwidth limits at a price lesser than $49 which is something even teens can afford.

I believe that by now, you should have a good grasp of where you can download music for Zune and do so affordably in a safe and secured environment. Check out my blog dedicated to Zune music, movies and videos on which are the reliable membership sites for unlimited Zune downloads.

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