David Caulton from zunester has come up with a great video encoding tutorial for zune. The tutorial is very well explained via screenshots and uses TMPGEnc Xpress for converting videos.

Honestly TMPGEnc Xpress is a very easy and powerful tool to work with. But remember it’s not free and costs 100 bucks. Well don’t wanna spend 100 bucks then you can try SUPER, it’s a free video encoder and a very efficient tool.

Anyway in this particular guide David for example has encoded different file types; a DivXfile, a QuickTime video, an old AVI file, and a DVR-MS file. What else he even setup a zune profile for you to download to lessen your work. Enjoy!

Update: Microsoft recently rolled out a software update for zune, which fixes known bugs in installation process and other minor issues. The update also includes firmware version 1.2. Please update to newer version and see if it fixes the problem before you proceed.

Recently lot of people had issues with the zune software. Like can’t connect to zune or unable to install the software. I even addressed the zune connectivity issue a few days back. But this one is for those who are having trouble installing the zune software.

Recently lot of people including me had issues with zune software. I was not able to login to the zune marketplace; every time I tried to connect it threw up an error saying “Can’t connect to Zune. Please try again later. Error Code: 10065″.

Error 10065, 87, 10113 or 10114 is caused by a bad indiv state on your machine. It means the DRM license on your machine is corrupt and it needs to be repaired.

Anyway few solutions were offered but none worked except one. So I’ll post the solution here and see if it works for you guys. Follow the simple steps below.

We know that zune is officially launched in the US only, but people from all around the world who can’t wait to get their hands on one are importing zune or you can say asking their friends to send them one.

But one of their biggest concerns is whether they will be able to install the zune software on their non-US Windows operating system. As you know you need the software to access zune marketplace.

Michael from musiczune.de, one of the German zune sites has found a way around this problem. By following 6 easy steps outlined by him, you should be able to install the software on any foreign Windows XP Pro or Home edition. Enjoy!

Recently lot of people who bought zune had preloaded content related issues. For some it was never present in the first place and for others they either deleted it by mistake or ended up removing it during a simple process like syncing. So, I’ll address these issues here.

Unfortunately there is no way to get the preloaded content back on to the device for free. But if you really need it then you can purchase it from the zune marketplace. How? Go to zune marketplace, playlists, and stories and look for zune preload.