Zune 2.3 Update To Fix Bunches
Posted by Chris Leckness on 01/22/08
Wow. There are a ton of bullet items in this patch! The following was posted by Cesar in the Zune.net forums...
- Fixed top crashing bugs submitted by users
- Fixed bug where Zune software thinks the device memory is full (but isn’t)
Key Marketplace fixes
- Allow users to view top music videos in marketplace
- Misc improved error messaging including splitting sign-in issues into 4 separate errors for customer and support benefit
- Retrieval of subscription download history no longer stalls if the content is revoked
- Better handling of accounts that have expired credit cards
- Podcasts with spaces in their name can now be subscribed to
- Marketplace no longer blocks explicit content purchases when parental controls are set to allow
- Points balance label is now updated when user purchases new points
Key Player UI fixes
- Allow zooming in/out (2x, 4x, fullscreen) during video playback to prevent stretched playback
- Ability to switch Zune to GDI mode through command-line parameter
Key Podcast fixes
- Allow subscriptions to podcasts larger than 10MB
- Fixed some parsing errors that prevented some podcasts from syncing to the device
- Fixed bug where podcasts were unsubscribing themselves
Key Setup fixes
- Fixed numerous bugs affecting build to build upgrades
- Improved installation for users accessing from corporate networks
- Fixed driver uninstall failures
- Included device 2.3 firmware in client download
- Failure in creating system restore point no longer blocks client installation
Key Sync fixes
- Fixed issues with reverse sync
- Fixes issues with sync meter UI showing incorrect information as to what is on the device
- Fixed issues using wireless sync with multiple devices to the same PC
- Fixed a few different issues setting up wireless sync
- Device is no longer being reported as full even after deleting large file from device
- Device content is no longer being turned into guest content when it shouldn’t be
- Content with bad metadata now shows properly so it can be removed from device
- Turning off “autolaunch when a Zune device is connected” no longer prevents “Sync Now” from working from a wirelessly connected device
- Podcast bookmarking is now transferred/saved to the device
- Wireless sync connection continues to work after rebooting host computer
- Unsubscribe podcast from device now works properly
- Changing album art in the client now updates the device as well
- Duplicate tracks are no longer synced to the device twice
Key Xbox Streaming bug fixes
- Xbox Streaming now monitors the rip folder if user changes default location
- No need to reinstall client to fix Xbox Streaming when upgrading from XP to Vista
Key Infrastructure fixes
- Vista x64 customers can now get to web help from error messages
- Client no longer crashes if database is corrupted
Key Library fixes
- Changes in pictures or video metadata made outside client will now get updated in the library
- UI is now smoother during file groveling
- When a track is added to an album we will now always update the track on disc
- User can now update album art for marketplace tracks
- 'Unknown Artist' metadata is no longer written to files when writing out user edit of album name
- Renaming an artist now more reliably keeps the change
- Two different copies of the same album no longer get duplicated down to one when it shouldn’t
- Access violation no longer occurs when checking song properties in the burn list
- Multi-disc albums imported from iTunes no longer show in the client as a single disc album
- Thumbnails for video content now extract on XP properly
Give us some feedback on the patch when you apply it... Also, check this thread to give input too.
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9 Responses for "Zune 2.3 Update To Fix Bunches"
Very cool. I was having a few of these issues, but nothing really bad. MS is on the ball!
Oh sweet, I was having some problems with album art and such, which should be fixed in the "key library fixes" and I believe some people in the forums were having trouble with duplicating tracks, and the "phantom songs" so if I understand, you guys are in luck!
Thank goodness! Many of these issues have been driving me nuts since the release of the new Zune software! Great to see MS is working hard!
Updates are always welcome…
OMG im so happy because a lot of those were my complaints now they r resolved. like i would always rip cds to the library and try and change the artist and stuff cause all it would say is track 1 and i would change it and it would go back to the way it was.
Sweet!!!!Huge update
Gotta love it hehe 
It’s about God Damn time! Shit is frustrating was hell! I have over 45 gigs of stuff that wasn’t sorted right by the software and it was copping in wrong albums or with the wrong album art. I hope this fixes all that because I wasn’t gonna try to manually fix it.
i miss my smart playlists still
I tried to update it but i kept getting error messages so i had to call microsoft to get it resolved. Overall I love the improvements.
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