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The Microsoft Zune is a discontinued line of portable media players.

The Microsoft Zune is a discontinued line of portable media players.

On March 15, 2011, Microsoft announced that no new Zune hardware players would be developed, although existing models would remain for sale. The Zune had failed to capture significant market share after five years against the Apple iPod.

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Metro-like theme for WPF

I would like to know where i can get the theme that looks like Zune application for Windows (or MetroTwit) for WPF. I google it but i only get the theme for Silverlight 4, not WPF.
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Metro UI and C#

Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit. Thanks
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Need a way to retrieve the current playing song from Zune and Windows Media Player with Python

An Application of mine retrieves the current playing song from a multitude of music players. However, I'm having great trouble implementing Zune and Windows Media Player. I've done a lot of googling on the subject, unfortunately it's only confusing…
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Python win32com don't know name of module

I was looking for a python Zune(The windows media thing) api, when I looked at the COM browser in pythonwin. I found something called ZuneWmdu Type Library (1.0). I used makepy on that lib, it generated a…
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How can I add a large faded text background via css?

I'm looking to create a Zune/Microsoft-style oversized title in CSS so that a div has a semi-transparent text behind it. Any ideas? I'm hoping to keep it as unreliant on plugins and images as possible — but it's important that the text can…
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How to get started with game programming on the Zune

My zune just updated to 3.0 (didn't even realize they were releasing something new!) and the update came with two games, but the Zune marketplace does not have games. Where do I go to get started, and what are the capabilities of the Zune in terms…
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Mock Device connecting through USB

I have a device and the drivers for this device. What I would like to do is build an application that mocks a USB device to communicate with a third party application. More specifically, I am attempting to build an application that can mock a USB…
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API to add playlists in Zune

Original Question (for windows phone 7): I am using windows phone 7 and would like to add downloaded podcasts to a play list so that I can listen to them in a single go. Unfortunately UI does not allow this. I would like to know whether there are…
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Zune API ZuneCore.dll

I noticed the other day that the Zune PC Software exposes a type library (ZuneCore.dll). It seems to be related to the WMPLib API in some way but I can't figure out how to use it either from VB6 or C#. Has anybody tried this and had any luck? Dave
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Injecting into a running .Net 2.0 AppDomain

I am currently attempting to extend the Zune software, in a way that doesn't require that I launch Zune (like ZuneLCDApi). In order to do so, I need to access one or two variables that Zune has in memory in its running AppDomain. Crack.Net doesn't…
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Detect if Windows Phone 7 is connected to desktop Zune software

I've been working on a Windows Phone 7 app for a few months now and have a collection of useful detection flags that are used to test for things like if the code is running in the emulator, on a background/foreground thread, or at design time. (see…
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Zune as dev/test for WP7 apps

I have a Windows Phone 7 app to develop as a pet project and was going to get a phone just for testing my application. The app doesn't require calling features, so I was wondering if it would make more sense to get a Zune HD instead of the phone…
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Can you write plugins for the Zune Desktop application?

Does anyone know where to start, or even if you can write add-ons for managing extras like audio books or your own collection management routines / visualizations?
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Is it possible to build an email reader for the Zune?

Is it possible to build an email reader for the Zune through XNA ? Version 3.0 allows us to connect to the Market place and download music directly from the Zune hence the nature of my question. Edit: Buy a ZuneHD
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Visual Studio/WPConnect Unable to Connect to WP7 Device

For some reason, I'm no longer able to connect and deploy to my wp7 device. Zune does not show the phone as being connected, despite the fact that it is connected and the phone shows that it's being charged ... and the wpconnect tool gives the…
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