FeedYourZune: Podcasts come to the Zune

Filed under: Windows, Podcasting, Freeware

FeedYourZune: Podcasts come to the Zune

by Brad Linder Nov 20th 2006

So Microsoft's Zune is out, but it's still a few steps behind the iPod in terms of battery life, ease of installation, and podcast support. Doug Arrison from FireAnt has gone one step further than Microsoft, and released a free program for syncing podcasts to a Zune. FeedYourZune is an RSS reader/aggregator for audio and video podcasts. It will automatically download podcasts and sync them. It doesn't include any file conversion at this point, so you'll need to download podcasts that are already in a Zune-compatible format. But Doug says file conversion will be included in a future release. You can also use FeedYourZune as a video player and playlist manager on your PC.

Oh yeah, and look, it features a Zune-like interface (read: black).

[Via Zuneguy]

Tags: feedyourzune, fireant, zune

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

gipros said 3:31PM on 11-20-2006

huh, this was just a matter of time... I wonder if MS will bother making a replacement or will just buy the soft

LDM said 3:31PM on 11-20-2006

Why does one need this?

Why can't you just use ie7's built in rss? Just suibscribe to the podcast, and then go into the properties to have it autodownload the media. hen do a search to find out where it's stored (it varie by computer I belive) and point the orginal zune softwrae to that folder

hint: Want to subscribe to a properity podcast link? You'll notice some links start with itpc://, simply copy the url and replace itpc with http. It will no work in ie7's rss engine

Doug said 8:24AM on 11-24-2006

FeedYourZune is a full featured RSS Video and audio Aggregator that plays ALL video formats within the player itself. It also includes 2 Directories to find great RSS content on the Net and it supports automated downloads, favorites, playlists. ie7 is a toy.

Smap said 8:18PM on 11-25-2006

This place advertises unlimited music & video downloads for your Zune... http://zune-music-downloads.com

Doug said 8:10AM on 11-26-2006

That download site charges $40.

http://FeedYourZune.com is free.

Greg B said 12:48PM on 1-12-2007

Pure BS! Unlimited Download pay site did it and got Rocket search Per to Per alread had Lime Wire! GotSome ipod converter from the site, Bought Xilisoft conveter and it worked thers didnt.So people dont get scamed like i did Use The real software 39.95$ for there site? what so i can search like i all ready do?? fool me once not second time.

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