The Music and Video Hub: A New Way to Access Your Media Library

For all you Zoom HD fans out there, this new feature looks very familiar. This is basically where you access your media library, whether it's music, videos, podcasts, or more. On your phone, you'll have an FM radio just like the Zune HD, but you can also access the Marketplace here to purchase music and video through the service.

Let's click into the Music catalog, and similar to the Zune HD, if you want to jump to a specific artist, you get the same familiar kind of interface. I'll jump right down to the piece, and just like on the Zoom HD, you can click the play button and it'll start playing. All the music that you're going to play on your phone doesn't have to be purchased through the Zune service; it could be MP3s that you purchase through some other servers like Amazon or non-protected tracks you purchased through iTunes or just DVD or CDs that you've ripped yourself. All those file formats will be managed by the Zune software on your PC, which is how you get media on your phone.

As long as it's not protected, we'll take all those files and put them on your phone so you can toggle over here and sort by albums, songs, and playlists. You can bump back out here to see your history very similar to how the Zune HD works today. This is really cool if you want to pick up where you left off; for example, if you took the bus, got off, had to go to work, and then you want to pick up where you left off on the bus when you go home, you can jump right back into it.

This feature is one of my favorites because as a Zune Pass subscriber, I'm probably downloading lots of stuff listening to lots of music. So before I jump on the bus, I know I'm going to download five new albums. But if you have a big collection on your phone, you might not remember exactly what you downloaded. This is a great way to see, like, hey, this is the stuff that most recently got added to my phone.

If you're a podcast listener, it's really cool because every time there's a new episode of your favorite podcast, it'll show up here and just let you know hey go check it out. We can toggle back over here, and this will be where other applications, music and video apps, are surfaced as well. So if you download something like iHeartRadio from Clear Channel or Blast FM, those will actually be listed here within the Music and Video Hub.

Developers have access to these guys, they'll still be the familiar tile interface that we have here in the hub as well. The developer tools are really rich so that people can take advantage of this kind of pivot interface. And they also have the appropriate protocols to make sure that their application shows up on this in this kind of apps view as well.

The background is your last track played, so it'll and all that metadata is brought in as you download music. It's very small, it's compressed but that makes it um, you know Zoom really nice too. So let's go back to the Zune hub again for those who are familiar with it this will be a bit more familiar.

Let's do a video, and we'll see how it works in practice. For example, let's say I want to listen to some music by Akon. As soon as you click on his name, it shows you your albums, songs from him as well, and then you can access his bio information all that stuff is cached when you download this music.

If you pop down here, it will show you other tracks from Akon that are in our marketplace but not on your phone yet. Again if you're a Zune Pass subscriber, you can just press play and start streaming that over the network or download it and add it to your collection on the phone.

Overall, this new feature is going to make accessing your media library a breeze. With its intuitive interface and rich features, you'll be able to access all your favorite music, videos, podcasts, and more with ease. Whether you're a Zune HD fan or just looking for a way to manage your media library on your phone, this is definitely something worth checking out.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enall right what's up everyone john wren from technobuffalo here we are back with brian with a tour of the zoo integration on windows phone 7. let's go ahead and get started all right let's do it so we'll toggle down here to the music hub music and video hub and for all you that are familiar with zoon out there the zoom hd this looks very familiar this is basically where you access all your media library whether it's music video podcasts all the phones will have an fm radio just like a zoon hd but you can also access the marketplace here to purchase music and video through the service but let's click into the music music catalog here and just similar to zune hd if you want to jump to a specific artist you get the same familiar kind of interface there so i jump right down to the piece i can just click the play button and it'll just start playing very similar to what you uh what you get on the zoom hd as well all the music that you're going to play on your phone this music doesn't have to be purchased through the zoom service it could be mp3s that you purchase through some other servers like amazon or non-protected tracks you purchased through itunes or just dvd or cds that you've ripped yourself all that will be managed to the zune software on your pc which is the way that you get media on your phone but as long as it's not protected we take all that all those file formats in and then we put it on your on your phone so you can toggle over here and sort by albums songs and playlists you can bump back out here um this is going to show your history very similar to how the zoom hd works today and this is really cool if you want to pick back up off where you left so let's say you took the bus you got off the bus had to go to work you want to pick off where you pick up where you left off on the bus when you go home you can jump right back into it and that's true for a song a video or a podcast back out here flip here and this will show you your history this is one of my favorite features because um as a zoom pass subscriber uh and i'll show you new too because they're similar but as a zoom pass subscriber you know you're probably downloading lots of stuff listening lots of music um so before i jump on the bus you know i'm gonna go download five new albums but if you have a big collection on your phone um you might not remember exactly what you downloaded so this is a great way to see like hey this is the stuff that most recently got added to my phone and if you're a podcast listener it's really cool because every time there's a new episode of your favorite podcast it will show up here and just let you know hey go check it out so we can toggle back over here and this will be where other application other music and video applications are surface as well so if you download let's say i heart radio from uh clear channel or blast fm or something like that those will actually be listed here within the music and video hub and that's the same way for games too if you're to download other games the idea is that everything music and video should be in the music and video hub and so we're trying to organize information and applications that are similar into one logical place and developers have access to these guys they'll still be the familiar tile interface correct yeah i mean you're the developer tools are really rich so that people can take care take advantage of this kind of pivot interface um that that we have here in the hub as well and then they also have the uh the appropriate protocols to be able to make sure that their application shows up on this in this kind of apps view as well what determines the background uh the background is your last track play so it'll and all that all that metadata is brought in as you download music it's very small it's compressed but and that's what makes it um you know zoom really really nice too so let's go you can see the little ken burns effect that happens with the tile which is really cool it's all about those live tiles on the start screen you see that motion is a big part of the way this phone works so if we pop back into there again for all those that are you know zoom fans out there this will be familiar but let's uh do a video back here a little anderson cooper action uh music akon you'll see here it'll show you your album's songs from akon as well and then you can access his bio information all this stuff is cached when you download this music you're also able to pop down here and it will show you other tracks from acon that in our marketplace that aren't on your phone yet so again if you're a zoom pass subscriber you can just press play and start streaming that over the network or download it and add it to your collection on the phone so that's a quick tour of uh the zune and music video hub on this one thank you very much brian i appreciate it youall right what's up everyone john wren from technobuffalo here we are back with brian with a tour of the zoo integration on windows phone 7. let's go ahead and get started all right let's do it so we'll toggle down here to the music hub music and video hub and for all you that are familiar with zoon out there the zoom hd this looks very familiar this is basically where you access all your media library whether it's music video podcasts all the phones will have an fm radio just like a zoon hd but you can also access the marketplace here to purchase music and video through the service but let's click into the music music catalog here and just similar to zune hd if you want to jump to a specific artist you get the same familiar kind of interface there so i jump right down to the piece i can just click the play button and it'll just start playing very similar to what you uh what you get on the zoom hd as well all the music that you're going to play on your phone this music doesn't have to be purchased through the zoom service it could be mp3s that you purchase through some other servers like amazon or non-protected tracks you purchased through itunes or just dvd or cds that you've ripped yourself all that will be managed to the zune software on your pc which is the way that you get media on your phone but as long as it's not protected we take all that all those file formats in and then we put it on your on your phone so you can toggle over here and sort by albums songs and playlists you can bump back out here um this is going to show your history very similar to how the zoom hd works today and this is really cool if you want to pick back up off where you left so let's say you took the bus you got off the bus had to go to work you want to pick off where you pick up where you left off on the bus when you go home you can jump right back into it and that's true for a song a video or a podcast back out here flip here and this will show you your history this is one of my favorite features because um as a zoom pass subscriber uh and i'll show you new too because they're similar but as a zoom pass subscriber you know you're probably downloading lots of stuff listening lots of music um so before i jump on the bus you know i'm gonna go download five new albums but if you have a big collection on your phone um you might not remember exactly what you downloaded so this is a great way to see like hey this is the stuff that most recently got added to my phone and if you're a podcast listener it's really cool because every time there's a new episode of your favorite podcast it will show up here and just let you know hey go check it out so we can toggle back over here and this will be where other application other music and video applications are surface as well so if you download let's say i heart radio from uh clear channel or blast fm or something like that those will actually be listed here within the music and video hub and that's the same way for games too if you're to download other games the idea is that everything music and video should be in the music and video hub and so we're trying to organize information and applications that are similar into one logical place and developers have access to these guys they'll still be the familiar tile interface correct yeah i mean you're the developer tools are really rich so that people can take care take advantage of this kind of pivot interface um that that we have here in the hub as well and then they also have the uh the appropriate protocols to be able to make sure that their application shows up on this in this kind of apps view as well what determines the background uh the background is your last track play so it'll and all that all that metadata is brought in as you download music it's very small it's compressed but and that's what makes it um you know zoom really really nice too so let's go you can see the little ken burns effect that happens with the tile which is really cool it's all about those live tiles on the start screen you see that motion is a big part of the way this phone works so if we pop back into there again for all those that are you know zoom fans out there this will be familiar but let's uh do a video back here a little anderson cooper action uh music akon you'll see here it'll show you your album's songs from akon as well and then you can access his bio information all this stuff is cached when you download this music you're also able to pop down here and it will show you other tracks from acon that in our marketplace that aren't on your phone yet so again if you're a zoom pass subscriber you can just press play and start streaming that over the network or download it and add it to your collection on the phone so that's a quick tour of uh the zune and music video hub on this one thank you very much brian i appreciate it you\n"