Zune Video Downloads

Downloading video for your Zune flash media player isn't hard, all you do is download it, add it to the Zune software and sync up.  The big problem is most people look for free zune video downloads, and wind up creating a big mess of their system in the process.  Zune video downloads can be found online for a fee, but you will always be taking a big chance when you try and get them for free.  Most reputable sites only require you pay a monthly fee for unlimited downloads of movies, TV shows and music videos, most of them already formatted for your Zune player. 

While most people wonder what the big issue is with free downloads, many of those sites offering free Zune video downloads also include some of their own software along with it.  These free downloads typically come with spyware, malware, and the occasional virus, which can wreck havoc to your computer, causing you to lose either vital information on your hard drive, or even putting your personal information at risk.  Remember, anything you type on your computer online is ripe for the taking if you have unwanted programs on your computer.  Here are some of the better Zune video downloads sites that you can actually  trust.

1. The Zune Marketplace- while it's not the best deal on the Internet, it does offer you the safest option available, providing you with downloads of TV shows and movies, including some that are in HD.  The fee is usually per episode or movie, which can add up quickly if you download several a month.  While there is an unlimited pass for music, the marketplace has yet to roll out this feature for video.  The big advantage, you know you can trust the content, and you know just what you're paying for.

And that's about all you can trust online.  Sadly, many of the sites that offered Zune video downloads are just a random group of portal sites that take you from one paid advertisement to the next.  Using the Zune Marketplace is one of the easiest, and safest ways to download new Zune videos.  There is also the option of making them yourself.

Since Zune is a Microsoft product, it supports WMV format, MP4 format, and most Quicktime video files and allows you to load them on your Zune player.  Making these files yourself is by far the easiest method of going about getting new videos.  The process is simple.  If you happen to already have the video, just load it into your Zune software and it should be ready to go.  The software automatically converts it down to the required size for your player, and makes it so it will play without taking up all your storage space. 

If you have a DVD, there is conversion software online that lefts you make a digital copy of DVDs you own and put them in a format you can upload to your Zune player.  This should only be done with DVDs that you own, since it may violate copyright laws to make a digital copy of a movie that you haven't technically paid for.

There are also methods of converting Youtube videos into Zune compatible files, which are ready to upload almost instantly.  This video can give you a little more instruction on how to do this.

Hopefully, you will be adding some new Zune video downloads to your player today if you follow this advice.