abstract:Zune is a media management software for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8 that functions as a full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server. The software is used to sync with all devices with Zune functionality including the Zune 4, 8, 16, 30, 80, 120, Windows Phone 7, and Microsoft Kin.
Since these are Microsoft devices, music and video are handled through Zunesoftware, web searches go through Bing and the browser is Internet Explorer.
Zunesoftware doesn't read Media Center's proprietary DVR-MS files, perform .wmv conversions for Zune playback, nor does it list hand-encoded episodes as TV shows in the library.
That means it supports Windows 7 Jump Lists (for quick access to your music controls and playlists from the Taskbar), Previews letting you glimpse and control media by hovering your mouse over the Zune button on the Taskbar, and Aero Snap auto-resizing of the Zunesoftware window.