Before
you can sync music and videos to your phone, you have to stock your
Zune collection. Put another way, if a song or video isn’t in Zune, you
can’t copy it to your phone. If your PC is running Windows 7, Zune
automatically scans your music, videos, pictures, and podcast
libraries. But if you have stashed your media in other places—an
external hard drive, for example—you have to tell Zune where it is.
1. Add Files
Open the Zune software, and then click Settings.
Find the media type—music, pictures, videos, or podcasts—you want to add to your collection, and then click Manage.
Click Add, and then browse to find the folder that holds your media.
Click
Include Folder. Zune scans the folder and adds its contents to your
collection. Depending on the folder’s size, a few minutes might pass
before all the contents show up.
Tip:
Do you have music in iTunes
that you’d like to enjoy on Windows Phone? Just tell Zune where it is.
As long as it’s not copy-protected via digital rights management (DRM),
you should be able to play it on your phone.
Tip:
If you add music files to
your Zune collection that Zune can’t normally play, the software
automatically converts them to a compatible format—handy if, say, you
own an iPod or an iPhone and already have an extensive media library.
