Xbox 360 / Zen Micro / DRM'd Subscription Trac

I see all of the posts about the Zen Micro working with the Xbox 360, but does this work in the case of DRM'd tracks - particularly subscription services like Yahoo Music Unlimited?
I don't have an Xbox 360 (yet), but am curious as to if this works. And, if it does, does the Xbox 360 have to be networked as to contact the subscription service itself (to determine legitimacy of playback), or does it get this licensing information directly from the player? The latter way - while it makes sense technically - doesn't seem like it'd be too popular with the subscription services, or particularly the schmucks at the RIAA.
I love my Yahoo Music Unlimited, but this DRM stuff sure creates some headaches.

HEY CREATIVE ! BIG MISTAKE WITH v2 EXPLORER!! PLEASE MAKE IT LIKE HTE OLD ONE WHERE U CAN CHANGE THE ALBUMS/ARTISTS etc WITH OUT ACTALLY GOING INTO INDIVUAL FILES!!!

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I'm trying to stream my music from my Zen Micro to my Xbox 360. These are the instructions Microsoft gives me to do so:
. Connect a USB cable (not provided) between the device and a controller port on your console.
2. Configure the device to play through the USB port.
3. Select Media, Music, Portable Device.
4. Select the music or playlist you want to listen to.
My system won't let me acess the Portable Device option in step 3, so I think the problem is in step 2. How do I configure my Zen Micro to play through the USB port?
Also, the microsoft website has Zen Micro listed as a supported device that may require a firmware update, but I looked through the list of firmwares, I don't know which one that would be.
EDIT: Ok, after browsing around a little more, I found that I need the V.2 Firmware. But when I try to open it, it says that something is interfering with it and to close everything else. But everything else is closed, and I still get this. Help?Message Edited by antny85 on 02-9-20070:26 AM

SSR wrote:
Sounds like they're talking rubbish, but I'm not sure where you read this
All that's important is the player has the PlayForSure/MTP v2.xx firmware. MTP is required for an MP3 player to talk to an Xbox 360.
Thanks. I got the information st from the XBOX Support website, then the exact same verbage was found here, in the Creative Knowledge Base. Here is the EXACT text from the Creative Knowledge Base on the XBOX 360 / Zen Micros search I summited: (Note Step number 2. This is what causes the confusion. Creative makes it sound like there is some option or setting the Zen user must configure) .. Anyway, thanks for your assistance!
Solution ID # 6963 - Using the Zen MP3 player with Xbox 360
You can connect a portable music player to an Xbox 360 console and listen to music while playing a game.
Currently, Xbox 360 supports the following MP3 players from Creative: Zen Sleek, Portable Media Center, Zen Vision, Jukebox Zen Xtra, Zen Touch, Zen Micro, MuVo NX, MuVo TX - FM, Zen Nano Plus
To stream music from an MP3 player to your Xbox 360 Console
Connect a USB cable between the MP3 player and a controller port on your X360 console.</LI>
Configure the device to play through the USB port.</LI>
Select Media, Music, Portable Device.</LI>
Select the music or playlist you want to listen to.</LI>

DRM 10 Support Announced for Zen Micro

The announcement says that it'll be available this quarter
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...sForSurePR.asp
Creative announced its Zen Micro now has updated firmware to support PlaysForSure including support for Auto Sync and Playlists using Windows Media Player 0 as well as online music stores. Additional updates that include support for PlaysForSure online music subscription services using Windows Media DRM 0 will be forthcoming for the Zen Micro, Zen Touch and Zen Xtra players, and be available in the first quarter of 2005.
Message Edited by BJWall on 0-06-2005 07:55 AM

Thanks for letting us know, although Microsoft did say MTP support was coming for the Touch and the Xtra in November

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When I plug my micro into the usb port on the 360, the 360 doesent even say their is a device plugged in. Is there any way I can hook up my Micro to my 360? Thanks

That's really odd.
I have my old Zen Micro and it does work with my 360.
Does the connection work on the PC?
Do you have the latest firmware of the Zen Micro?
Keep trying and let us know. This is def. an odd issue here, as the Xbox 360 should be able to detect the player.
Are you going into the right menu on the 360 for it's
Good luck!

Zen micro and xbox

does anyone know the firmware update i need to use my zen micro with my 360. or if u have the link that would be fine to. thanx

<A class=auth_text style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/view_profile?user.id=27859" target=top>CMW328[/url],
To use a player on the Xbox 360 you would need an MTP firmware update for the MP3 player. You can download an MTP-compatible player for the Zen Micro on the Downloads page. It is listed there as:
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="00%" bgColor=#eeeeee border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD vAlign=top align=right>. </TD>
<TD height=5>Creative Zen Micro PlaysForSure Firmware update 2.2.02 (2.32 MB) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Filename: ZenMicroP4S_PCFW_L6_2_2_02.exe
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I have Windows 98SE and Windows Media Player 9. I was wondering, if I get a Zen Micro, will I be able to use WMP 9 to copy DRM-protected WMA files to my device, or do I have to use the Creative software? I read in another post something about the 2.x branch of the firmware being needed for Plays For Sure compatibility -- does this mean I would need this firmware to use WMP? Does the 2.x firmware have the fixes for the battery drain problem, etc.
One more question. With my Muvo TX FM, Windows Explorer recognizes it as a removable dri've, and I can drag-and-drop non-DRM MP3s directly to it. Is this possible with the Zen Micro?
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I would strongly advise you only use this firmware update if only intend to use Windows Media Player. There are significant changes in the Zen Micro Media Explorer and you cannot use MediaSource if you update to this firmware.

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a.. reduce the maximum number of media files because of additional memory requirements. b.. require software updates if you want to use any currently installed applications like Creative MediaSource, Zen Media Explorer, or other track management tools with your player.

NOTE: This release does not support all types of subscription-based online music services. There will be a future firmware release where all Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 0 features will be supported.
Download direct here.
Also, if you use it, make sure to download the new Zen Micro Media Explorer here as the previous version will not work with the new firmware.
Message Edited by SSR on 2-28-2004 09:09 PM

HEY CREATIVE ! BIG MISTAKE WITH v2 EXPLORER!! PLEASE MAKE IT LIKE HTE OLD ONE WHERE U CAN CHANGE THE ALBUMS/ARTISTS etc WITH OUT ACTALLY GOING INTO INDIVUAL FILES!!!

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Y'know, if all you need is to take your work home then you don't even need for the MTP to work.
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Hey, I used purchased a Zen Micro mp3 player. I am using Napster to go for my music. BUt I don't know what I did, and the first batch of songs I transferred from Napster won't play. It says that there's no license, sync from pc. How can I fix this? I hope I don't have to transfer the songs again. The songs I just uploaded works fine (i.e. this is second upload since purchase).

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That being said - I e-mailed help desk and got another series of steps to get the device to be recognized. Different drivers to download, etc.
After a few more hours of playing with it - I was able to reconnect and when I reconnected to Napster - the transfer errors were gone.
I'm not posting the steps only because I'm not exactly sure what caused it to stop being recognized in the first place and then what caused it to start transferring again. Personally -- I think it was when I threatened to replace it with an IPOD
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