I am currently using the trial of Xbox Music Pass on Windows 8 and discovered to following problem:
A band's album has one or more songs that are not available to be played via Xbox music pass but for purchase on the Xbox Music store.
When I choose the option "Play album" it plays the songs available for Xbox music pass streaming completely and for the songs only available for purchase just the preview of 30 seconds.
Is there an option to deactivate this by a setting that I just not found or is it currently simply not possible?
Best Answer
Unfortunately, this is not possible. In fact, it isn't possible in the Zune software either. If I open an album that contains tracks which are only available when you purchase the whole album, it will still play the 30 second preview if you add the album to your "Now playing" playlist (in the screenshot, note the playtime at the bottom for the selected song):
You have two options of getting around this limitation, though neither are ideal.