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Originally posted by alegator
But themain complaint I read about is that iTunes doesn't allow copying MP3 files form the Ipod into the PC...is that so?
Yes, exactly right.
Also, it's proprietory in that it's
closed source (only Apple has the source code, and only they update it. MPlayer, for example, is open source, and there are different GUIs available for it (there actually is no official GUI for Windows), custom builds of it with different features.
Another effect of it being proprietory is that it
will only connect with your portable media player if you use
an IPod. By design, Apple prefer's it to be the only software that will connect with IPods, but others have made software that connects with IPods as well.
ITunes is also proprietory in that
it refuses to play lots of formats, notably Windows Media. It can open Windows Media, but will only open it to convert it to a different format before adding it to your library.
I'm Mac style, ITunes
only lets you have
one music library, other software lets you keep multiple libraries (keep one for your own music, one for your parents music etc). Each library has it's own tracks, ratings, play counters. Songs can be in multiple libraries at once.
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