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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you load content to it with iTunes? Not really an alternative if not!
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Since I am a software engineer, let me give you the scoop. Apple does NOT tell third parties how to read the ITunes library format. That said, it's probably XML based, and one could reverse engineer it, but Apple will just keep changing it so if you try that you will alway be broken and customers will yell at you.
I'm getting my Fiio X5 tomorrow - you locate your iTunes music files and drag them to the Fiio, which shows up as a disk on your desktop. You can organize them by folders, and the device will index them itself.
You can still by stuff from iTunes ( except audio books, I think ) - buy audio books directly from audible. I for one, am dragged enough with Apple that I'll start buying my music elsewhere.