Here are my reasons for using iTunes. 1. iTunes is something of a standard. 2. Slimserver has built-in integration for iTunes. 3. I find it very simple and fast to manage tags using it. This is probably the single most important reason I use it. 4. I wanted lossless for everything, and Apple Lossless fulfills this. On Windows, playback was not gapless, but on a Linux machine using ALAC, playback is gapless (I use SUSE 10.0). If you use aiff, playback on either OS is gapless. Gapless under Windows might work better with 6.5, but I haven't tried it on Windows recently. 5. Fast forward on the squeezebox does not work with Apple Lossless. This is a possible drawback, though I consider it minor. FF will work if you use aiff. 6. Volume management has never worked for me, but it is supposed to be fixed in 6.5. I have to try this to see if it's working now. 7. On my HTPC I sometimes use iTunes itself for playback. Visualizer supports widescreen and is cool on a 50" DLP 8. Podcasts--both audio and video. Audio podcasts can be listened to on the squeezebox. 9. Ordinary and Smart playlists are supported by the squeezebox through its iTunes integration. 10. My wife has an iPod (though I'd still use iTunes even if she didn't).
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