Hi all,
I am just trialling MJ as a music jukebox and I must say I'm impressed. I've been using WinAMP for a long time (as well as Media Player 11, iTunes and others such as VLC) and have found that WinAMP has continuous problems with automatic tagging of files and cover art downloads, not to mention that I have always found it difficult to read even with other skins.
In addition, I found WinAMPs iPod sync a little frustrating as compilation albums never really showed up and a lot of Cover art never seemed to get transferred. However, when I plugged in my iPod it managed to sync without the need for iTunes.
On first using MJ, when I plugged in my iPod, iTunes immediately started. I have disabled automatic syncing within iTunes but I wondered if MJ somehow relies on iTunes to be installed in order for it to complete iPod synchronisation. MJ also initially complained that the version of iTunes I was using was out of date, so I downloaded the latest version (7.7.1.11) and installed the latest firmware to the iPod (1.1.2) (the iPod is a 160gb Classic 6th gen).
Can I remove iTunes or is it best to leave it in place, and if the latter is true, can I stop it auto starting when the iPod is plugged in?
Swin
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Topic: Does MJ need iTunes to sync with iPod? (Read 1362 times)