Accessing iTunes Music from another media player
If I drag the whole iTunes Music folder (from Windows PC) over to an external hard drive, can the songs be played by any other media player apart from iTunes?
iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3
All the songs in your iTunes library can be played by non-Apple players. Just make sure your other player can handle all the formats that your music is in.
The only exception is any "Protected AAC" files, since they have DRM that prevents their use in non-Apple players.