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Digital Audio Control Protocol (DACP) is a protocol used by the Apple Remote application (app) on iOS mobile devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch) to control iTunes running on a remote computer.
By connecting the remote computer to loudspeakers, directly or indirectly, for example via Apple's Airport Express, the mobile device can be used as a two-way WLAN music remote control. With the introduction of TunesRemote+,[1] Android, Symbian and Nokia N9 users can also access DACP servers.
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Clients
DACP clients can connect to any DACP enabled server. The original was the Apple Remote for iPhone connecting to iTunes. There are now multiple clients for multiple platforms.
- Apple Remote
- Apple Remote[2] is the original DACP client and the specification was created specifically for iTunes remote control.
- CuteRemote
- CuteRemote[3] remote controller for Nokia Phones.
- TunesRemote+
- TunesRemote+[1] for Google Android is a fork of Jeff Sharkey's original TunesRemote project. The project's goal is to mirror Apple Remote functionality for the iPhone on Android.
- TunesRemote-SE
- TunesRemote-SE[4] combines the DACP control software from TunesRemote+ with the graphical user interface from Firefly Client to produce an application that can control a DACP server from any computer with Java.
- Remote for iTunes
- Remote for iTunes[5] by Hyperfine Software[6] for Android lets users control DACP servers via their home Wi-Fi network.
- Remote for Windows Phone 7
- Remote for Windows Phone 7[7] by Komodex Software[8] lets users control DACP servers from their home Wi-Fi network.
- yTrack
- yTrack[9] is a simple iPad application that browses a remote DACP library and let users control it. In short, this is an equivalent to the Apple Remote iPhone app.
Name Platform Developer Status Apple Remote[2] iPad, iPhone, iPod Apple Inc. active CuteRemote+[3] Symbian and Nokia N9 Tero Siironen active TunesRemote+[1] Google Android Google Code Project[10] active TunesRemote-SE[4] Java Nick Glass active Remote for iTunes[5] Google Android Hyperfine Software[6] active Remote for Windows Phone 7[7] Windows Phone 7 Komodex Software[8] active yTrack[9] iPad Fabrice Dewasmes[11] active Servers
Third party DACP servers that conform to the latest DACP specification. These servers should be able to be connected to from any valid DACP client such as Apple Inc.'s Remote application (app) on the iPhone or TunesRemote+[1] applications.
- Apple iTunes
- Apple iTunes is the original DACP server and the specification was created specifically for Itunes remote control.
- MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey
- In 2009 Melloware Inc.,[12] released MonkeyTunes,[13] the first known "third-party" DACP server for MediaMonkey that is fully compliant with Apple's DACP protocol.
- TouchRemote for Foobar2000
- In 2009 Wintense[14] released TouchRemote,[15] a plugin (component) for the foobar2000 music player, implementing a DACP server that is fully compliant with Apple's DACP protocol allowing Apple Inc.'s Remote application to be used.
- AlbumPlayer
- In 2011 Albumon, released a DACP plugin for their software AlbumPlayer which is a full featured jukebox player for the PC.
- Telescope for Songbird
- In 2010 Wilco[16] released Telescope[17] for the Songbird music player, implementing a DACP server that is fully compliant with Apple's DACP protocol, and a standard web service and mobile browser interface.
- RhythmBox for Gnome
- In 2010 native DACP support was added to Rhythmbox after a Google Summer of Code project by Alexandre Rosenfeld.[18]
Name Platform Developer Status iTunes Mac, Win Apple Inc. active MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey Win Melloware Inc. active AlbumPlayer Win Albumon active TouchRemote[15] Win Wintense[14] active Telescope[17] Mac, Win Wilco[16] active Rhythmbox Linux Alexandre Rosenfeld[18] active See also
References
- ^ a b c d TunesRemote+, Google Code Project
- ^ a b Apple Remote
- ^ a b CuteRemote
- ^ a b TunesRemote-SE, Google Code Project
- ^ a b Remote for iTunes, Hyperfine
- ^ a b Hyperfine Software
- ^ a b Remote for Windows Phone 7, Komodex
- ^ a b Komodex Software
- ^ a b yTrack
- ^ Google Code Project
- ^ Fabrice Dewasmes
- ^ Melloware Inc.
- ^ MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey
- ^ a b Wintense
- ^ a b TouchRemote Foobar2000 Component (foo_touchremote)
- ^ a b Wilco
- ^ a b Telescope Songbird addon
- ^ a b Alexandre Rosenfeld
External links
- Tunes Remote, Android client using DACP. Has reverse engineered protocol documentation.
- TunesRemote+, forked version of TunesRemote for Android with updates and bug fixes
- TunesRemote-SE, DACP client for Java platforms
- Remote for iTunes by Hyperfine Software, Android client using DACP
- MonkeyTunes, MediaMonkey DACP server
- foo_touchremote Foobar2000 DACP server
- Telescope Songbird DACP server
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