Digital Audio Access Protocol

Digital Audio Access Protocol ( DAAP ) is a protocol designed to make local audio files on a computer network accessible to other users.

It was first used by the music player program iTunes 4.0 Apple. A formal specification of the protocol, Apple has not published but is an assessment, by reverse engineering specification ago. It is an extended HTTP. The service will be promoted via Zeroconf in the network and can be found as of DAAP clients.

Meanwhile, there are numerous programs that contain a DAAP client, DAAP server, or both, such as Rhythmbox, Banshee and since version 1.4.2 and Amarok. All three are available for Linux operating systems. For example, on Windows the DAAP clients ' Get It Together ' or iTunes exist. Platform independent can also Songbird using Add -On serve as DAAP client. Still in development, but also platform-independent, also acts as XMMS2 DAAP client.

DAAP authentication

With version 4.2 of iTunes, Apple introduced an authentication for access to an iTunes server that was changed with version 4.5. The protocols of both versions was determined within a few months by reverse engineering and built into the applications mentioned above.

With iTunes version 7.0, a client - review mechanism when connecting to an iTunes server was implemented. This prevents DAAP clients ( with the exception of iTunes > = 7.0 and the officially supported Roku Soundbridge ) can connect with a recent iTunes server.