Digital Audio Access Protocol

Digital Audio Access Protocol

The Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) is the proprietary protocol introduced by Apple in its iTunes software to share media across a local network.

DAAP addresses the same problems for Apple as the UPnP AV standards address for members of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA).

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Description

The DAAP protocol was originally introduced in iTunes version 4.0.[1] Initially, Apple did not officially release a protocol description, but it has been reverse-engineered to a sufficient degree that reimplementations of the protocol for non-iTunes platforms have been possible. Recently[when?], however, Apple has begun to license the protocol specification for commercial implementations.[2]

A DAAP server is a specialized HTTP server, which performs two functions. It sends a list of songs and it streams requested songs to clients. There are also provisions to notify the client of changes to the server. Requests are sent to the server by the client in form of URLs and are responded to with data in application/x-dmap-tagged mime-type, which can be converted to XML by the client. iTunes uses the ZeroConf (also known as Bonjour) service to announce and discover DAAP shares on a local subnet. The DAAP service uses TCP port 3689 by default.[3]

DAAP is one of two media sharing schemes that Apple has currently released. The other, Digital Photo Access Protocol (DPAP), is used by iPhoto for sharing images. They both rely on an underlying protocol, Digital Media Access Protocol (DMAP).

Early versions of iTunes allowed users to connect to shares across the Internet, however, in recent versions only computers on the same subnet can share music (workarounds such as port tunneling are possible). The Register speculates that Apple made this move in response to pressure from the record labels.[4] More recent versions of iTunes also limit the number of clients to 5 unique IP addresses within a 24-hour period.

DAAP has also been implemented in other non-iTunes media applications such as Banshee, Amarok, Exaile (with a plugin), Songbird (with a plugin), Rhythmbox, and WiFiTunes.

DAAP authentication

Beginning with iTunes 4.2, Apple introduced authentication to DAAP sharing, meaning that the only clients that could connect to iTunes servers were other instances of iTunes. This was further modified in iTunes 4.5 to use a custom hashing algorithm, rather than the standard MD5 function used previously. Both authentication methods were successfully reverse engineered within months of release.[5]

With iTunes 7.0, a new 'Client-DAAP-Validation' header hash is needed when connecting to an iTunes 7.0 server. This does not affect third-party DAAP servers, but all current DAAP clients (including official iTunes before iTunes 7.0) will fail to connect to an iTunes 7.0 server, receiving a '403 Forbidden' HTTP error. The iTunes 7.0 authentication traffic analysis seem to indicate that a certificate exchange is performed to calculate the hash sent in the 'Client-DAAP-Validation' header.

As of June 2010, the iTunes 7.0 DAAP authentication still hasn't been reverse engineered, so no third-party application can stream from iTunes 7.x, 8.x, 9.x or 10.x servers.[6]

DAAP clients

Name Platform Development status
Amarok Windows, Mac, and Linux Active
Banshee Windows, Mac, and Linux Active
Crossfire A cross-platform Ajax-based Firefly client with multiple browser support for iPhone (Safari), Nokia, Opera, IE and Chrome. Active
DAAP Client Android Active
FireflyClient Independent (uses Java) Dormant
Get it together Any Java supported platform Dormant
iTunes Mac and Windows Native
LimeWire Windows, Mac, and Linux Active
One2OhMyGod Any Java supported platform Dormant
Rhythmbox Linux Active
Roku Soundbridge and Radio Device Dormant
WiFiTunes PocketPC Dormant
Songbird Windows, Mac, Linux (unsupported) Dormant, via plugin for 1.8.0
SoundBox Windows and Mac Active
Silverplay * (only Silverlight req) Active
Simple DAAP Client iPhone Active
XBMC Windows, Mac, Linux, Apple TV and XBMC Live Active

DAAP servers

Name Platform Development status
forked-daapd Linux, FreeBSD Active
iTunes Mac OS X, Windows Active
mt-daapd/Firefly DAAP Media Server Linux, Windows, Mac OS X Dormant
Tangerine Linux, Windows, Mac OS X Active
spydaap DAAP server (python) and here Linux, Windows, Mac OS X Active

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Unofficial DAAP protocol documentation" by Daniel Garcia, retrieved December 2, 2006
  2. ^ "Open DAAP forum", retrieved December 2, 2006
  3. ^ "Well Known Port Numbers" by IANA, November 30, 2006, retrieved December 2, 2006
  4. ^ "Apple halts iTunes' Internet sharing ability" by Tony Smith, The Register, May 28, 2003, retrieved August 31, 2006
  5. ^ " iTunes 4.5 Authentication Cracked", April 29, 2004, retrieved March 12, 2007
  6. ^ "daap with itunes 7 doesn't work correctly". Launchpad bug tracker. 2006-09-28. https://bugs.launchpad.net/banshee/+bug/62842. 

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