[mythtv-users] Playing iTunes/AAC files in MythMusic

[Kevin Kuphal]

thor wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 23:16, Dave Caplinger wrote:
>  
>
>>Apple's recent announcement about "AirTunes" made me
>>wonder if there's some way to trick iTunes 4.6 into thinking MythTV is
>>an Airport Express-type remote stereo hookup
>>    
>>
>
>	Possibly. 
>	
>	The iTunes http headers in DAAP (the protocol iTunes uses to share
>content) has always had icecast information in it. I suspect that's what
>they're using.
>
>	I'll get to it at somepoint.
>  
>
For your reference.  Some details on the inner workings of the AirPort 
Express here.  Looks like they are decompressing at the client and 
streaming over Apple's Lossless codec:

http://homepage.mac.com/craigamiller/iblog/C672660861/E1786577583/

Kevin