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Apple's Windows iTunes SDK

Arstechnica reports on a new Software Development Kit released by Apple for iTunes Windows.

The development kit allows for tighter integration between 3rd party Windows applications and iTunes. Mac OS X applications have always been able to play protected iTunes AACs through Quicktime.

Windows developers are just getting this capability, opening the possibility for playing AAC files through applications such as WinAMP or Windows Media Player.

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101 months ago
OOO a shiny 10 bucks to the person who can get me to be able to play my iTunes AAC's through WinAmp!! :) I sure do miss WinAmp!
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101 months ago
hopefully this will further the use of AAC as a format instead of WMA
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101 months ago
If this can get bundled into a new version of WinAMP, I think AAC will kill WMA.
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101 months ago

OOO a shiny 10 bucks to the person who can get me to be able to play my iTunes AAC's through WinAmp!! :) I sure do miss WinAmp!


Really? I never understood why people like winamp so much...

-Nathaniel
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101 months ago
Do you have to have iTunes installed to use these features?
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101 months ago
Wow. this seems HUGE. Makes iTMS AAC a much less "closed" format.
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101 months ago
This is good news!

I am actually surprised Apple is doing this, because they have been so stubborn in the past with their technologies. Maybe Apple has learned a lesson?

Next I would like to see them license FairPlay.
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101 months ago
This can only be a good thing for the use of iTunes in windows platform. Maybe one day they could have the same integration we have with our iPhoto and the like.
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101 months ago

Do you have to have iTunes installed to use these features?


It said you need iTunes 4.5 or higher.
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101 months ago

Really? I never understood why people like winamp so much...

-Nathaniel


Well when I was on a PC Winamp was it... I wasn't going to touch WIMP and none of my friends did either..
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