Digital Audio Control Protocol (DACP) is a protocol used by the Apple Remote application (app) on iOS mobile devices (iPad

IPad

The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...

, iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 and iPod Touch

IPod Touch

The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

) to control iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 running on a remote computer.

By connecting the remote computer to loudspeakers, directly or indirectly, for example via Apple's Airport Express

Airport Express

Airport Express can refer to the following:*AirPort Express, a wireless product by Apple Inc.*Several airport rail links are named Airport Express:**Airport Express , the airport transit service in Beijing, China...

, the mobile device can be used as a two-way WLAN music remote control. With the introduction of TunesRemote+, Android, Symbian

Symbian

Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...

 and Nokia N9

Nokia N9

The Nokia N9 is a smartphone made by Nokia based on the MeeGo "Harmattan" mobile operating system, the first from Nokia on the MeeGo OS...

 users can also access DACP servers.

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 is the original DACP client and the specification was created specifically for iTunes remote control.

CuteRemote

CuteRemote remote controller for Nokia Phones.

TunesRemote+

TunesRemote+ 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 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 by Hyperfine Software for Android lets users control DACP servers via their home Wi-Fi network.

Remote for Windows Phone 7

Remote for Windows Phone 7 by Komodex Software lets users control DACP servers from their home Wi-Fi network.

yTrack

yTrack 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 Apple Remote The Apple Remote is a remote control made for use with Apple products with infrared capabilities released after October 2005. The device was announced by Steve Jobs on October 12, 2005. The remote is largely based on the interface of the first generation iPod Shuffle and has only six buttons...	iPad, iPhone, iPod	Apple Inc.	active
CuteRemote+	Symbian and Nokia N9	Tero Siironen	active
TunesRemote+	Google Android	Google Code Project	active
TunesRemote-SE	Java	Nick Glass	active
Remote for iTunes	Google Android	Hyperfine Software	active
Remote for Windows Phone 7	Windows Phone 7	Komodex Software	active
yTrack	iPad	Fabrice Dewasmes	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

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 or TunesRemote+ applications.

Apple iTunes

Apple iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 is the original DACP server and the specification was created specifically for Itunes remote control.

MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey

In 2009 Melloware Inc., released MonkeyTunes, the first known "third-party" DACP server for MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey is a proprietary digital media player and media library application developed by Ventis Media Inc., for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using plugins, it can be extended to handle video and other media formats as well.MediaMonkey is available in a...

 that is fully compliant with Apple's DACP protocol.

TouchRemote for Foobar2000

In 2009 Wintense released TouchRemote, 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 released Telescope for the Songbird

Songbird (software)

Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser, with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."...

 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

Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is an audio player that plays and helps organize digital music. Originally inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop using the GStreamer media framework. However, Rhythmbox functions on desktop environments other than GNOME.-Music...

 after a Google Summer of Code project by Alexandre Rosenfeld.

Name	Platform	Developer	Status
iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....	Mac, Win	Apple Inc.	active
MonkeyTunes for MediaMonkey	Win	Melloware Inc.	active
AlbumPlayer	Win	Albumon	active
TouchRemote	Win	Wintense	active
Telescope	Mac, Win	Wilco	active
Rhythmbox Rhythmbox Rhythmbox is an audio player that plays and helps organize digital music. Originally inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop using the GStreamer media framework. However, Rhythmbox functions on desktop environments other than GNOME.-Music...	Linux	Alexandre Rosenfeld	active

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
  MediaMonkey
  MediaMonkey is a proprietary digital media player and media library application developed by Ventis Media Inc., for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using plugins, it can be extended to handle video and other media formats as well.MediaMonkey is available in a...
  
   DACP server
• foo_touchremote Foobar2000
  Foobar2000
  foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows developed by Peter Pawlowski, a former freelance contractor for Nullsoft. It is known for its highly modular design and extensive SDK which allows third-party developers to do such things as completely replace the interface...
  
   DACP server
• Telescope Songbird
  Songbird (software)
  Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser, with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."...
  
  DACP server