[mactropolis]

hello, i would like to know if anyone knows what is the name of the streaming service that iTunes 2 uses? Previously iTunes used Kerbango, but it has since folded. So did Apple start their own service or relies or some other company?

Thanks.

[Petter]

Originally posted by mactropolis:
<STRONG>hello, i would like to know if anyone knows what is the name of the streaming service that iTunes 2 uses? Previously iTunes used Kerbango, but it has since folded. So did Apple start their own service or relies or some other company?

Thanks.</STRONG>

haha, I've been looking for that info as well and searched the whole macnn forum and the only thread that came up was yours!

I still don't know but when I do know I'll answer your question! =)

[King Chung Huang]

Well, I did a little sniffing with Interarchy, and iTunes contacts the host 'pri.kts-af.net' for its Radio Tuner. A whois on that domain shows that it's registered to Apple. So, I would surmise that Apple either has its own "tuning service," or it's relaying data from somewhere else. The data that it the server returns is in XML format, formatted to the kerbango XML NS.

[King Chung Huang]

Here's the whois results, for those that are curious.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1"face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial">code:</font><HR><pre><font size=1 face=courier>Domain Name: KTS-AF.NET
Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
Whois Server: whois.inww.com
Referral URL: <A HREF=<font color = red>"http:<font color = brown>//www.inww.com"</font> TARGET=_blank>http://www.inww.com</A> </font>
Name Server: NSERVER2.APPLE.COM
Name Server: NSERVER.APPLE.COM
Updated Date: <font color = blue>05</font>-nov-<font color = blue>200</font></font>[/code]

(edit: weird UBB formatting)

[ 11-11-2001: Message edited by: King Chung Huang ]

[King Chung Huang]

Grr. I can't get UBB to stop messing up that "referral URL" line.

Anyways, if you visit http://pri.kts-af.net/, it says "HolyMoly!".

[Petter]

http://pri.kts-af.net/admin
display a login and pwd screen for the realm kerbango! =)

pri.kts-af.net

pri = private? public????
kts = kerbango tuning service
af = apple ???

just thinking out loud! =)

[ 11-11-2001: Message edited by: Petter ]

[King Chung Huang]

Good guesses, Petter. kts = 'kerbango tuning service' sounds right. This is getting more and more interesting.