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developing iTunes LPs/iTunes Extras for the AppleTV

By pixelbyter | Published: January 25, 2010
Apple’s ‘hobby’ TV unit, AppleTV, is a rather limited platform in terms of interactability and processing power. After getting my hands on a unit for testing iTunes LPs on, I was shocked at the changes necessary in order to make an LP work on this medium. This article does not cover the information outlined within [...]
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iTunes LP/Extras Javascript redirects

By pixelbyter | Published: January 21, 2010
For iTunes LP and iTunes Extras content programatically loading a link is very difficult. Both iTunes and AppleTV don’t support the Javascript function windows.open() or the property window.location. I’ve managed to come up with this bypass (aka hack) which is demonstrated in the Javascript code below. It triggers a mouse click event emulating the user [...]
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