Can headphones from Apple devices be made to work fully on a PC?

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moraug2014-09-25 16:05:16

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moraug, 2014-09-25 16:05:16

There are headphones for the Apple player / phone (most likely MA814LL). They have a microphone, volume controls and a middle key, through which you can switch tracks back and forth and so on.
Is it possible to make them work on a PC with some software and / or manipulation?
Interested in:
1. Map a double pressing of the middle key to the next track and a triple to the previous one. If double-triple clicks cannot be mapped, is it possible to map the volume keys to these events?
2. Working volume controls (player or system - it doesn't matter).
3. Working microphone (I suspect that there is little chance here).
Maybe someone else has done/experienced something similar?
PS Interested in making them work on Win7.

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Cool Admin, 2014-09-26
@moraug

These headphones have a four-pin connector, while your PC's sound card can understand only three pins, therefore, it is technically impossible to transmit signals from control elements.
Those. the whole point is not in the OS (at least install a Hackintosh), but in the hardware.

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iAzzy, 2014-09-26
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The third point is just the most real.
habrastorage.org/files/d3c/cb3/292/d3ccb3292678498...