Apple Search API screenshotUrls problem

Currently Apple provide search API for developers to grab app information, but there is a problem.
The Search API gives screenshot urls sometimes in tiff format, for example, if you look at http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=427451581, it outputs a json object and gives the screenshotUrls property as:
screenshotUrls: [
"http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/105/Purple/f4/1e/10/mzl.iglsmwvl.png"
"http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/091/Purple/36/c1/6c/mzl.jjjtwaoh.tiff"
"http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/093/Purple/0e/f9/22/mzl.fzvvuldk.tiff"
"http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/099/Purple/e2/90/12/mzl.qxijgrsp.tiff"
"http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/086/Purple/ae/6d/85/mzl.egcruftz.tiff"
"http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/075/Purple/2c/07/fa/mzl.yoylibvb.tiff"
note it give 5 images with tiff format, but browsers cannt load tiff images, which brokes some functionality of application using the search API
however, the itunes store itself uses a converted jpg format image, just look at the corresponding itunes appstore page and take a look at screenshots: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/strahlenschutz-osterreich/id427451581?mt=8&uo=4
the screen shots url are:
http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/105/Purple/f4/1e/10/mzl.iglsmwvl.320x480-75.jpg
http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/091/Purple/36/c1/6c/mzl.jjjtwaoh.320x480-75.jpg
and so on, all with .jpg format
so, is there a way to extract out the .jpg image urls, or is there any other API that provides desired screenshot and icon urls?
Thanks

I am surprised to say that I don't think this is possible. Which is strange because upon inspection of the JSON results there is a return key for EVERYTHING except target iOS version. I would imagine that this may be an oversight by apple. It does not make sense that I can search "supportedDevices", "isGameCenterEnabled", and "fileSizeBytes" but not minimum or target OS.

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