Amaya Toman I-iTunes Music Store yethulwa ngasekupheleni kuka-April 2003. Ekuqaleni, abasebenzisi babengathenga kuphela amathrekhi omculo, kodwa ngemva kweminyaka emibili, abaphathi be-Apple bacabanga ukuthi kungase kube kuhle ukuzama ukuqala ukuthengisa amavidiyo omculo ngeplatifomu.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Inketho eshiwo ngenhla yanikezwa abasebenzisi ngokufika kwe-iTunes 4.8 futhi ekuqaleni ibingokuqukethwe okuyibhonasi kulabo abathenge i-albhamu yonke ku-iTunes Music Store. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, i-Apple isivele iqalile ukunikeza amakhasimende ithuba lokuthenga amavidiyo omculo ngamanye, kodwa futhi namafilimu amafushane avela ku-Pixar noma izinhlelo ze-TV ezikhethiwe, isibonelo. Intengo ngento ngayinye yayingu-$1,99.
Ngokomongo wezikhathi, isinqumo sika-Apple sokuqala ukusabalalisa iziqeshana zevidiyo sinengqondo. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-YouTube yayisencane, futhi ikhwalithi ekhulayo namandla oxhumano lwe-inthanethi kwanikeza abasebenzisi izinketho eziningi nakakhulu kunangaphambili. Inketho yokuthenga okuqukethwe kwevidiyo ihlangabezane nempendulo enhle evela kubasebenzisi - kanye nesevisi ye-iTunes ngokwayo.
Igalari yezithombe
Kodwa impumelelo yesitolo somculo esibonakalayo isho usongo oluthile ezinkampanini ezisabalalisa okuqukethwe kwemidiya kumidiya yakudala. Emzamweni wokuhambisana nokuncintisana okufana ne-iTunes, abanye abashicileli baqala ukuthengisa ama-CD anempahla yebhonasi ngendlela yamavidiyo omculo nezinye izinto abasebenzisi abangazidlala ngokufaka i-CD kudrayivu yekhompyutha yabo. Kodwa-ke, i-CD ethuthukisiwe ayizange ihlangane nokutholwa kwabantu abaningi futhi ayikwazanga ukuncintisana nokunethezeka, ubulula kanye nokusebenziseka kalula okuhlinzekwa yi-iTunes mayelana nalokhu - ukulanda amavidiyo ngayo kwakulula njengokulanda umculo.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Amavidiyo omculo okuqala i-iTunes aqala ukuwanikeza ayeyingxenye yamaqoqo ezingoma nama-albhamu anempahla yebhonasi - isibonelo, Feel Good Inc. ngu-Gorillaz, I-Antidote ka-Morcheeba, I-Warning Shots by Thievery Corporation noma I-Pink Bullets by The Shins. Izinga lamavidiyo belingelona iqiniso ngokwezindinganiso zanamuhla - amavidiyo amaningi anikeza ukulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-480 x 360 - kodwa ukwamukelwa okuvela kubasebenzisi ngokuvamile bekukuhle. Ukubaluleka kokuqukethwe kwevidiyo kuphinde kwaqinisekiswa ngokufika kwe-iPod Classic yesizukulwane sesihlanu ngesipho sokusekela ukudlala ividiyo.
