iTunes Music Store Sells Videos

bonch writes "With the recent release of iTunes 4.8 and its ability to manage and play videos, several users are discovering that iTunes is now selling videos through the online store. One example is the 'Feel Good Inc.' single used in the recent rollerskating iPod ad. The videos are provided in DRM-less .mp4 format encoded in 3ivx D4 4.5 and are available with purchase of the album."

MTV killed the video star

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't even know people still made videos.

The quality of iTMS Movies

[Man in Spandex]

can soon be rated with the number of available movies of Steven Seagal.

However this could be balanced out with some porn so.... Apple, be wise.

Re:Link from front page didnt work :)

[HulkProtector1]

Hello Anonymous Coward, can you be my friend? ;-D

Re:Need a preview

[awtbfb]

Hopefully the next release will incorporate a preview - a few seconds to help those of us who would otherwise have no idea what these videos may be.

They are music videos. You should know what they are already: a bunch of musicians prancing/grimacing/pouting while the camera quickly pans and zooms. Depending on the class of music, attractive people as eye candy is the norm. Some classes of music also include dark lighting and spooky imagery. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the video is designed to make the music seem better and more commercially appealing.

Re:Gonna need a bigger iPod

[AddressException]

Ah, no... just the Shuttle.

Now that's a big iPod!

iPorn

[MyNymWasTaken]

That is just what I needed. Another method to purchase & transport porn videos.

Where's As Seen On TV when we need him????

[Anonymous Coward]

C'mon, man, tell us all about how this is a prelude for some awesome iTunes Movie Store. (I'm not being sarcastic.) You haven't posted for a whole day!

In fact, come to think of it, you stopped at comment #666 [slashdot.org]. What could it all mean??

Re:Need a preview

[Golias]

What about the video for All the Things She Said by t.A.T.u.

Two girls.

Good-looking.

In their late teens.

Dressed in short-skirted school uniforms.

Kissing.

Each other.

In the rain.

That, my friend is ART!

There might have been a song playing in the background, I don't really remember.

Old Skool

[Adrilla]

Do they have older videos available? I'm not that interested in a lot of newer, higher profile artists, but if I can find some old videos that I loved from about 5+ years back, it might convince me to actually give iTunes a try. Second, how much do these videos cost to buy, and how much do the record labels get out of this, I need to know how much disgust I need to have for myself when I start giving the RIAA and their companies my money. (oh the dilemnas)

Re:Link from front page didnt work :)

[AdamWeeden]

I don't think he will have time. He seems to reply every story like 100 times!

Re:Gonna need a bigger iPod

[BorgCopyeditor]

Ah, no... just the Shuttle.

Now that's a big iPod!

Too bad it's so crash-prone.

Re:Where's As Seen On TV when we need him????

[ndpatel]

it was a reply to 'stored on videotape.' get it? the idea is that he knows just enough to sound good, not enough to actually be legit.

that's all.

Re:Need a preview

[dawnread]

Anyway, he also proposed a print ad, where you see a buck naked chick sitting down, breasts nicely in view, probing her crotch with her fingers, and below her a sign that just says "Coke". Damned if he cares what the product is, he's buying some of that shit!

A girl crouching down over the word 'Coke'. Hmm, are *you* thinking what *I'm* thinking?

Re:Need a preview

[Darren Winsper]

I think so dawnread, but where will we get a bright-pink tutu at this time of night?

Re:Where's As Seen On TV when we need him????

[fr0dicus]

He knows more than you, clearly.

Re:Gonna need a bigger iPod

[dlZ]

I can play a movie in the same way with a notepad!

Re:You are him!

[martinX]

The simple fact that he's convinced you he "knows" so much when he hasn't offered any support to back his claims is proof of that.

I think that makes him a consultant.

Re:Need a preview

[stu_coates]

It's only art if it's either in black and white or has subtitles... otherwise it's porn

Anyway, why would it need music with all of the other stimulants that it contains? ;-)

Re:The Year of HD, coming soon!

[Anonymous Coward]

The only time i have trouble using my iPod click wheel with one hand is when a beer is in the other one

Re:Who is this guy? ASOT unmasked!

[Anonymous Coward]

Karma.