Adding music to VK stories: how to make and post stories with a VKontakte song

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These are effective tools for promotion and promotion, with the help of which you can easily expand your target audience on the social network and increase its activity. To fulfill its main function, Stories must be bright and interesting, attracting attention. This can be achieved by overlaying popular tracks or catchy melodies on short videos for the feed. Next, we will tell you in detail how to make, add and post music in VK stories, as well as how to insert and put a song in VKontakte stories.

Features of the publication

At the end of 2021, VK management presented a new social network service that makes it possible to post photos and short 12-second videos in the feed, which are available for viewing throughout the day. The new publication format was created so that users could share with their friends and subscribers what is happening in their lives right now, without worrying about the quality of the content.

Stories are placed in a special block located above the main news feed. There is also a button to add them. It is noteworthy that the user can upload photos and videos no older than 24 hours. The VK administration introduced another restriction on the creation of Stories - by default, they can only be posted from a smartphone or mobile gadget. The official web version of VK is not equipped with tools for publishing disappearing photo and video materials. However, there is still a way to download stories from a computer, and it is described below.

How to post VK Stories from a computer

By uploading stories via a PC or laptop, you will not be able to change your privacy settings later. This is worth considering if you do not want any of your friends or subscribers to see the published materials.

Step-by-step instructions on how to post a story from a PC or laptop:

1. Insert the following address into the top line of your browser - https://vk.com/dev/execute.

   

2. At the bottom of the page you will see a blank “code” window.
3. If you want to upload a disappearing photo, insert the text into it: “return API.stories.getPhotoUploadServer({“add_to_news”:1});”.
4. If the video is “return API.stories.getVideoUploadServer({“add_to_news”:1});” (without quotes).
5. Click on the “Run” line.
6. The “Select file” window will appear on the right side of the screen, click on it and select the object to publish.

Please note that you will not be able to post a photo or video whose size exceeds 5 megabytes.

Using this method, you will not be able to add sound to your story during the publishing process. The only option is to upload video files that already have sound added using a variety of editors.

Program capabilities:

• It is possible to create a slide show not only from old photographs, but also from those found in the albums of friends and acquaintances. This is a welcome gift for them. You can create a slide show like this and post it on your wall as a gift;
• When the slide show is ready, it is immediately uploaded to “My Videos” on VKontakte;
• The skin is treated with a high brush, so you can change the voices. Nayvischa yakist slide — show HD 720p;
• The video can be inserted into your groups, shared and shared.

The creators of the supplement vk.com/picrolla confirm that it was broken down based on the effect of Ken Burns. You can view the finished video recording only on your website. It can be shared, added to the walls of groups, separately. This is a valuable ready-made product that takes at least an hour to create.

The most interesting thing about picrolla is the structure of the slide show itself. With this done, you can play your favorite music. You can select from your albums. Photos will be displayed on the video under this composition. In this case, the speed of the appearance of the photo is divided in such a way that the image can be looked at without haste. Then the retailer found the ideal balance of “sweetness - video - music”.

How to add music to VK history on iPhone

Making a Story on an iPhone is extremely simple. You only need to launch the program to play songs before pressing the button to record videos. The following will do the job perfectly:

• VK Music.
• iTunes.
• BOOM.
• Yandex.Music.
• SWPlaylist.

Any software is suitable for both online and offline listening to songs.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Open the application in which you listen to tracks.
2. Play the desired song.
3. Minimize the program to play the song in the background.
4. Open VK.
5. Click on the story post button.
6. Shoot a video in the usual way.
7. Select “Publish immediately.”

Your song will be heard in the recorded video.

Please note that the tracks you play on headphones will not be heard in the story. Always disconnect this accessory from your mobile device before shooting to get great videos.

Photo with music

The method presented above is only relevant for those who are going to post a video in their stories. But what if you want to publish a photo in your Stories feed with your favorite song playing in the background?

After the release of the latest iOS 11 update, owners of Apple products received an additional option - they can now record everything that happens on the screen of their device. This innovation can be used to create a cool musical Story.

First, let's figure out how to launch the new utility on the iPhone:

1. Open settings.

   

2. Go to the "Control Center" section.

   

3. Click on the line “Customize elements”.

   

4. Add a utility to record what is happening.

   

5. Swipe the screen up.

   

6. In the panel that appears, find the circle icon.

   

7. Click on it.

After completing the above steps, a countdown will begin, and after three seconds, screen recording will begin.

How to add music to a VK story with a photo:

1. Go to the app that contains your favorite tracks.
2. Play the desired song.
3. Minimize the program so that the track plays in the background.
4. Open your Camera Roll.
5. Find the photo you plan to publish.
6. Swipe up on the screen and click on the record button.
7. Upload your recorded video using the standard method.

You can edit the video and get rid of the red stripe in any mobile video editor, for example, VivaVideo.

Robot program picrolla

The entire process of creating a Pickroll video can be divided into stages:

• Importing photos from the koristuvach’s album. For this purpose, you can select the same creations from the previous album or create a new one;

• In this case, all names and signatures are saved from the image;
• the maximum number of admired photographs for 1 time is 50 pieces;
• choice of music (most compositions are due to a number of photographs and other things);
• create your own slide show with additional programs;
• saving videos on the account’s wall and in “My Videos”;
• Adding (per person) the finished slide show to friends’ walls, groups, etc.

Picrolla doesn't support any special skills. The developers have thought of a simple and user-friendly interface. The slide show doors can be turned into leather. But the main advantage of the project is that photographs can be systematized in one show. Such videos can also be thematic.

The finished product is often used as a gift for friends. As a result, the function of adding video to the wall is always in the group. There is also a “share” button. Often on the official website of the program there are competitions for the best “slide show”. This is a sloppy and spluttering way of self-expression.

How to insert music into a story on Android

Owners of Android smartphones will have to install special programs that will allow them to add tracks to photos and videos for Stories feeds. According to statistics, the following applications are the most popular:

• VideoShow is a powerful video editor with a wide range of functions. In addition to overlaying music tracks. It allows you to create colorful slide shows and presentations. It features a simple and intuitive interface and pleasant design. Is freely available.
• Movie maker &Editor is a free video editing software that includes in-app purchases. With its help, you can apply a variety of effects and animations, and create sound. An indispensable tool for any blogger.
• Flipgram is an application that is available for both Android and iPhone. Allows you to create full-fledged films on a mobile device, make slide shows and presentations. It is free and includes advertisements, which you can opt out of by purchasing the PRO version. Equipped with a button for publishing video materials on various social networks, including VK and Instagram.

Step-by-step instructions on how to add music to a story in VK using an application (using Flipgram as an example):

1. Go to Google Play to download the video editor.
2. After installation, launch the program.
3. Click Video Editing.
4. Find the desired video in the Gallery and click “Start”.
5. You will see tools for editing and changing, the program will offer standard melodies.
6. Specify the track you want to overdub.
7. Click "Add Music".

Here you can reduce the length of the video (if necessary) to twelve seconds.

Save the edited video to the device’s Gallery, and then publish it in the standard way - launch the VK application and click on the “Add Story” button located in the upper left corner of the screen.

How to make a video from photos and music?

With the right approach, creating videos does not require excessive effort or special skills. Therefore, when answering the question of how to create a video from photographs, you can safely indicate the address of the website vimperor.ru. By clicking on the link, the following step-by-step instructions will help:

1. First of all, the service developers recommend registering so that in case of network problems, the results of your work will be preserved. During registration, you need to fill out a simple form, indicating your nickname, email address and password.
2. After logging in, you need to go to the “Make a video” section of the site.
3. Here you can see a panel offering four options:
   uploading photos and videos;
4. downloading music;
5. selection of photos and music from the VKontakte social network;
6. selecting a photo from your Facebook profile;
7. Today we will work exclusively with a personal VKontakte profile, so we follow the appropriate link, ending up in the following menu.
8. First, let's start downloading music using the "Add Music" button. After the transition, you must provide access to multimedia information in your profile. Select your favorite and, most importantly, suitable composition in the slide show by clicking on the icon on the left side of the song.
9. Next, using the “Add Photo” button, you begin to select frames for the video. You can add your favorite photos to the clip by clicking the left mouse button.
10. Having decided on the music and pictures, we return to editing in the already familiar interface. Selected frames for a clip can be shuffled, sorted, and aligned. You can also change the background color for all downloaded files and for each individual one. In the latter case, you need to click on a specific picture and click on the gear icon. Here you can also select the effect of transition to another frame, the region of demonstration, the scale and duration of the effect.
11. After editing the photos, it's time to work on the parameters of the future video, which are located under the selected frames. Here you can change the following indicators:
    duration of the transition effect in seconds;
12. background color;
13. frame stitching effect;
14. add an inscription by choosing its color, location and font;
15. Editing is over - click on the “Make video” button and wait for the process to complete. While waiting, you can find useful information on how to make a video from photos and music for publication on YouTube. The processing time depends on the number of photos in the slideshow.
16. The video is ready and available for viewing directly on the site. Subsequently, you can download your creation and demonstrate it to your friends on a social network.

Now you know how to create a video from your VKontakte personal profile photos quickly and safely in our video editor.