How to listen to music from VKontakte via a computer

Hello music lovers! Many of you have probably long appreciated the excellent audio library presented on the VKontakte social network. You can listen to your favorite melodies directly from the site on your phone, however, the time during which this can be done for free is limited. Another way is to listen to music from VK on your computer. True, not everything is so simple with this method - there is no function for saving audio recordings on a PC. Let's look at the dilemma and try to find ways to solve it.

How to listen to music from VKontakte via a computer

Modern songs, hits of yesteryear, classical works - music lovers will be able to find anything they want on VKontakte.

There are several ways to listen to audio files available on the social network;

playback on the website in the “audio recordings” tab. Users have half an hour a day to listen to their favorite tunes online. You won't be able to download your favorite tracks. This is due to the protection against the distribution of pirated copies organized by the developers of the social network;
registration of a subscription. It is valid for one account. Allows you to listen to music without restrictions or annoying advertising. You can subscribe from a mobile device or PC. In the latter case, you will still need a phone, because... a link will be sent to it.

However, these methods are good if you are willing to pay for a subscription or listen to music for no more than 30 minutes a day.

You can bypass existing restrictions in the following ways:

as a temporary measure, you can suggest using a test version of the subscription;
log into VKontakte under different accounts;
change the time and date to the future, go to the social network, and then return the current date;
install browser extensions. The best application is considered to be vk audiopad. It works in opera and chrome. For chrome and Yandex browser you can use onplayer;
install special applications on your hard drive. An example of such a program is vkmusic;
playing music using regular audio players. This option is suitable for listening to tunes without an Internet connection.

Music VKontakte - what happened?

Let us remind you that from April 28 of this year on the social network VK, namely when using its mobile version, you will have to either pay to listen to your favorite music, or endure advertising and reduced functionality. A paid subscription is priced by the social network at 149 rubles per month, and all other users will receive audio advertising. In addition, it is no longer possible to save tracks to cache, so that in the absence of the Internet you can listen to audio recordings on VK.

On the one hand, the decision of the VKontakte management is quite logical, since copyright holders are constantly complaining about VK. On the other hand, the paid service does not correspond in its functionality to the required payment, since it is not an organized catalog of songs, while similar offers from competitors look much more attractive. In this article we will answer two of your questions: how to return music to VK and what services (paid/free) can be used instead.

How to listen to VK songs offline on your computer

You can play audio recordings from VKontakte on your computer without connecting to the Internet or logging into a social network. To do this, you need to first download the songs you like, or listen to them earlier so that they are saved in the cache.

You can download music tracks if you have a paid subscription or installed special applications or browser extensions. The corresponding application could be vk music. Among the browser add-ons o. Downloading audio files is the only function of this application. It is free and allows you to download individual songs and albums. What’s important is that the extension retains the original titles of the works when loading records.

The download procedure consists of several steps:

add the track you like to “my music”;
go to the playlist, on the desired work, click on the arrow indicating loading;
select a folder to save music files;
After the recordings are saved in the computer’s memory, open the audio player and play the track.

If you have installed browser add-ons, you can listen to music without downloading it and saving it to your hard drive. For this, it is enough that it has ever been played on a PC before.

The procedure is as follows:

download the extension from the official website, install it;
click on the speaker that appears on the browser toolbar;
log in to the VK page, close it;
press the horn again;
open “my audio recordings” and enjoy them.

Two extensions are considered optimal for listening to music offline:

onplayer. Extension for chrome. After installation, you can listen to tracks from your friends’ page, your audio list, or group. An option to save recordings is available. The application can be used as a regular audio player;
VKontakte offline. Allows you to play previously listened recordings and save them to your hard drive.

From phone

On iPhone

There are two ways to listen to music via iPhone on the iOS operating system:

Download the VK App (https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/vk-app/id564177498?mt=8) and open the Music section
Go to the page https://m.vk.com/audio and listen to music as if from a computer.

On Android

On Android, you should download the official VK application (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vkontakte.android&hl=ru), after linking your account to it, you will be able to listen to audio recordings.

Important! Listened recordings are marked in the playlist with an arrow, which indicates that a copy of the track is saved in the phone’s memory, and it can be played without the Internet.

Programs and players for listening to VK music on PC - review

You can play audio recordings downloaded from VKontakte using standard audio players.

Let's note some of them:

aimp. Previously, developers offered a plugin that allowed you to integrate works from a playlist into the player. Currently the social network plugin does not work. To fully use the application, audio files must first be downloaded;
windows media player. A standard media player allows you to open and play already downloaded recordings.

Separately, it is worth noting the vkmusic application. This is not a standard media player. The program allows you to download music from VK and play it in the future.

For this:

download the application from the official developer page, install and run it;
authenticate by entering your login and password to access VK;
select the desired track on the “my audio recordings” tab, click “download”;
open files to listen to.

Analogues of VKontakte music on a paid basis

Instead of paying 149 rubles to the VK service, you can use other paid streaming services that have wider functionality. One of these is Google Play Music. The subscription cost does not exceed 159 rubles for one person or 239 rubles for 6 family members. The main emphasis in the service is on the automatic creation of selections of radio stations. They include music for all occasions: from workout songs to getting ready for bed. It is worth noting that there are personal recommendations - you only need to add 10 tracks, and the service will automatically select new audio files for you in a similar style. Recommendations also take into account both location and time of day.

If there are not enough musical groups, the Google Play Music service allows you to upload up to 50,000 songs to the cloud from your computer for subsequent online listening without a paid subscription. For those whose Internet on their smartphone is not always stable or limited in speed, there is a data transfer quality setting from high to low.

It is also worth noting the caching of songs, but not all of them, but only those that are in demand by the user. As a result, Google Play Music is a paid, but very interesting service for listening to your favorite tracks, legal favorite tracks.

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Your own music library online

Surely many of you have an excellent collection of songs on your computer, because you want to always have soul-warming tracks at hand. Many people download audio files directly to the smartphone's memory, but if you don't want to do this or have little storage space, then the next option is for you.

Introducing CloudPlayer from doubleTwist. A very simple and easy to understand application for listening to songs online directly from the cloud, without wasting space on the SD card. Just upload audio recordings to cloud storage such as Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive and listen until the battery runs out.

After downloading tracks, they are grouped depending on tags, and the player does not limit you in any way on how many songs can be uploaded to the cloud. CloudPlayer supports not only the MP3 format, but also lossless formats such as FLAC AND ALAC. Since lossless files weigh quite a lot, the Internet speed must be appropriate. There is also file caching, but not automatic, but manual. If the songs do not have album images, then it doesn’t matter - the application will select the corresponding images automatically. A bonus of CloudPlayer is the presence of online radio, which includes local radio stations. Initially, free use of the application is available for 30 days, after which the utility will require a one-time payment from the user of no more than 99 rubles.

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Download BOOM on PC

With this utility, you will not need to worry about various kinds of bans, intrusive advertising, or other unpleasant network phenomena. You can find a hacked version of boom on third-party sites, but we provide a fully working version of the utility that does not require any unnecessary operations. For ease of search and management, you can always set up a VK Boom subscription to keep abreast of updates and news related to the world of music.

Few people enjoy the restrictions of social networks on listening to music. Of course, resource owners have the right to defend their rights, but we also need to think about ordinary people. This is why the BOOM program was created. On our portal you are presented with the opportunity to download BOOM for free to your computer. Take advantage of the opportunity to listen to your favorite songs without unnecessary obstacles.

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