Why now? Are these all some new rules?
No, not new. Mass seizures of VKontakte audio recordings at the request of copyright holders began back in 2012. Since then, the functionality of the music service in the iOS application has been gradually limited, until it was completely disabled in 2015. Negotiations with the giants of the global recording industry resulted in agreements with Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music. We managed not only to restore the section in the iOS application and many of the seized tracks, but also began to increase the functionality of the music service.
How to search for music on VKontakte?
There is a huge amount of music on the social network. You can find almost any song (see plugin for downloading VK music) and listen to it. In this instruction I want to show you how to search for music on VKontakte . We'll take a look at search tools and see how it works.
Search for music on VK
Go to your page. To go to the “Audio Recordings” section, you need to click on the link of the same name in the main menu, or click on the “Music” icon at the top of the screen.
Enter the name of the song or artist in the search bar. Pop-up tips will help you find the song you need (see how to upload music to your page in VKontakte). As you type, search results will be generated automatically. Find the desired composition in the ready list.
You can check out the chart leaders. To do this, open the “Popular” category in the right menu. Here you have the opportunity to select music by a specific genre.
You can write your query directly in the search bar. After that press Enter. You will be taken to the search results page. Here, make sure the Audio Recordings tab is active.
What to do with a found song
Well, of course, listen (see how to download music from VK). To do this, click on the Play icon opposite the song (blue circle with a white triangle).
If you hover your mouse over a song in the list, an additional menu will appear. It has the following functions:
You can also find and listen to music that your friends have added. To do this, find and click on the person in the list located in the right menu block. When you click, you will automatically see his compositions (see how to view hidden audio recordings on VKontakte).
Video lesson: searching for music on VKontakte
Conclusion
Why pay for a subscription if you haven't done anything new?
This year we launched a large-scale update of the music service. We completely redesigned the design and navigation, added playlists and albums, track and album covers, and launched personal recommendations. Now the catalog is regularly updated with new products from all major music studios - tracks can be listened to in high quality, with correct names and covers. A large number of artists publish premieres of works exclusively on VKontakte - earlier than on other platforms. This is just the beginning: we continue to work on other opportunities for listeners, improving the structure of the music catalog, search, and recommendations.
How to find music from VK video
Not many people know how to find music from a VK video. Meanwhile, the audio from advertisements, vlogs and films gets stuck in your head after watching the video and doesn’t let go until the track takes a place in the playlist. In the article we tell you in what ways music from a video can be found on the vastness of a social network and what to do if Shazam is powerless in determining the composition.
How to find music from a video on VK
To search for songs from a video, there are simple methods and complex ones that require time and computer skills. The first include 3.
- By the name of the video, film, brand from advertising. Open the music section, enter known information into the search bar and view the results. The likelihood is low, but sometimes conscientious video creators upload the soundtrack mentioning the name of the work.
- Via Shazam. Download and install the application on your smartphone, start the video and play the composition. When the service determines the artist, simply use the search for audio recordings on the social network.
- By the forces of other people. Open the comments to the videos and look for messages with information about the track or the audio recording itself. If you don't find anything, ask. Perhaps one of the users is familiar with the composition and will help with the search.
None of the options worked - go to the complex method of finding a song from a video on VK. To search, you will need a computer and programs to convert the video into audio formats. The process itself takes place in 4 large stages: saving video, extracting music, analyzing the composition and searching for a track on the social network.
Downloading videos
To begin, the video with the audio you are interested in must be saved to your PC. To download, use suitable services and browser extensions. As an example, let's take a vlog from YouTube:
- Click on the “Share” arrow below and copy the link to the video.
- Go to the service https://getvideo.org.
- Paste the link to the YouTube video into the appropriate field and click “Download”.
Information about the video will appear below the link form. Select format, quality and download. The service allows you to save videos without registration.
Extracting Music
Launch the video to audio converter. Anything similar in functionality to AIMP or Xilisoft Video Converter will do. Upload the file to the program, select conversion to MP3 and start the process. When the video is converted into a track, trim the excess in an editor like Gold Wave. Save the section for the next step.
Composition Analysis
Use online music recognition services:
- Follow the link https://audiotag.info or any similar portal that you like.
- Click on Select File and select the saved segment with the composition.
- Wait for the file to download, complete the captcha and click Analyze.
Whenever possible, the service provides links to official clips of the tracks found next to the results. If you need music on VK, remember the name, artist and move on.
Search VK music
Open the music section and paste the information found into the search. Check each of the titles received in “Audiotag” so that your efforts are not in vain.
How to find a song from a video on VK without knowing the title and artist
If the analysis does not give results, try 2 more methods.
- Remember the words. Enter the phrases into any search engine, adding “song lyrics”. Is the performer's language unfamiliar? Write in transliteration as you hear it. Sometimes this works too.
- Sing it. Go to https://www.midomi.com, click the Click and sing or hum button and hum the melody. The principle is the same as with “Shazam”, but “Midomi” helps out when there is no way to play the track.
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I still think you're just greedy. I'd rather pay for other music services!
We understand your pain, because everyone is used to the fact that there are no restrictions in VKontakte music, but now they appear. But even with them, VKontakte music has a number of advantages:
- all main features of the service are available for free on desktop and mobile applications;
- the largest music collection - including many songs and bands whose work cannot be found anywhere else;
- here you already have a music collection with all your personal playlists, and thousands of music communities create their own collections on different topics and genres;
- for free listening, VKontakte offers the most lenient restrictions; for paid listening, it offers the lowest cost for an individual subscription among music services.
Search VK music
Free music on VKontakte is one of the reasons for the popularity of this social network in Russia and the CIS countries. Even Facebook, with its multi-million dollar advertising budgets, cannot entice those who like to listen to a good song while communicating with friends. Convenient search for VK music allows you to find your favorite song in a few clicks. You can also find people with similar musical tastes and exchange tracks with them.
How to find a song on VK
There are several options for searching VKontakte audio recordings. If you need to find a specific song and you already know its name, then you can choose one of the methods below or try them all and choose the most convenient one. They will all give the same result. The only difference will be in convenience.
General search
Use a general search on the social network in the header of the site:
- Enter the name of the song in the special field and press Enter.
- In the new window, select “Audio Recordings” or click “Show All” to view all found songs.
- In the right menu there is a filter with which you can search for a song only by artists. This will help shorten your search and search only by musicians, excluding the titles of works.
Music menu
In the main menu of the site, under the “Friends” column, there is the “Music” item. It leads to a list of your audio recordings.
- Go to the list of your audio recordings.
- On this page you can find the song you need, just like using a general search. Enter the name in the special line and press the Enter key or the magnifying glass icon.
The search results in this case will be presented in a special way.
- The top block will show all the songs found in your audio recordings.
- A little lower there will be a list of all the musicians and groups that match your request.
- Immediately after the block with artists there are albums with the name you entered into the search.
- At the bottom are all the audio recordings that were found on VK.
Reference. Each block contains a “Show all” button. Click it to view more detailed findings on audio recordings, musicians, albums, or all compositions on the social network.
VKontkte player
In the “header” of the site to the right of the general search field there is a player button in the form of notes. When you press it, the VK player opens. In appearance, it is similar to the “Music” page from the previous paragraph. The difference is that it opens as a popup rather than a new tab.
- Open the player by clicking on the corresponding button.
- Enter the title and artist in the search bar and press Enter.
The search results will be structured in the same way as in the case of a search through the music menu.
Reference. In the search results you can find the same songs by title and artist. In fact, most of the songs differ in audio quality and duration (there are trimmed and, on the contrary, extended versions). Cover versions of songs are often found (a performance of a well-known composition in a different interpretation, for example, a re-singing of a song by a popular group by an unknown singer).
What can you do with a found song?
Once you have found a good song, you can use it as you wish. Using special programs and extensions, you can even download music to your computer, but the social network itself has various options.
Add to group
If you are an admin of a group or community, you can share the song with your audience. If you only have a personal page, then in this case you can please your friends and subscribers with your find.
- When you hover your mouse over one of the songs, a hidden menu appears on the right side. Select the item in the form of an ellipsis.
- In the menu that opens, click on “Share”.
- In the new window you have to make a choice: Check the box next to “Friends and subscribers” to add the song to your wall.
- By selecting “Subscribers and Communities”, you can repost to one of your groups.
- The “Send by personal message” column is intended for sending a composition in a personal message to your friend.
Show similar
You can easily find compositions similar to the music you liked. For this:
- hover over the song;
- click the “Find similar” line (icon in the form of a magic wand).
This way you can choose music from the same musical direction and authors performing in a similar style.
Play next
To the right of the magic wand icon is an icon in the form of three horizontal bars and a “Play” icon. If you are listening to music on VK at the time of searching, click this icon. The song you selected will be added to the playlist and will play when the current song ends.
Add to My Audio Recordings
Don't waste time searching for the music you like again. Click the plus “+” to the right of the song name and it will be saved to your list of audio recordings.
Bot for music recognition VKontakte
More recently, folk craftsmen created a special bot that can find music just by listening to a fragment of it. Using clever algorithms, AudD will find for you any song on a social network and send you a list of finds in private messages. To take advantage of this miracle, follow the instructions below.
- Enter the dialogue to control the bot. You can follow the link https://vk.me/auddpub or find it in VK under the name AudD.
- Send the bot a musical message with a fragment of the melody.
Within a few seconds you will receive a list of all found audio recordings. The bot will also provide you with the lyrics and a link to iTunes.
Reference. If you have an ear for music, you can hum the melody. The bot will recognize the motif and find similar compositions.
As you can see, VK developers have created a very high-quality platform for searching and listening to music. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. VKontakte has many tools for working with audio recordings. Read articles on the website vkbaron.ru to become a VK guru and surprise your friends.
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