You need to know the rules for uploading music to VKontakte
Hello, friends! Social networks have become an integral part of our lives. With their help, we communicate, find clients for business, earn money via the Internet, and of course, relax. The VKontakte social network allows you not only to add music from other people’s accounts and groups, but also to upload your own audio files from your computer. There are rules that will help you safely upload music to VK:
- the audio recording must be 200 megabytes in size (otherwise the file will not download);
- The recording format must be mp3;
- music downloaded to VK must not violate any copyright.
In fact, free information that can be downloaded on the Internet, especially music, does not carry copyright. If we talk about paid information products on the Internet, then copyright is assigned to them. How to add an audio recording from a computer to VK? Everything is very simple. Next, we will act according to the instructions.
Loading blocked audio recordings on VKontakte
I have been a reader of Habr for a long time, but have not yet written a single article. This post prompted me to write this article: Blocking audio recordings on Vkontakte. Restoring the playlist.
I liked the methods used by the author to bypass the VKontakte filter, but as a person who has been involved in sound processing and writing music for a long time, I can say that this is not the best decision that can be made in this situation, and here’s why: 1. The quality deteriorates audio recordings, with repeated conversion and deliberate deterioration of quality. 2. Cutting a piece of a piece changes the music.
I propose a slightly different approach to solving this problem. Anyone interested in the topic, please see cat. I'll go into more detail about several methods that you can use to bypass the filter, including a method that allows you to download blocked music without changing its content (i.e., completely preserving the sound). All tests were performed in the Audacity program; a song performed by rapper Pitbull and singer Marc Anthony, called Rain Over Me, was selected for analysis. This particular song is suitable for the test for several reasons: it is “banned” on VKontakte, all frequencies are present in its spectrum in full, it has both “quiet” and “loud” parts, which will allow you to experiment with dynamics. First, let's make sure that it is impossible to listen to the audio recording, because... it was removed at the request of the copyright holder:
As you can see, it’s true that the original audio recording has been seized, and when we try to download the same one, we will receive a copyright warning:
Loading the same audio recording, but under a different name, was also unsuccessful. There were no tags in both entries (the original and the version with the changed name).
Now let's try to load the same audio recording, slightly changing it in some way.
Ways to bypass the filter
Changing the tonal balance of the entire work, or part of it, that is, processing with an equalizer:
In my opinion, this is the simplest method. Let's look at a few cases of using EQ:
Here I immediately present the result of what I came to; in fact, I unwisely began to try to “feed” an audio recording with a slightly changed tonal balance to VKontakte, so that it was practically impossible to hear the difference (for example, I used low-pass filters and high-pass filters with very soft settings - the difference in sound was negligible). VKontakte rejected posts with such changes, but, interestingly, accepted them processed like this:
This means that recognition occurs only in the mid-frequency region, high and low frequencies are not affected. The first option is to equalize the entire track: you need to cut out a small area of the mid-frequency range. I tried to apply EQ only to a small section of the track - it didn’t work.
Adding noise
In the comments to the article, user Gorthauer87 suggested “a little mixing of some noise imperceptible to the ear.” The idea is correct; in fact, it was the very first one that came to my mind. The recording industry has long used dithering, which is nothing more than adding noise, although now the noise is going through the stage of noise shaping - i.e. the frequencies most audible to the human ear are removed from it.
Adding enough white noise to be heard clearly did not help the audio load. This method is not suitable for us, because if the noise can be heard, then we can assume that the audio recording is damaged and cannot be listened to =(
Working with Track Dynamics
After processing the entire track with a compressor with fairly “soft” settings, the audio recording was successfully loaded. Here is a screenshot of the compressor settings:
It is quite problematic for an unprepared listener to hear the difference with the original, but if you listen with headphones or on low-quality acoustics, it is impossible.
"Crown" method
But this method surprised me with its simplicity, while it turned out to be the highest quality of all those discussed earlier. You just need to add a small piece of an arbitrary signal to the end of the track (after the music has ended). As a result, the useful signal does not change in any way, but the VKontakte website does not try to block such tracks. In this particular example, I added a 440 hertz sine wave to the end of the piece, the duration of the noise is approximately 1 minute.
If this article is of interest to readers, then I can take a closer look at each of the methods of downloading music (I guess that the “crown” method will soon be “covered”), depending on the material (classical, rock, pop, electronics). Each of the options will work better on one material and worse on another, that is, in some places it is more noticeable to a person, and in others practically without changing the source.
The article turned out to be not as complete as I would like, for the reason that my DAW refused to work and began to throw an error (so I did all the work in Audacity). I guess there are a few other ways that will work:
1. Working with a stereo base (its expansion/constriction) 2. Processing the entire track with a multi-band exciter 3. Multi-band compression of the mid-frequency range, to a much lesser extent than discussed in the article. 4. Adding a very weak reverberation signal, inaudible to the human ear. 5. Expansion, both single and multi-lane. If there is an opportunity to work on a powerful DAW, then I will be able to consider these cases.
Conclusion
I am not a supporter of copyright infringement, since I myself am involved in creating music, but I believe that the situation with copyright in our time has gone beyond all acceptable limits. Prohibitions and restrictions are only temporary solutions that will not eliminate piracy; it is necessary to solve the problem completely, stimulating alternative means distribution of music. In reality, which of those people who suffered from the deletion of VKontakte audio recordings will go to the store and buy a CD? Or will they buy music online?
*A sample audio recording was taken from the website youtube.com, where it was posted in the public domain by the copyright holder. The audio recording was used solely for research purposes.
Author: Richardo
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How to add an audio recording from a computer to VK
So, to add an audio recording to VK, first go to your page. On the left side of the page you need to click on the “music” section. (Picture 1).
(Figure 2).
After this, a window appears with which you can download audio files from your computer. Click on the “select file” button. (Figure 3).
A desktop explorer will open, where you need to select exactly the folder in which you saved previously downloaded music from the Internet. Select the desired audio file and upload it to your VKontakte account. (Figure 4).
You need to wait a bit for the music to load. When the download is complete, you will see that it has downloaded. (Figure 5).
Now you know how to add an audio recording from a computer to VK. But that is not all. Next, we will try to upload music to VK via phone.
If you use the Internet on your phone, you can download music files on VKontakte in the same way as on your computer. But, there is one problem that is worth mentioning. When you open your page on VK, you need to click on “full version of the site”.
This feature is at the very bottom of the page. This option will allow you to add music to VK via your phone without any problems.
Limiting music listening on VK
You have to understand that the developers took such a step not out of their own greed. The social network VK has long been under pressure from copyright holders, record companies, and all those whose songs we listened to for free. Just now we have come to some kind of compromise, so as not to close all the music due to massive copyright infringement. According to plans, in the future the restriction will become even stricter and the free listening time will be limited to 30 minutes.
For the first month, the music option will be free, you just need to link your card, then after the first trial month, 149 rubles will be debited from your card.
Playlist and adding music there
To add an audio recording to a playlist on VK, first create it. To do this, you need to go to the “music” section again and click on “playlists”, “add playlist”. (Figure 8).
“How to add an audio recording to VK?” - This question is usually asked by novice users of the VKontakte social network. But before getting an answer to it, it is necessary to say a few words about what kind of project this is.
Of course, the social network VKontakte is most popular among the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet. Initially, the project, launched back in 2006, positioned itself as a resource where students could communicate. However, in a fairly short time, the site won the hearts of several million people, and in 2010 the milestone of 100 million users was overcome.
VKontakte allows people to communicate, play interesting applications, watch various videos, share photos, create interest groups or join them. More enterprising users can make money here.
Possible problems that users often encounter
If a user is wondering why he doesn’t upload music to VK, what to do and what to do, it’s worth checking several factors. Main problems when downloading audio files:
- File larger than 200 MB (can be compressed using special programs);
- Unstable or slow Internet (you need to contact your provider’s technical support);
- Prohibited content (by copyright holder or law).
As a rule, difficulties on the side of VK servers almost never happen. But, if this happens, then you need to wait and try again later.
Downloading music from the VKontakte server
“Users” who have recently registered on this social network may not have yet figured out how to add an audio recording to VK, so we’ll try to help them. Actually, you have two options and you can use either of them.
The first way to upload music to your page is to search for audio recordings on the VKontakte server. It is worth noting that it is better to use it, since if you add audio recordings from your computer, you can break it and get serious problems - there have already been precedents.
So, to upload audio recordings to VK, you need to go to the appropriate section (“My audio recordings”) and write the name of the composition or artist in the search bar. A list will open in which you need to select the appropriate option and click “+” on the right.
After you complete this operation, the song will appear in your audio recordings.
A new way to listen to music on VKontakte without restrictions:
Step 1.
Go to the “Settings” - “General” - “Date and Time” menu.
Step 2:
Uncheck “Automatic” to be able to select the date and time manually.
Step 3.
Click on the line that appears with the current date.
Step 4:
Set the date to yesterday. For example, if today is November 21, then you need to select November 20.
Ready! Immediately after setting the new date, music on VKontakte will be available for listening in the background without any restrictions. You can change the date to the current one immediately by simply turning on the “Automatic” checkbox. For the next hour (and in some cases more), music from VKontakte will be played in the background without problems.
Other workarounds that also work:
Download from computer
If you want to add music to VKontakte, which is stored on your device, then the following algorithm will help you:
- Open your page on the social network and go to the “My audio recordings” section.
- In the menu on the right you will see the “My Audio Recordings” button. You need to click on "+".
- In the window that opens, click the “Select file” button, and then specify the path to the audio recording.
- Click "Open" and wait for the download to complete.
Pay attention to the requirements for the downloaded file: it must not violate copyright, must weigh no more than 200 MB and have a By the way, there are situations when it is not possible to download music from the device to the server the first time. In this case, try this operation again.
Now you know how to add an audio recording to VK from your device, so you can listen to your favorite songs and share them with other users of the social network.
How to bypass the music limit on VK without programs
There are at least 2 ways to not limit listening to music from your phone on VK, without using third-party applications and programs.
- 1 - Open VKontakte in a mobile browser, follow the link m.vk.com/music, music from your page will open, turn on listening and if your phone goes into the background (the screen goes dark), the music will still be played without a limit.
- 2 - Listen to music without locking the screen, i.e. do not go into the background.
Editing an added file
As a rule, a music file downloaded from a computer must be edited - indicate the name of the artist and the title of the song. Perhaps you want to make some changes to a record added from the server (adjusting the name of a track or group). You already know how to upload an audio recording to VK, so next we will talk about editing it.
First of all, open the section where your music is located on the site. Select an audio recording and click on the button with the image of a pencil on the right. A window will open where you can enter the title and artist.
By clicking the “Advanced” button, you can set the genre for the track, as well as write the lyrics of the song. When editing is finished, save the changes by clicking the appropriate button.
How to add music from your phone to Android
Now we will figure out how songs are added to a playlist from a mobile application. Let's launch it. In the left menu, click on the notes icon, which means “Audio recordings”. Next, we need the “My Audio Recordings” tab and in the upper right corner, click on the “Search” icon to find the song we need.
Enter the artist or song title in the search bar:
Click on the found song, it starts playing and an audio player appears at the very bottom, click on the song thumbnail, as shown in the screenshot:
In the already loaded large player, click on the plus sign in the left corner. So that it can be added to your playlist.
Music is an integral part of our life. Many people cannot live a day without it! Sometimes a musical composition conveys a palette of emotions much better than words. To do this, the site developers have provided network users with the opportunity to listen to music on VKontakte, download audio recordings from a computer, share music with their friends, and much more.
Now VKontakte also has the ability to quickly send audio recordings to friends. Today we will tell you how to send music to a friend in this way on a social network. The site developers were asked to open the function to network users. This feature allows you to copy the link of an audio recording and send it to your friends. To send a song, you need to find it in the search, and then attach it to the message. But now VKontakte has a button of the same name.
