Quite often, when watching movies, TV series or clips on some popular service, like YouTube, Instagram, VK or Tik Tok, you can hear a cool song or just beautiful music. And immediately the thought: “Oh! I want it in my collection! I'll listen to you until I hear you! Neighbors beware!" But it is instantly darkened, because it is not clear how to find music from a video, how to find out the artist?
With songs everything is somewhat simpler, since they have words. And from the text you can easily identify both the musical work and the author-performer. Provided, of course, that the listener has more or less command of the language of the song. Which doesn't always happen. But finding and downloading music, a track without words, or just a melody is a problem that requires a non-trivial solution. A special approach is needed.
What to do? What should I do? How to recognize music or song from a video or clip?
How to recognize music from a video
In this article, we will look at several effective methods by which you can find a song from a video. In particular, it mentions the following methods:
- Online service. A functional site that allows you to easily identify a popular song or music without the need to install any additional software;
- An application for mobile devices with which you can quickly and easily recognize playing music;
- Online service for recognizing musical works by link;
- A special browser extension for detecting music playing in a tab;
- Voice assistants are well versed in music and will help with the search;
- “Old-fashion methods” and methods that require “Soldier ingenuity.”
Method 5: Help from forums
Forums bring together large groups of people on the same topic, so it is possible to find the video you need by creating a corresponding post on such a site. It is very difficult to find a separate resource where they collectively search for videos by fragment, but many sites have separate sections for these tasks. Below is a list of the most common forums:
- 4PDA;
- FORUM.EE;
- DanceSport;
- VidForum.
It is worth noting that to create your own post you must first register on the forum. It is impossible to provide detailed instructions, since each site has a unique interface.
This way you can ask other users for help. It is important in your message to try to describe in as much detail as possible what is happening in the video and, if possible, provide screenshots from it. If you can place a video clip on the site, you should definitely use it.
Important! When registering, please indicate a valid email address, as emails will be sent to this email notifying you that your question has been answered. This will allow you to respond to messages in a timely manner and begin a joint discussion, which will have a positive impact on the effectiveness of the method.
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How to find music from videos online
Midomi is a service that allows you to learn music from videos online. And not just from the video. You can recognize any piece of music playing on the user’s device.
Using the online service is very simple:
- Go to midomi.com;
- If the resource is displayed in English, then you can scroll to the very bottom of the page and switch to Russian. It is not necessary to do this, but perhaps it will be more convenient for someone;
- Click on the black and orange button with the service logo at the top of the page;
- If you are asked for permission to use the microphone, you must provide it by clicking the “Allow” button;
- Include a video that plays the music, song, track, or tune that you want to identify. Turn up the volume. If the procedure is carried out from a computer, then you should move the microphone closer to the speakers. If from a phone or tablet, then you don’t need to do anything. Don't have a video of the song you want to find? It doesn’t matter, because you can sing it, hum the sound, the melody;
- If everything goes well, the service will display information about the song: title, album, lyrics, services where you can listen to it.
Important! In some browsers, during the process of identifying a song, an error may appear: “undefined: An unexpected error has occurred.” In particular, a similar problem is observed in Opera. It is quite easy to solve - you should use Google Chrome.
In addition to the online service with which you can find music from videos, there is also an application for mobile devices. It will be very useful if you have to deal with a similar task regularly.
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Method 3: View Metadata
Almost all video formats are containers that, in addition to a set of frames, contain additional information. Thus, the main file name displayed in Explorer may be useless, but the data in the properties, on the contrary, contains the name of the full video.
To find the information you need in a file's metadata, you need to do the following:
- Go to the folder where the video is located. Right-click on it and select “Properties”.
- In the window of the same name that appears, open the “Details” tab and read the information there.
Pay attention to the “Description” block; it often contains the exact name of the video and accompanying tags that will help you find the original recording.
How to identify a song from a video - application
Shazam is a cool, functional application that easily allows you to find and recognize a song or music from a video.
How to find out a song or music from a video using the application:
- Download and install the application for Android or iOS on your mobile device;
- Launch it by clicking on the icon on the desktop;
- When asked “Allow Shazam to record audio?” you should click the “Allow” button;
- Launch a video containing the desired music track and make sure that it is clearly audible;
- Click the “Shazam” button in the application;
- The inscription: “Listening to music” will indicate that the song identification process has begun;
- If everything goes well, information about the song will be displayed on the screen: title, artist, album. Separately, in the tabs you can see: the lyrics of the song, video from Youtube, other music of the artist.
The service database contains a huge variety of musical works, ranging from world hits to little-known artists. Shazam also easily distinguishes the original from the remix.
| Shazam |
What to do if you don’t have a mobile device and only have a desktop computer at hand? How to use the application in this case? You can solve the problem by installing Android and iOS emulators for PC, for example, BlueStacks.
By saving the clip
Save the video to your phone to find out the name of the track being played. Download the video according to the instructions:
- Click on the "Share" button, which is marked as three dots, an arrow, or the logo of one of the social networks.
- In the pop-up block that appears, click the “Save video” button.
- Wait for the download to complete, its progress will be displayed on the screen.
Save the video using TikTok to get music from it.
Next, you need to recognize the music from the downloaded video. Here are a few options on how to do this:
- Through the “Audiotag” service – follow the link, click “Upload and recognize from a file”. From the file manager, select the desired mp4 file. Wait for it to load. After its completion, the program will show the author and name of the desired composition. (files longer than 15 seconds are suitable for recognition).
- Through the “Video to MP3 Converter” applications - you can find them in the application gallery, or follow the links for iOS or Android. After conversion, repeat audio recognition through the Audiotag service by downloading the resulting file in mp3 format.
How to identify music from a link
AudioTag is a free online service with which you can quickly and easily find a song or music via a link.
How to find music from the link:
- Open the site;
- Select “Recognize by link” from the list of options;
- Insert into the field the address of the link to the video that contains the song, music or sound;
- Click the “Analyze URL” button;
- Complete a simple captcha;
- Get results!
Important! If you have an ad blocker, you will not be able to use the service. You need to disable it for this site and refresh the page.
Audio tag
The service operates online and can recognize musical compositions exclusively in audio format. Alternatively, you can use a link from YouTube. This allows you to search for songs without having it play in the background. Audio tag allows you to customize time intervals. This is especially true if the video is long enough and only uses a fragment of the song. To activate the search, do the following:
- Go to https://ru.audiotag.info.
- On the main page you need to select a search type. The user can use an audio fragment or insert a link to video material.
- If the second option is used, you will need to specify time intervals. Otherwise, the entire timing will be analyzed.
- Complete the Google captcha to see the search result.
The service is available to everyone free of charge. It can be used online without installing third-party programs. But Audio tag is not without its drawbacks - the site is full of advertising, which sometimes interferes with comfortable use. There is also no button for analyzing a composition by singing a melody or words.
How to find out music from a video - browser extension
In order to quickly find music from a video via a link, you can use a special browser extension - AHA Music. It quickly and accurately identifies the song or music playing in the tab.
Unfortunately, the extension is only available for the Google Chrome browser. Therefore, the user must either download this particular web browser, or install the auxiliary extension “Install Chrome Extensions” in his browser to install third-party extensions from Chrome.
How to find music from a video using the link:
- Go to the AHA Music extension page;
- Download it by clicking the “Install” button;
- Open a tab with a video with music that should be recognized (for example, YouTube, Instagram, VK, Odnoklassniki, Facebook or Tik Tok);
- Start playing music;
- Open the extension by clicking on its icon in the upper right corner of the browser window;
- After a short search, the track and artist will be displayed in the window.
Ask a question online and in our comments
There are several different Q&A services online that anyone can use when searching for a clip. If you have a Mail.ru account, open the “Answers” section and create your question. It's very simple, you just need to click on the "Ask" plus button at the top of the web page.
Write a question about the clip and describe its plot in detail in the main field. Track responses to it and receive useful support. Describe in detail what is happening in the music video.
For those who have a Yandex account, they can also use the answers on the Yandex.Q service.
This is an analogue of the popular responses to Mail ru, which appeared a little later. But despite this, each question gains a lot of views every day. This means that your question can be seen by thousands of other music lovers. Leave a description here regarding the music video. To increase your chances of success.
How to discover music using a voice assistant
Voice assistants identify music very well. It’s enough to turn on the music and ask: “ What kind of music is playing now?” " or " What song is playing? ” and the virtual assistant will provide an answer.
Android owners can use Google Assistant.
You can do without it, because the Google application already has a song recognition function. Just open the search, enter the phrase “recognize a song” into the search bar and turn on the track or melody.
Siri will help iPhone owners.
Yandex browser with built-in voice assistant Alice is perfect for PC.
How to find out music using the Telegram bot
You can find out the name of the track using the YaMelodyBot bot, kindly provided by the Yandex Music service.
Just go to the chat, attach a file to a message, and in a matter of seconds the bot will determine the name of the song and its artist, and also provide a link to the song in the Yandex Music service.
How to find music from a movie or TV series
If you need to find a song or music from a movie or TV series, you can do this using search engines. Just open Yandex or Google and enter the name of a movie or series into the search and add “OST” or “soundtrack”.
In addition, in most cases, the titles of the musical works used in the film or series and the performing authors are indicated in the credits. You can skip to the end of the film and search.
Search in music collections
On streaming services and search engines, moderators organize playlists and music selections. Thus, they simplify search for users, attract new visitors and keep them up to date with trends. See where today's TikTok hits are collected:
Soundcloud
There are no collected collections by the service, but they are collected by users. Search for “TikTok” and scroll through the suggested playlists. Choose the one you like.
Let's share a playlist that we like. Its advantage is a large database of tracks. Listen for yourself.
Spotify
The moderators of the platform have put together a selection of popular ones especially for fans of the social network. Only those songs that are popular now are displayed.
Playlist: TikTok Songs
Yandex.Music
Yandex took care of Internet trends in advance and has been updating its selection for a long time.
Listen to "Popular on TikTok"
