{"id":62148,"date":"2014-03-09T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=62148"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:49:55","slug":"instagram-guide-how-to-import-videos-from-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/instagram-guide-how-to-import-videos-from-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram guide: How to import videos from your PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this sixth installment of our Complete Guide to Instagram<\/a>, we explain how to publish\u00a0photos and videos from your computer to the social network.<\/p>\n

Version 4.1 of\u00a0Instagram introduced an important feature: the ability to\u00a0import videos<\/a> stored in your phone’s library. This means that you can publish\u00a0photos or video clips on Instagram that\u00a0have been previously edited on\u00a0your computer<\/strong>. Here’s how to do it.<\/p>\n

[Note that <\/em>the beta version of Instagram for Windows Phone 8<\/em><\/a> doesn’t yet support video mode, and users can only import images.]<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Choose the right export settings for your Instagram\u00a0videos<\/h3>\n

(This step only applies to\u00a0videos)<\/em><\/p>\n

To make sure that your phone is able to play the video clip, it’s essential that you follow a couple of export settings.<\/p>\n

First of all, your video must be less than 15 seconds<\/strong>. The resolution used for media in Instagram is 640 x 640 pixels<\/strong>, which means when you export\u00a0the clip, you have to\u00a0resize it.<\/p>\n

Traditional cameras usually film\u00a0in 16:9. In order to get a square image, you can put a white frame around the top and bottom of the video. This\u00a0will reduce the video or image to a square size of 640 x 640 pixels.<\/p>\n

The frame rate per second should be set to 25. Export the video using codec\u00a0H264.<\/strong> The bit rate of the file must be less than 35000 Hz.<\/p>\n

Once all of\u00a0the settings are properly configured, you can export a copy of the short film to your phone.<\/p>\n

2. Import the photo or video onto your iPhone, Android or Windows Phone<\/h3>\n

This step depends on the OS of your smartphone:<\/p>\n

iPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Apple’s official solution for\u00a0importing media in film format \u2013\u00a0syncing through iTunes \u2013\u00a0is complex and not really suitable for a clip shorter than 15 seconds or for a single photo.<\/p>\n

The solution? Send the photo or video by email<\/strong>, open the Mail application on your iPhone, and then save the attachment in your camera roll.<\/p>\n

\"iPhoneSave the video in the iPhone film<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Android and\u00a0Windows Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n

For these two operating systems, simply connect the smartphone via USB to the computer, unlock the phone and then copy and paste the media\u00a0into the folder in the Media Library using File Explorer. <\/strong>For Android users, the folder is called Pictures, while for Windows Phone users, it’s\u00a0Camera Roll<\/em>.\"CopyCopy and paste the media using File Explorer into the\u00a0smartphone<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Start Instagram, then locate the file in the Camera Roll<\/h3>\n

After all these steps, you should be able to select the photo or video that you’ve imported off your computer. It should be the latest item in your library.<\/p>\n

\"Import<\/strong>Select the media stored in the phone<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Publish the Photo or Video<\/h3>\n

Follow the standard\u00a0publishing process<\/a> for\u00a0Instagram, and then share the media on Instagram<\/strong>, Twitter<\/strong>, Facebook<\/strong> or even Tumblr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With this method, you’ll be able to\u00a0provide high\u00a0quality content,<\/strong> even if your smartphone doesn’t have the latest generation camera. Photos and videos not recorded on mobile devices are widely tolerated and accepted by the Instagram community. In fact, brands use them in particular to interact with their\u00a0followers, so feel free to show off your favorite creations.<\/p>\n

Make sure to check out the rest of our complete\u00a0guide to Instagram<\/a> to get the most out of Instagram.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this sixth installment of our Complete Guide to Instagram, we explain how to publish\u00a0photos and videos from your computer to the social network. Version 4.1 of\u00a0Instagram introduced an important feature: the ability to\u00a0import videos stored in your phone’s library. This means that you can publish\u00a0photos or video clips on Instagram that\u00a0have been previously edited … Continue reading “Instagram guide: How to import videos from your PC”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2354],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-62148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectioninstagram"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331180,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62148\/revisions\/331180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=62148"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=62148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}