How to find songs from video: the most simple and reliable ways

It happens that when you watch a video on YouTube, or other similar services, you hear a melody that you like very much, but alas, the author of the video does not say what the song is, and he does not respond to the comments, or the opportunity And completely disabled. How to find songs from the video in this case? An article is devoted to solving this problem.

The easiest way to search

The easiest and most obvious way to find songs from the video is to search the search engines for the text.

If the video can clearly hear at least one phrase of the song, you have a rather big chance to successfully find its text, and hence - and the name, and the artist, and other information.

In order to start the search for a song, you need to hear the phrase you typed in the search engine in quotation marks (this is how the refined search is activated). About 80% of the songs are from the first time.

If you are not sure that you heard the phrase correctly, or if the song was not found from the first query, you can try to run a text search without quotes by entering additional keywords like "song", "lyrics", etc. This will expand the search range and Will increase the chances of success.

Search with a smartphone on Android or iOS

Today your phone is not only a device for calls and text messaging, it is a multi-functional "combine", capable of much - you just need to install the necessary software. Even to search for songs created an application - Shazam.

Shazam (aka "Shazam" in the Russian-speaking environment) is a service for mobile platforms, in the base of which about 11 000 000 tracks! Impressive amount.

Searching for a song from the video is done like this:

1. You install the application from Google Play or the AppStore (the procedure is no different from installing any other application).
2. Start up Shazam.
3. Start the video and click on the large "Shazam" sign.
4. More from you nothing is required: the program itself activates the microphone, listens to a part of the audio recording and searches for its databases, and then outputs the result.

In order for the search to be carried out as efficiently as possible, select a segment of the video where the song is audible, there are no extraneous sounds - the speech of the lead or author of the video, passing cars, etc. The chance of a successful search increases if the melody is well expressed - for example, in the chorus .

If you are endowed with a musical ear, then you can try to sing the song yourself to the program. But you need to really have a hearing: do not fall into the notes - "Shazam" "will say" that does not recognize your singing.

Search using the online service Midomi

How to find songs from the video, if the words you do not distinguish or do not exist, and Shazam do not want to be installed on the phone, or does your model not support this application? In this case, you will come to the aid of online service Midomi.

The essence of the work is the same as that of "Shazam", but to access the service you only need a computer and a running browser.

How to find songs from video using Midomi:

1. Go to the Midomi service website.
2. Find "Voice Search" - the button with the inscription "Click and sing or hum". Click it.
3. Sing or scroll a piece of the song's recording for identification.
4. Get the result.

Midomi more successfully recognizes "sung" songs than "Shazam", so you can try even if your hearing is far from ideal. In the end, it's just fun.

If nothing else has helped, or the most time consuming method

One of the most difficult ways to find a song from a video will take a lot longer, and you will need to install additional programs, but if none of the above methods helped, and the desire has not yet died out, you will have to tinker.

How to find songs from the video, if other options did not work:

1. First you need to save the video from Youtube or another online resource to your computer. The easiest way to do this is to use the savefrom service: you can save the video from youtube by typing "ss" in front of the address in the address bar , just after http and after www, if it is in the address.
2. Then you need to extract the audio track from the video. For this, it is not necessary to use expensive software - there are enough free and easy programs like "Free Video to MP3 Converter".
3. The resulting mp3 file (if necessary, you can additionally process it and cut out the part with a "clean" record without extraneous sounds) you need to download to any online music recognition service that requires a snippet in mp3, and start the search.

This method is the most reliable, but also the longest. It helps in the vast majority of cases.

Now you know how to find the melody you liked or the song that sounded in the video. There are a lot of ways - choose the one that is preferable for you. Good luck!