Over time, platform developers have created multiple social networks or tools that lead to greater convenience when it comes to interact with other people around us, loved ones or relatives, thus obtaining a satisfactory audience that seeks to meet their needs.
These platforms have become the daily life of many or most people, since They are useful both at work and social levelLarge companies use these tools to facilitate the method of communication between their workers, in the same way, have provided society with different sources of employment over the years.
Through them we can get great advantages for usBy giving them a useful life, we will create considerable financial gains. Internet users have found the objective they are looking for on these platforms, have immediacy and total reliability in the development of their technological activities. That is why using them with their due restrictions brings us a better service., with more accessories.
Instagram What is an IGTV and how does it work?
The social network Instagram is one of the most used in the world. by different users, becoming since its launch a power in society at the macro level, and better still for its various specific functions that have improved day by day for the good of the general public, with the option to have it both on mobile phones to download it on our PC.
Among them we have the IGTV which is a new creative functionality to express ourselves, works like Instagram TV so to speak, to reach the youngest users of the network, allows us to publish videos of up to 1 hour duration.
The best thing about this function is that we can find it within the main menu of Instagram, or simply, the we can download through Play Store, And it is absolutely free, which is good news for those who want to save a little money and also time.
Main functions of the social network Instagram
For the public there is no doubt that theThe Instagram app is the best for photos and videos., allowing to publish in excellent quality, for greater aesthetics, one of the best features of Instagram is that it allows us to edit images cleanly, having effects within your menu for convenience, and of course allows uploading images and videos from the gallery.
Also for your improvement you have the instant messaging option, or rather ‘direct’ this is the name inside the main menu, allowing us to send and reproduce temporary photos, GIF, stickers, emojis, audios, images and of course videos.
One of the most acclaimed by users is the ‘stories function’ where we can post multiple photos in a story, short videos, or moods, in a very expressive way, which has a visible duration time for the maximum of followers of 24 hours or we can remove it before the stipulated time if we want, and we can look who has seen our story.
Upload a video to IGTV from the app
Instagram TV or IGTV is a television channel integrated into the Instagram application, from which you can view content from other users in a personalized way, namely, the app will make channel suggestions based on the content you usually watch. Uploading videos to this platform is very simple, solo you must download the application and log inIf you already have an Instagram account, you can enter with her, skipping the step of creating a record, then you must follow the following steps:
Already being inside the application you must select the plus sign '+’ located at the bottom of the screen, then you must touch the video you want to upload to your channel, once you choose the video you must go to the next step, you should take into account that to upload videos up to 15 minutes you have to select the 'long video' option’ if your video is less than 60 seconds and then select 'short video'.
You will have the option to put a cover on your video, for this you must return to the ‘+ sign’ while editing the details in your video and choosing a photo from the gallery, before uploading the video you must also put a title and a description to make your video easier to locate. And finally when publishing IGTV gives you the option to put a preview on both Instagram and Facebook, if you want more people to see your content, just confirm this option and voila, you've already posted your first video on IGTV.
Put a video on IGTV with Instagram from Android
To perform this function is extremely simple through the main menu, what we should do is, but click on the '+ symbol’ that appears at the bottom of the screen, then we select the video that we want to upload to IGTV and click on 'next'.
Then, we opted for the 'long video' option, this must be done in order to share it on IGTV, It must be a video that lasts at least 60 seconds. Then we put a title and a description that can complement our video.
It offers us the option to publish in our feed directly, with pesto we will get more views, namely, more audience, finally we click on 'publish’ and ready, It is done, our video posted on IGTV from Instagram.
We can publish IGTV also through our computer using the website instagram.com and selecting the option 'load IGTV’ following the same procedure as above.
Upload a video to IGTV on PC with the web version
If you do not have a mobile device from which to download the application, Do not be discouraged! Since from your computer you can also upload videos to this platform, solo you must enter the website from Instagram and follow the next steps:
Login to your Instagram account and click on the IGTV icon, once we are located there we can see the option 'load’ which is the one we are going to click on, soon selecting the plus sign '+’ on the screen, we choose from among our documents the video that we want.
In the same way as in the application you can choose a cover, put a title and a description to your video and select if you want to share it also on Facebook, once you have selected these preferences, you click 'publish’ and ready.
Note that one of the qualities of uploading videos from your computer is that they will be able to last up to an hour.
Video features to upload to IGTV
Like any video platform, your content must meet certain qualities in order to be uploaded to the page, you should only look at these aspects when uploading a video:
Weight and format
The videos you upload to this platform must have as maximum a size of 650 MB for a common account and if it is a verified account you will have a Limit of 5,4 GB, the format must be MP4 and in portrait orientation.
Duration
On this platform you can choose the duration of your videos, are generally divided into ‘Short videos’ less than 60 seconds and ‘Long videos’ that last an hour.
Way to share IGTV video preview on profile or feed
The previews on IGTV videos last 15 seconds, just to share a preview you must activate the box 'Publish a preview’ which will appear in the menu just before posting the video to your account.
What to do if I can't upload videos to IGTV?
If IGTV doesn't upload your video, You must make sure that it meets the requirements that the page demands to be able to do so, verify that the video does not weigh more than 650 MB, that the format is MP4 and with portrait orientation. If your video does not meet these qualities, you will have to edit it, reduce it or change the orientation of the screen so that it is accepted by the platform.
How to upload a video to IGTV that exceeds the limit?
You must bear in mind that when uploading your videos from the phone, the maximum duration they can have is 15 minutes, if you want to upload a video much longer than this, you just owe log in from your computer, go to IGTV and at the plus sign ‘+’ select the length of the video, that here can be from 60 minutes, proceeding to upload your content from the computer.
What do I do if IGTV is not showing up on Instagram?
You need to first make sure that the Instagram app is up to date on your phone, as if you have an old version, the IGTV option will not appear by no lake. In case you have the updated application, but the IGTV icon does not appear, you just have to click on the magnifying glass in the lower menu, this action will make you see the IGTV option in the upper left part of the screen and from there you can use the application normally.
