Over time, platform developers have created more social networks or tools that lead to better comfort when you interacts with other people around us, loved ones or relatives, thus obtaining a satisfying audience that tries to manage their needs.
These platforms have become the daily life of many people or most of them, since they are useful both at work and on a social level, large companies use these tools to facilitate the method of communication between their workers, similarly, they have provided the company with various sources of employment over the years.
Through them we can get great benefits for ourselvesBy giving them a useful life, we will create significant economic gains, network users have found in these platforms the goal they seek, to have immediacy and full reliability in the development of their technological activities. That's why using them with the necessary restrictions brings us a better service, with more integrations.
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 powerhouse in society at the macro level, and even better thanks to its various specific functions that are improved every day for the good of the world. public, with the possibility of having it both on mobile phones and to download it on our PC.
Among them we have IGTV, which is a new creative feature to express ourselves, works like Instagram TV for so to speak, to reach the youngest users of the network, it allows us to publish videos with a maximum duration of 1 hour.
The best thing about this feature is that we can find it in the main Instagram menu, or simply, we can download it through the Play Store and it's completely free, which is good news for anyone who wants to save some money and time too.
Main functions of the social network Instagram
For the public there is no doubt that the Instagram application is the best for photos and videos, allowing you to post in excellent quality, for greater aesthetics, one of the best features of Instagram is that it allows us to edit images in a clean way, with effects within its menu for greater convenience and, of course, allows you to upload images and videos from the gallery.
Also for its improvement it has the instant messaging option, or rather “direct” is therefore the name within the main menu, which allows us to send and play temporary photos, GIFs, stickers, emojis, audio, images and of course videos.
One of the most acclaimed by users is the 'stories' function in which we can post multiple photos in a story, short videos or moods, a very expressive way, which has a visible duration for maximum followers of 24 hours or we can delete it before the appointed time if we want, and we can see 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 see the content of other users in a personalized way, i.e. the application will suggest channels based on the content you usually watch. Uploading videos to this platform is very simple, devi alone download the application and log in , if you already have an Instagram account you can enter with it, skipping the step of creating a record, so you have to follow the following steps:
Once inside the application you have to select the plus sign '+' which yes located at the bottom of the screen, then you need to tap the video you want to upload to your channel, once you choose the video you need to go to the next step, you need to Note that to upload videos up to 15 minutes you need to select the 'long video' option if your video is less than 60 seconds, so select 'short video'.
You will have the option to put a cover on your video, for this you have to go back to the '+' sign while editing the details in your video and choose a photo from the gallery, before uploading the video you also need to put a title and description to make your video easier to spot. And finally when you post, IGTV gives you the option to put a preview on both Instagram and Facebook, if you want more people to see your content, confirm this option and that's it, you have already published your first video on IGTV .
Put a video on IGTV with Instagram from Android
To perform this function is extremely simple via the main menu, what we need to do is do click on the '+' symbol that appears at the bottom of the screen, then select the video we want to upload to IGTV and press on 'next'.
Next, we opted for the 'long video' option, this has to be done in order to be able to share it on IGTV, it has to be a video that has a minimum duration of 60 seconds. So let's put a title and description that can complement our video.
It offers us the possibility to publish directly in our feed, with the pesto we will have more views, that is more public, finally we click on 'publish' and voilà, that's it, ours video posted on Instagram IGTV.
We can also publish IGTV via our computer using the instagram.com web and selecting the 'upload IGTV' option following the same procedure above.
Upload a video to IGTV on PC with the web version
If you don't have a mobile device to download the application from, don't be discouraged! Since you can also upload videos to this platform from your computer, devi alone go to the website of Instagram and follow the steps below:
Log into your Instagram account and click on the IGTV icon, once we have located ourselves we can see the 'upload' option which is the one we will click on, then by selecting the plus sign '+' on the screen , we choose the video we want from our documents.
In the same way that in the application you can choose a cover, put a title and description to your video and select if you want to share it on Facebook, once you have selected these preferences, click on 'publish' and that's it .
Keep in mind that one quality of uploading videos from your computer is that they can to last up to one hour .
Characteristics of the video to upload to IGTV
Like any video platform, your content must meet certain qualities to be loaded on the page, you should only look at these aspects when uploading a video:
Weight and format
Videos you upload to this platform must have a maximum weight of 650 MB for a common account and in case of verified account it will have a 5,4 GB limit , the format must be MP4 and in portrait orientation.
Duration
On this platform you can choose the duration of your videos, usually they are divided into 'short videos' of less than 60 seconds e 'long videos' which last one hour.
Way to share IGTV video preview in profile or feed
Previews in IGTV videos are 15 seconds long, for sharing a preview ti enough check the 'Publish preview' box 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 does not upload your video, you need to make sure it meets the requirements that the page requires to be able to do so, check that the video does not weigh more than 650 MB, that the format is MP4 and in a portrait orientation . If your video does not meet these qualities, you will need to edit, shrink it or change the screen orientation so that it is accepted by the platform.
How to upload a video to IGTV longer than the limit?
You have to take into consideration that when you upload your videos from your phone, the maximum duration they can have is 15 minutes, if you want to upload a video much longer than this, you just have to enter from your computer , go to IGTV and at the plus sign '+' select the duration of the video, which here can be 60 minutes, proceeding to upload your content from your computer.
What should I do if IGTV does not appear on Instagram?
First you need to make sure you have the updated Instagram application on your phone, since if you have an old version, the IGTV option will not appear for no lake. In case you have the updated app, but the IGTV icon does not appear, you just have to click on the magnifying glass located in the bottom menu, this action will show you the IGTV option in the upper left part of the screen and from there you can use the application normally.
