As you know, today the social network VKontakte (abbreviated VK or VK) is one of the most popular among completely different circles of users. In most cases, these are young people, and it is such users who upload music and video to the network. On the other hand, and a large number of registered users, besides listening to audio, are wondering how to download music from VK to a mobile device. There are several ways to solve this problem.
The basic principles of downloading music from the social network "VK"
It goes without saying that many social networks use similar principles. Basically, this only applies to the fact that directly the same music without special client programs will not work (although here there are solutions). Moreover, if such clients are installed, the user does not have to deal with the so-called alignment of links or search for a favorite composition in another place. Working with special client programs is an ideal option.
How to download music from VK through a phone with such applications will be discussed a bit later. Let us dwell on the simplest solutions, which few people know about.
How to download music from VK to Android: network limitations
First of all, you need to know how some restrictions apply to the user by the VK resource itself. The fact is that even if you go to the site (it doesn’t matter, from your phone, tablet or in synchronization mode with a computer), it’s just not possible to download audio to the device.
Probably, many paid attention that in front of the tracks there is only a start button for playing the song, but the link or the same download button is simply missing. By the way, there are several similar limitations in the same YouTube video hosting, for which you need to use a special application (using the direct link present in the address bar of the browser, you won’t be able to download the video).
The same applies to file hosting, but there after all after a certain time (usually not 60 seconds), you can wait for the download link to appear. With the network "VK" such numbers do not pass. However, here you can find a rather interesting solution.
How to download music from VK without programs?
So. Let us take a situation where a user has a smartphone with an official client installed for access to the VK social network, but there is not a single client program for downloading audio from this particular network. Here you can find the simplest and only solution, although not the most successful.
How to download music from VK without programs in this case? Easy peasy. First, run the installed client and go to the program settings, then go to the advanced settings. There is a cache field for audio recordings. Opposite this line we put a tick.
Now the most important thing begins. Choose your favorite track and start listening to it. Please note: in parallel with the line showing the progress of playback, a gray line will be displayed, going faster. This is called caching. We do not listen to the composition to the end, but only until the moment when the movement of the cache line stops and it is equal in length to the total duration of the track. Now press the pause and go to the next step. Since we previously set the necessary settings, now the problem of how to download music from VK to Android comes down to finding the cache file only for the song you’ve listened to.
We launch “Explorer” (for example, ES File Explorer), or any other file manager, where in the settings we use the setting to display hidden files and folders (most file managers support this function). Now we need to find the vkontakte folder, then go to the cache subfolder and go into the audio directory already in it. This is where the track file is located, but only with an incomprehensible name and format like 123654789_884456156.part. Now it’s small: just rename the file, indicating any name, and at the same time change the extension to .mp3. Naturally, the system will warn you that if you rename or change the format, the file may become unavailable. You can ignore this and confirm the changes. All. After that, you can listen to the track directly on your mobile device using even the standard means of audio playback.
Most Popular Music Download Software
Now we will consider another (universal) method regarding how to download music from VK. Programs written for these purposes, for the most part, are unofficial applications, however, they work quite well.
One of the most striking representatives of such clients can be called the application VK Stream - “Music and video VK”. The program has a nice simple interface and works on the principle of creating a special button for instantly downloading the desired track or video (in other words, it is a regular client for aligning links, which adds it as a download button to the right of the start or pause playback button). Downloaded tracks are saved immediately to the memory card. But what really should please many visitors of the VK social network is the lack of the need for authorization, that is, entering your own login and password to enter the system.
An equally interesting application that can solve the problem of how to download music from VK to Android is the use of utilities like VKontakte Music Sync. Of the advantages of this application, it should be noted the small size and the ability not only to download information to a mobile device, but also to download music to the site (upload). In addition, you can download not one, but several tracks at the same time. But a significant drawback is the presence of constantly pop-up intrusive advertising.
Also, when solving the problem of how to download music from VK to Android, you can use the small VK Music Downloader application, which can be found in the free category on the Play Market. It works on the same principles, but the distinguishing feature is that you can not only download the track to your device, but also add it to your page.
Which is better to use?
What is the best way to download music from this "social network"? It seems that, nevertheless, preference should be given to using client programs, even if unofficial, because then you do not have to look for a track, rename it, etc., as described in the first case. In addition, all these applications are free and are installed from the same Market within a few tens of seconds.
Conclusion
It remains to add that now we did not consider issues related to similar actions performed when synchronizing a mobile device with a computer, with the smartphone or tablet control program installed directly on the PC. But if you look, almost all the actions look similar. For example, if you use the same Mobogenie package, you can run a program in it to download music in a Windows environment, and not on a smartphone. So the download control will be performed in the same way as if this client was launched in the "Android" environment on the gadget itself.