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How to Add Audio to a Video on Youtube

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This wikiHow teaches you how to add a music track to a YouTube video. Although it's no longer possible to swap the audio track in the mobile app, you can still get the job done in your computer's web browser. Since YouTube's terms don't allow you to use copyright-protected music, you can select from a large database of royalty-free tracks right in the YouTube Studio editor.

Steps

  1. 1

    Go to https://www.youtube.com in your computer's web browser. This brings you to your YouTube channel's dashboard if you're already logged in. If you're not logged in, click SIGN IN at the top-right corner to log in now.

    • This feature is only available if your video is less than 6 hours long and has fewer than 100,000 views. The only exception to the 100,000 views restriction is if you're a part of the YouTube Partner Program.[1]

  2. 2

    Click the "Upload" icon. It's a video camera-shaped icon with a plus (+) at the top-right corner of the page. A menu will expand.

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  3. 3

    Click Upload video on the menu. This brings you to the "Upload videos" screen.

    • If you've already uploaded the video you want to edit, just click the X at the top-right corner of the "Upload videos" screen and skip to Step 7.

  4. 4

    Click the SELECT FILES button. It's the blue button at the center of the screen. This opens a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window.

  5. 5

    Select a video and click Open . Go to the location of the video you want to upload, then click once the video to select it. You can then click Open to start uploading it to YouTube.

  6. 6

    Publish the video. First, you can edit the title, add a description, choose thumbnails, and make various other customizations. Click Next, and then follow the on-screen instructions to choose your desired settings. The video will continue processing in the background, even after you click CLOSE at the end of the walk-through.

  7. 7

    Click the thumbnail image of the video you want to edit. This opens the video 's details page.

    • If you just uploaded the video and it's not finished processing, you won't see a thumbnail yet. Wait until the video is finished processing and the thumbnail appears before you click.

  8. 8

    Click the Editor menu. It's in the left menu toward the center.

  9. 9

    Click + next to the music note icon. Each element (video, audio, end screen, blur, etc.) has its own row below the video. The audio row is noted by the music note—click the + next to this icon to expand a list of free audio tracks.

  10. 10

    Click the Play button to preview a track. Each track has its own Play button (a sideways triangle), so scroll through the list and check out the options. To search for something specific, click the Search or filter library bar above the songs, select a category, and then enter your search terms.

  11. 11

    Click Add on the track you want to use. Hover the mouse cursor over the track to make the Add link visible, and then click it to add it to the audio row (the music note row).

  12. 12

    Edit the audio track as needed. The audio row now contains two sub-rows—one for the video's original sound (if it exists), and another for the audio you've added. The new audio appears in a blue bar with the name of the track inside. To edit the audio:

    • Drag the blue bar with the inserted audio to any location in the video.
    • To trim the audio, hover the mouse cursor over the beginning and/or end of the track's blue rectangle until the icon changes to a double-headed arrow, then click and drag to the desired position.
    • If you want to keep the original audio and play the inserted audio in the background, click the icon of settings sliders and lower the mix level.

  13. 13

    Click the Save button. It's the blue button at the top-right corner of the page. This saves your audio changes to the video file and publishes them on YouTube.

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Add New Question

  • Question

    How do I add multiple songs to YouTube videos?

    Community Answer

    After completing this process, save as new video. Then repeat the process. The first track will be embedded, and you can add more as long as you do them one at a time like this.

  • Question

    What if the video is longer than the song? How does one add more music?

    Community Answer

    If the duration of the music you chose is less than the length of your video, you can drag additional tracks to the "Drag audio here" box. If the track is longer, however, YouTube will trim it to match your video.

  • Question

    Is it possible to add background music to a video that already has audio in it?

    Community Answer

    Yes. You can just alter the saturation. You can take it all the way to the left and make it so the audio already you add to the recording is louder than the background music.

  • Question

    If I save a copy of the original video, which one do I have to edit to add multiple music?

    Community Answer

    Use the copied one.

  • Question

    How do I move music when adding it to YouTube videos?

    Community Answer

    Go to your Video Manager page and click the arrow next to Edit on the video you'd like to edit. In the drop-down menu, click Audio. Click the Add or Replace audio tab below the video player. Select a track by clicking Add to video and preview your video with the music track added.

  • Question

    Do I need permission to use other people's published music in a YouTube video?

    Community Answer

    Yes.You do need permission as you can get copyright strikes for using other people's content without permission first.

  • Question

    What if I don't find a music that suits me in the list? Can I upload my own music?

    Community Answer

    Yes you can, but you need permission from the artist first or to have actually made that music yourself. Otherwise, YouTube provides music you can't get a copyright strike for.

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  • YouTube's list of music that you can use is copyright-free, meaning that you can use it on any video without fear of copyright strike or having your video taken down.

  • Do not add any commercial music to your video using the video editing software before uploading on YouTube. Your video will have its audio muted, and YouTube may even remove the video.

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To add royalty-free music to your YouTube video, start by logging in to YouTube.com on your computer. Click the video camera icon in the top right corner of the screen and select ''Upload videos''. Drag your video file to the window, or click ''SELECT FILES'' to choose one from your file manager. Follow the on-screen instructions to get your video ready to publish, and then click ''Close'' when you're finished. Once the video is fully processed, navigate to the "Videos" page using the sidebar on the left. Click the video's thumbnail image, and then the ''Editor'' menu. Below the video, click the plus (+) next to the music note to open YouTube's royalty-free audio library. When you find a song you like, click ''Add', and then drag it to the place you'd like it to start. You can crop the new audio track and adjust the volume if you'd like. When you're satisfied, click ''SAVE'' to update your video on YouTube.

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