Many users of devices based on operating system Android are wondering - how quickly and simply can download music from Vkontakte to your mobile phone or tablet? Particularly relevant this question became after the administration of VK.com introduced new restrictions on listening to audio files from the pages of its social network.
Despite the fact that the number of tools with which you can download music tracks from VK has decreased, today there are still ways to do this.
Applications for downloading from VKontakte:
Unfortunately, one of the most popular applications for downloading songs from VK to Android, “VKontakte Music and Video,” does not work today. But there are several others on our site. Two of them are free, and for the other two you need (after a trial period) to pay a small amount of money (about 100 rubles).
– an unofficial modification of the VKontakte client, with the ability to download audio files from the pages of the social network of the same name. Allows you to download or cache almost all the music you can find on VK. There is a possibility of mass downloading. It works intermittently, but in principle it works.
– an audio player for Android that provides direct access to the VKontakte music database. Allows you to download music from VK and listen to it even when the Internet on the device is not available (offline). The only limitation is that you can only listen to tracks on this device.
– a powerful player that supports the installation of a special plugin for integrating VKontakte music sections. Allows you to download, cache and play offline almost any music from this social network. networks. After the 10-day testing period, you will need to pay.
– paid application to download audio and video from Vkontakte and many other sites (Mail.ru, YouTube, RuTube, Vevo, Vimeo...). Downloaded files are saved in the application archive. Among other things, it allows you to cut out advertisements when playing video and audio.
Online services for downloading from VKontakte:
In addition to applications, you can also use online services specially created for this to download music from a popular social network. They can be used from almost any browser. Advantage this method we can assume that to use them you do not need to install any applications or add-ons - just go to the desired site and use its functionality.
The social network VKontakte imposes certain restrictions on users when working with audio. The fact is that opposite the tracks there is only a virtual “Play” button. But the link where you can download the selected song for free is simply missing. And it doesn’t matter here whether you access the network via a PC or mobile device.
However, you can still bypass the ban on downloading audio. There are several ways:
- Use the official VK client and caching procedure.
- Download special software for Android that allows you to save your favorite song from a contact in a few clicks.
Let's consider each of the presented methods in more detail.
Loading via file caching
Let's consider a situation where you have a mobile device where you need to download a VK mp3 song, an installed VKontakte client program and access to the Internet. That is, you do not have any specific software like VK music. In this case, an operating system function such as caching comes to the rescue.
To download music from VK using this method you need:
After execution presets We look for music in VK that we want to have on our phone, and start listening to it. A gray line will now appear next to the line indicating the playback progress. It is she who will be responsible for caching the audio track. After this bar reaches the end, the song needs to be paused and the client program minimized.
Having downloaded an mp3 track from VKontakte in this way without additional software, we need to gain access to it. The required file will be located in the VKontakte -> cache -> audio directory. This folder is hidden. To access it, you will need to go to settings file manager available on your mobile device, enable the “Show hidden files and folders." 
The downloaded composition is saved from VKontakte on Android with a non-standard name (for example, 23445342134_34.part). All you have to do is rename it to your taste and after the period set the mp3 format. After this, you will be able to listen to the copied track through any audio player and even without access to the Internet.
Copying audio files from VKontakte to an Android device using the caching method is quite labor-intensive, so it is used only in extreme cases. It is much easier and faster to download music from VK using special software.
The most popular Android applications in this area are:
VK music
To download music from VK to Android via VK music you need to:
For saved music files, you can select any folder on both the internal and external external memory device It should be noted that this program allows you to copy from a social network not only 1 track, but also an entire playlist in contact for free, which is its important advantage.
VK Stream
VK Stream is another popular application for downloading music from VK. It works like this:
VKontakte music posted on your page will be displayed in the program interface in the My music section. From there you can also copy all the songs to your mobile gadget. The downloaded VK music will be located on the smartphone in the VKaudio folder.
The social network VKontakte is used not only as a means of communication between friends. A lot of people use it to listen to and store music. And it's really very convenient. VKontakte music is downloaded enough high quality. In addition, you yourself can add audio recordings from your computer to your playlist. Now we will try to learn how to search for music, as well as download music files directly from your hard drive.
How to add music to your playlist
We go to our page and click on the “Audio recordings” item:
On the “My Audio Recordings” tab we find the search line:
We write the artist or title of the song that we want to add. Place the mouse cursor over the found composition and click on the plus sign. This action means "Add to my audio recordings":
How to upload music to VK from a computer
To add a song to VKontakte from your computer, you need to click on the plus sign next to the “My ays...” tab:
A pop-up window appears with restrictions for downloaded music files. We read that the audio file must not violate any copyright or related rights, must not be larger than 200 MB, and must also be in MP3 format. If everything is so for you, then click on the “Select file” button:
We find the composition on the hard drive that we want to add and click on the “Open” button:
The file has been uploaded, you can listen to it not on your computer, but online from your page. If everything is in order, then we have completed our mission:
Editing audio recordings
Some parameters of added VKontakte audio files can be edited. To do this, just hover over the audio and click on the “pencil”, which means “Edit audio...”.
A window opens for editing music files, in which we can change both the artist and the title of the song. Let's try clicking on the "Advanced" button:
Now we can specify the genre and also enter the lyrics of the song. Don't forget to click on the "Save" button:
How to add music from your phone to Android
Now we will figure out how songs are added to a playlist with mobile application. Let's launch it. In the left menu, click on the notes icon, which means “Audio recordings”. Next, we need the “My Audio Recordings” tab and in the upper right corner, click on the “Search” icon to find the song we need.
Enter the artist or song title in the search bar:
Click on the found song, it starts playing and an audio player appears at the very bottom, click on the song thumbnail, as shown in the screenshot:
In the already loaded large player, click on the plus sign in the left corner. To add it to your playlist:
Many users are interested in how to download music from Vkontakte to Android phone and this is not surprising. Everyone knows that social network VKontakte unites millions of users who post a large number of media files on the network, namely music, videos and films. Therefore, you can find almost any song here.
To download music from vk.com you need to install two offers from Google play:
1. ES Explorer.
2. VKontakte.
Launch the VKontakte application, log in (enter your username and password) and get to your page. In the upper left corner, click on the icon with the letter “B”, a menu will open, go to “Audio recordings”. Select the melody you want to download.
The song will start playing at the bottom of the screen. Click on the name of the composition - it will expand to full screen. The song should load completely, this will be visible by the blue bar (see screenshot).
Now launch ES Explorer. Click on the menu icon in the upper left corner, then “Tools” and turn on “Show hidden files”.
Go to the memory card in the folder .vkontakte - cache - audio. Files of listened tunes will be stored here. The file name consists of many numbers.
Here it can be played with the built-in ES Media Player.
But in order to listen to music with other players, the file needs to be renamed and moved to another folder. Click on the file and hold for a few seconds. Check the box next to the file and click on the “Change name” icon. We add “.mp3” at the end, you can also change the name. If this is not done, this composition will be automatically deleted from your phone.
The methods described below do not work!
We will download music from Vkontakte using applications for Android phones. There are a large number of such applications, and you can download them on the Android Market, but we will look at the most popular ones:
Vk Music (Vk downloader)
Install the application. To do this you need to run Play Store, enter Vk Music in the search bar. Select and install the application. You can install Vk Music in another way. First download the application to your computer using the link above, and then download it to your phone and install it.
When you first launch the application, music from Vkontakte will already be available to you. You can search, download it to your phone, or add it to your page on vk.com.
Thanks to the “Vk Music” application, you can download music to your phone, but I encountered such a problem; I could not find the saved file anywhere on my phone.
By looking at the properties and going to specified path, the folder was empty. But there is a way out!
I will tell you in more detail how to download music from Vkontakte later, although there is nothing complicated here either.
Click on the icon in the upper right corner and select “Download UC Browser” from the drop-down menu. A browser will be installed from the Play Store, which will help us download music from vk.com.
Now everything is quite simple. You just need to click on the “Download to phone” button. and the file will be saved to the memory card. Music is saved to the device in the UCDownloads folder, for example I have cdcard/UCDownloads/. That's it.
And also, in order to download music from your page or add music to it, you need to enter your account login and password.
The application installation process is the same as in the previous cases.
After entering your login and password, all your compositions will be available, as well as friends’ music and search throughout Vkontakte.
How to download music from VKontakte using VK Music player VKontakte? There are two ways to go.
The first one, which is also the simplest, when playing a song in the upper right corner, click on the icon with a down arrow.
The second option will allow you to download several songs at once. To do this, you need to click on the track you like in the list of songs and hold it for a couple of seconds, after which it will be possible to select any number of songs or all at once. After selecting, click on the checkmark in the upper left corner and observe the download process.
The files are saved in the vkmusic folder on your device. Attention, the file extension is not mp3, but vkm. Therefore, the musical composition will have the name 13966966946761371602143.vkm. Playable by any player on Android.
Another application that allows you to download music from Vkontakte to your Android phone. What are the features here? The interface is simple, and at first glance it is not clear how to load a list and play a song, as well as how to download it. After launching the application, we see an almost black screen. Everything is found out at random; after spending a few minutes you can figure it out.
To have access to music, you must first log in, that is, log into your account. To do this, click on the icon in the upper right corner and select “Login” from the menu. Now you have access to your audio recordings, friends and all social network users, as the global search works.
As I already said, it’s difficult at first to figure out how to download a song to your device. But I figured it out and now I’ll share it with you.
To save a song, you need to click on it until the pop-up menu appears and select “Download”. That's it, a download status bar will appear under the song name. Our compositions are copied to the phone (memory card) in the Music folder. Song format mp3.
You can listen to music without downloading, but to do this you need to have constant access to the Internet.
Another feature of this application is a convenient bottom menu for managing songs and additional settings, where you can choose to display the start screen, configure music downloads, and select a player for playing songs.
I really liked it this application. Stylish design, multifunctional and simple menu, everything is clear, simple and accessible in one or two clicks.
Install the application on your phone from the Play Store (link at the beginning of the article). When you first start, you need to log in and you will immediately have access to all the music of your friends and groups.
To listen to music you just need to click on the name of the song. You can download it in two ways. Click on the icon at the bottom of the screen, or on the right opposite the composition on the icon and select “Download” in the menu that appears. Songs are saved to the memory card in the vkcom_audio folder, the loading process is visible opposite the song. You can play them directly from the program menu by clicking on the icon in the upper left corner and selecting “Downloaded music”.
I was pleased with the multifunctional menu with a large number settings. Next to the song itself, the song's playing time, bitrate, and volume in MB are displayed. When you click on the name of the song at the bottom of the screen, the text of the composition will be displayed (subject to playback via the Internet), another click on the text and it will be copied to the clipboard, that is, it can be pasted into any text file and save.
In my opinion this is the best free program, which allows you to download music from Vkontakte to your phone.
1. When listening to audio recordings in a contact, check the save box, in this case, when you do not have the Internet, you can open the contact and listen to this music. Naturally, music that you have not added to saved cannot be played without the Internet.
2. Now how to move music to the phone folder? For explanation we use ES conductor. Let's go into it. Press the button " quick access» on the left side of the screen. Select settings, then display settings. Check the box to show hidden files.
3. Return to Explorer and you will see a light blue folder called “.vkontakte”. Open it, go to the cache and audio folders one by one. In the final folder we see files in front of us with a question mark. These are your saved audio recordings. Select them and copy them.
4. Next, open the folder where you have all your music stored and click insert. It seemed like that was all, but no. These files will not just open. Select each file and rename it, not forgetting to add “.mp3” to the end of the name.
5. Now you can open these files using any player and enjoy your favorite music. This is how you can easily save music without resorting to specialized third-party programs!
