Since you recorded a beautiful movie with your SLR, now you would like to share it on social networks favorites using your computer. In this new guide today, entitled "How to upload Instagram videos from PC“, We will reveal some solutions to be able to do it on the well-known social platform dedicated to photographers and not.
How to upload a video to Instagram from your PC with the Windows 10 app
If you have a computer equipped with the operating system of Microsoft, then you can take advantage of the Instagram available for download from the Microsoft Store.
Let's find out together how to make the most of it:
- Proceed with the download of the software through the dedicated web page and start it once the installation is complete.
- Once this is done, press on the item Log in present at the bottom of the window that appears and log in to your account by entering the correct credentials.
- Successfully logged in to yours Instagram profile, you can upload a video to the Stories by first pressing onlittle man at the bottom right and then tapping on yours profile picture. Unfortunately, at least for the moment, theapp for Windows 10 it does not allow you to upload a video recorded within the profile.
- Once access to the camera and microphone, use the proposed functions to record a video in real time or take it from thePhoto app Windows 10 by pressing ongallery icon at the bottom left and choosing the content in question.
- Once the recorded clip has been selected, you can proceed with loading by first pressing on Send to and then The tua storia.
How to upload a video to Instagram from PC via emulator
If you have a PC Windows with an older version or have a Mac, then we suggest you use a emulator Android. On the square you can find several very efficient solutions that allow you to bring the popular mobile operating system of Google on your computer in order to download and install the available applications. So, you can take advantage of this procedure to use the Instagram per Android on your machine and upload your favorite videos as if you were in front of your smartphone or tablet.
First we suggest you read our dedicated guide in order to find the best Android emulator I adopt for your needs. Once the download and subsequent initial setup have been completed successfully, proceed with the download of the Instagram through Google Play Store.
Once this is done, open the software, log in to your account by entering the required credentials and press the appropriate button to log in. Via the main screen of the popular photographic social network, press the + present in the bar at the bottom and then select the video via the card Gallery. At this point, all you have to do is follow the guidelines to post on Instagram your favorite movie.
How to upload a video to Instagram from your PC via Hootsuite
The last solution that we recommend you use to post videos on Instagram from your computer is called Hootsuite. This is an Internet site that allows you to manage all social networks in one place and perform many other operations, including the ability to schedule posts.
That said, let's find out together how to take advantage of the online service for publish videos from your PC. Here are the steps:
- Open the default browser on your computer (eg. Chrome, Firefox, Safari o Edge), connect to the website of Hootsuite and click Log in if you already have a platform account or on SUBSCRIBE to create one. In the first case, fill in the fields Email e Password and press on Log in. Alternatively, you can log into the platform using your Twitter, Facebook o Google. In the second, instead, filled in fields Name and surname, Email address e Password and press on Create my account.
- At this point, through the main screen, press on thelittle man at the top right (or on your profile photo if you have one set) and choose Manage Social Networks give the menu to compare.
- In the next step, locate the section Private social networks and press the button + Private social network to proceed with adding Instagram.
- Through the window Add Network, press on Instagram and then click on the button Connect to Instagram.
- From the new window that appears, fill in the fields Phone number, username or email e Password with your account details and click on Log in per effettuare l'accesso.
- On the next screen, tap on I don't want to post directly if you don't want to publish the movie directly on Instagram but by acting manually at a later time from the smartphone or choose Authenticate with Facebook to share it right away. Please note that this message appears only if you have a company (or public) profile.
- After pressing on Finished, your profile Instagram it will be automatically added to Hootsuite and now you are ready to publish a video from your computer.
- To proceed, press the green button New post located at the top right and then press on the drop-down menu Select a social networks… (present under a Post to) and select the Instagram profile.
- In the next step, enter your preferred message in the text field Insert text and link ... and then drag the video to upload to the area Drop files here or select a file to upload or press on select file to upload to get it from your computer using File Explorer o Finder.
- Before proceeding with publication or programming, you can also insert the position . Inserisci and Apply after searching for the place via the field Search for a location ....
- Now, check the preview using the right pane and, if that's all OK, click on Publish now if you want to immediately publish the movie on yours Instagram profile or Schedule for later if you want to schedule the publication by choosing the day and time via the calendar and the 3 dedicated drop-down menus and then pressing on Finished.
As an alternative to Hootsuite, we advise you to take advantage of 3 platforms that work in a very similar way and that always allow you to publish videos on Instagram from computer: AgoraPulse, SocialPilot and Buffer.