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How to Add Music to YouTube Videos
February 20, 2012 | 
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YouTube and Google Video are two of the popular websites for video sharing, but there are also a slew of other sites where users can upload videos they create or videos they want to share, such as Metacafe and DailyMotion. Now, how do you go about adding music to the videos you upload to these sites? Read on to learn how you can do this in just several simple steps.
There is a plethora of software out there that can be used to add music to videos, such as Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro. But of course, not all users can afford to purchase programs like these, especially as they are geared more toward the professional user. But the regular or casual user need not despair! The good news is that there is a very useful tool that comes free with Windows, with no additional software purchases needed. Windows Movie Maker is a simple video editing application that is installed by default on Windows machines. This tool makes adding music and editing videos a breeze. Just run it and you’re good to go!
So how exactly do you add music to a video clip? It’s actually pretty simple. Here’s a guide to help you get started with adding music to your videos.
1. Run Windows Movie Maker, and open a new project.
2. Click File, and then Import into Collections (alternatively, just press “Ctrl+I”) to import the media files (videos, music, images).
3. Once the files are imported, you simply drag them onto the timeline utilized by Movie Maker (at the bottom part of the window).
* Using the timeline, users can conveniently add visual effects (such as fade-in effects) to the video, which is located on the “Video” bar.
* To add music to the current video, simple drag the appropriate music file to the “Audio/Music” bar. Using the timeline allows the user to adjust when the music will start, or synchronize it with video. You can also set the music fade in or fade out, in addition to setting volume levels (in case you want it to play more in the background)
* Users also have the option to add narration to the video, if they have a microphone connected to their system.
4. Once the music has been added, you simply save the project (usually as a new video file) in the format of your choosing.
* YouTube works with a lot of video formats, and some of the most common are .AVI files (which might be the same file type as your source video), although YouTube allows users to upload other popular video file types, such as .WMV, .MOV, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, and .OGG files.
5. Once you have saved the project, you are now ready to upload your new video, with your own choice of music, to the video sharing site of your choice!
Adding music to your YouTube videos and videos for other sites is actually a whole lot simpler than you used to think. With a simple and easy-to-use tool, any Windows user can easily add music to their videos.
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Music Download Scams – How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off
Have you ever tried to download music from the Internet? Where do you go? A logical starting place is to type in “download music” at a major search engine. The search results you would see include a number of well known music services like Apple iTunes, Rhapsody, and Yahoo! Music Unlimited. But a majority of the sponsored links scream to you with messages like “99 Billion Songs”, “Free”, and “No Download Fees”. Sounds pretty enticing? But, is it too good to be true? Read on to find out.
When you click on one of these sponsored links you will be taken to a very professional looking site. For this article we’ll call the site The home page again reiterates the messages “Free!”, “No monthly fees” and “No per song fees”, along with promises of a very large library of songs; 12 million, 99 million or even 99 billion. Just “click here to download”.
If you decide to proceed, you are asked to enter your name and email address. If there is a privacy policy or terms of service link available at this point, it often provides some interesting reading. Common provisions include: is a direct marketer that delivers email messages to its subscribers. All information voluntarily provided to by a registrant may be used to support our marketing partner’s data services business.” This is the first red flag that this web site may not be what it first appears to be.
If you still decide to proceed further and volunteer your email address, you get another surprise on the next page: This free service requires a $34.95 membership fee for unlimited access. Or you can pay $1.37 per month for 2 years access. Hmm, this is an odd definition of free. But it’s not unusual that “free” things often have a small fee associated with them, and $35 is a reasonable price to pay for unlimited access to music. And since you are paying a fee, it must be a legitimate service, right?
You have already given up your sacred email address, so what’s another screen with your address and credit card information? You proceed. After successfully completing the transaction you finally gain access to the secret member’s area. Here you will find links to software that you need to install on your computer in order to start downloading music. Commonly linked to software include LimeWire, and various versions of Kaaza and Gnutella.
But wait a minute! Are these not all freeware, peer-to-peer type applications? Indeed they are. And all the music files that you thought were provided by MusicScamSite.com are in actuality coming from your peers – users of the same peer-to-peer software.
Now you start to feel scammed. Isn’t this illegal? While most people would probably agree that it is unethical to charge money for something that is otherwise available for free, it is probably not illegal. And besides, when you read the fine print of the terms of service you will notice that “the fee assessed by MusicScamSite.com entitles you to access the location, evaluation, and or recommendation of software products available from the web site and for the installation and technical support provided. All software recommendations refer to software that is available without charge to individuals at large for specific purposes.” In other words, you are not paying for the software, just their recommendation of the software and their technical support.
But isn’t it illegal to download music from peer-to-peer networks? Again the fine print absolves MusicScamSite.com from any responsibility: “Original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain intellectual compositions are protected by copyright law. Purchasing a membership in MusicScamSite.com does not give you license to download or upload copyright material. MusicScamSite.com implores you to respect copyright laws and share responsibly.”
Forget The Illegal Stuff – Download Legal Free Music For Ipod Today
If you want to download music for your Ipod, the legal free music is definitely the way to go. Almost everyone I know has an Ipod, and quite a few of them spend hours looking for things on shady P2P sites, and a few of them have even gotten viruses. I’ve told them time and again about the free legal music download sites but they won’t listen. Will you?
The benefits of free legal music downloads-1 The main benefit of these legal download sites for your Ipod is that they are legal-you don’t have to worry about getting any scary letters from the government or record labels or whatever. That’s a big bonus in my book.
The benefits of free legal music downloads-2 Choice. When you are looking to download free legal music for Ipod, you can often get everything you need all in one place. Every song you’ve ever wanted, all under one easy to access roof. If you’ve ever downloaded from the illegal P2P sites, you’ll know how much the opposite can be true there. It’s very frustrating to have to search for all different descriptions etc in the hope that someone has uploaded the song you are looking for, especially if you don’t find it. This rarely happens with the legal sites as some of them have over 90 million files. That’s a lot of music!
The benefits of free legal music downloads-3 Speed-a lot of the trustworthy free sites will charge you an admin fee when you first join them. It’s a one off fee, and is put toward their upkeep costs for servers and customer service staff etc. This means they are able to offer download speeds that you can only dream of with most P2P sites. Once you are used to download speeds like that, downloading free music for Ipod the illegal way will seem so slow that it’s not worth bothering with.