We could argue long before now that the only
place we could watch videos was on our televisions. How amazing that, centuries
ago, videos were not even in existence. Those blank moments of no videos
evolved to the moments when most people could only watch videos at the cinemas.
Things changed from those ‘Cinema moments’ to when a few people could afford a
colourless television.
Many more could afford the colourless, then the coloured
TV came, and the sights on those televisions became more beautiful. Cell phones
came, we got the opportunity to watch videos from those small phones; I guess
they looked so good until we started making use of android phones, computers,
tablets, and other amazing devices.
Social media is something we’ll ever be
thankful for’ even though some people have argued that it has done more harm
than good, we can’t deny that those goods have been super awesome.
Communication between colleagues and friends has been made easier through
these; you don’t have to be away from each other and one another before you
communicate easily. In another way, it has helped a lot of people deal with
boredom.
There are times you think you’ve done everything you should, but you
are still bored, social media comes to the rescue. There are a number of these
social media, and Instagram is an amazing one. If you’ve been privileged to use
Instagram, I’m sure you can testify to how amazing it is, and how great it
works.
Instagram started as a picture sharing
platform, where a user is allowed to follow as many people as he wants to, and
whoever desires, can also follow him in return. An Instagram user can share
pictures with all of his followers; they will get to see those pictures, as
long as they get logged into the platform. It evolved from sharing only
photographs to also sharing videos. So Instagram users didn’t only see some
pictures; they got to start watching short clip videos. Although it didn’t stop
at the short video clips, this was the most common until people got the
opportunity of posting on their Instagram stories.
It allows pictures and
videos to be uploaded. The videos can be uploaded in bits until the user has
finished uploading. It didn’t end there, the IGTV came! Does that sound
familiar? Instagram Television: This means a mini television appeared on
Instagram.
How long?
Very recently, the IGTV popped up, and many
people wondered what it was and how it looked like and its functions. Although
it’s called a television, there are limits to it. Unlike the usual TV that
works by having some discs played for hours or something, this is a bit
different.
The IGTV is an app on its own, even though it works with Instagram.
It allows its users to download the app, connect it to their Instagram
accounts, and start uploading videos for their followers to see. If it’s a TV,
then it means people should get to watch several videos, and long enough to be
enjoyed. But how long can these videos be?
IGTV has a minimum length video that can be
uploaded, so also does it have the maximum. There would be some explanations of
how long the IGTV should be. The IGTV has its minimum and maximum video length;
a user can upload a video for as long as it doesn’t exceed the maximum video
length. At this point, we should remember that there are different IG users.
There are some with verified accounts, people with several followers, and who
have gotten the blue tick on their pages - mostly celebrities and famous
business owners, public figures, etc. The other ones are the ones with the
unverified accounts; people who are yet to get the blue tick. The minimum and
maximum video length largely depend on these; that is users, with several
followers, are more likely to get the opportunity to upload lengthy videos more
than the others.
As a regular user, you can upload a video up
to 650MB in size; that’s usually between 15 seconds and 10 minutes long. The
users with larger accounts and the ones with the verified accounts can upload
videos up to 5.4GB in size, from 15 seconds to 60 minutes. Maybe you’re wondering
why some people have the opportunity to upload more than some others.
The IGTV,
built for content creators, and this way, they can fully utilize the IGTV
functionalities for filming and broadcasting from their mobile devices. There
is no way these people are going to do anything with 10 minutes this way, which
is why they have been opportune to get longer minutes.
As it is, the video length for regular users,
15 seconds to 10 minutes, while the verified accounts, and people with larger
accounts, 15 seconds to 60 minutes. However, the people who have been opportune
to have 60 minutes of a video posted on their IGTVs can do so using the
desktop. So it doesn’t matter whether you have a verified account or not; if
you must upload more than a 10 minutes video on your IGTV, you should do it
using a desktop.
Conclusion
Several people have found the use of Instagram
and its IGTV app interesting; they have more opportunities to watch videos, as
it serves just like YouTube; the only difference is that YouTube accommodates
longer videos than the IGTV. However, if you still feel the need to upload more
than a 10 minutes video as a regular Instagram user, you’re not restricted.
You
can take the pain of uploading your videos in bits just like you upload them in
your Instagram story. This time, you can upload a video of 50 minutes 5 times,
splitting it into 10 minutes each.
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