‎Add Music from TikTok’s Music Library to Videos and Photos

Add Music from TikTok’s Music Library to Videos and Photos

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Overview

Adding music to your TikTok videos or photos is one of the key ways to make them engaging and trending. TikTok provides a range of tools to help you find the perfect song and customize it to match your video or photo.

In this article, we will give you a walkthrugh of how to add music from TikTok’s Music Library (Commercial Music Library, CML) to safely add licensed music to videos or photos in Sprinklr Quick Publish or Full Screen Publisher via the Media section, without copyright concerns. Key capabilities include:

Configure track properties such as duration, start time, volume, country, and genre.
Clip or drag the selected song to choose the exact segment for your video or photo post.
Video/audio behavior: If the video is longer than the song, the audio will play fully and stop - it will not loop automatically.
Play and pause controls allow precise previewing of the video with the chosen audio.

Steps to Add Music to TikTok Video or Photo

Step 1: Navigate to Publish Screen

Click the New Tab icon . Under the Sprinklr Social tab, click Quick Publish within Engage.

Step 2: Add Photo or Video

On the Create Post window, select your TikTok Business account where you want to publish. You can also use Advanced Search to narrow your searches by a series of different filters.

Enter the content for the post in the Caption box.

You can also add Custom Links, Content Placeholders, Links, previously created Text Templates or YouTube Videos to the post by clicking the Insert icon in the bottom left corner of the Caption box.
Note: Line break in the caption is not supported.
At the bottom right corner of the Caption box, you will see a number representing the number of characters remaining for the caption.
Note: Characters Limit in Video Caption - 2000 characters
@-mention Character Limit in Video Caption - 30 characters
Click the Emoji Picker icon from the Caption box to open the emoji menu. Use the icons at the top to browse categories, or search the emoji. Click your chosen emoji and it will be added to your message.

In the Caption box, along with the content, you can also include hashtags. To help you, TikTok provides hashtag recommendations for video posts(along with the number of views) based on the keywords you enter in the video caption.

Click Photo or Video to add a video or photo from the Media Uploader screen.

Step 3: Add Music to the Video or Photo through TikTok's CML

Once you upload the photo or video, you will see an option to select audio for your post in the Song Selection box.
Choose Country, Time period, Genre and Audio, where:
Country: lets you select the country whose trending songs you want to explore.
Time Period: Select a time period from the dropdown menu to see when the music was popular.
Genre: Pick your preferred genre, or leave it open if you want to see all options.
Audio: Select the audio of your choice to add to the photo/video.

For example, you might want to see all trending songs in the United States from the last week, without filtering by genre.

Step 4: Song Selection and Preview

After selecting the song and making all your prefered modifications, you can:

Play/Pause the song to see if it fits your video.
Choose the portion of the song you want to include. TikTok allows you to trim and select specific segments.
Adjust Video Volume – Use the up and down buttons under the section Sound Volume to adjust the volume of the selected video.

These features give you full control over how the music complements your content.

Step 5: Finalize Your Music Choice and Publish

Once you’ve found the right track and made all adjustments, the song is ready to accompany your video.
Now, select a Campaign, and proceed with any other edits, and finally publish your content.
Click Post in the bottom right corner to publish the post on the selected TikTok Business account immediately. If you are not ready to publish and want to save your post as a draft, click Save as Draft.
You can also schedule your post for a future date and time by clicking the Schedule Post in the bottom leftt corner. Select the month, date, and time of publishing. Click Apply to save your changes. Additionally, You can toggle on the Smart Scheduling box at the bottom of the Scheduler box.
To continue publishing the post, check the given Publish Another box at the bottom.