As far as I know Instagram allows you to add music from Spotify by sharing it and putting it in your story. Have you tried, after starting the live video or the recording a story on Instagram, to start the music again after it stops (pull down to do that from the Cover Sheet or swipe up to do that from the Control Center)?

'I'm working on a video project and I want to add some background music. I've already found the music I like on Spotify, but sadly I can't download it? I really want the music for my project. Is there anything I can do?'

Those who have the same problem have come to the right place. We obviously are impressed and satisfied with Spotify's music collection, classical, jazz, blue key, and hip-hop. You name it. Thus it is natural that we would like to borrow music from Spotify. But unfortunately the songs are OGG Vorbis format protected by DRM so direct download of the songs are impossible and even we have download successful, those songs need to be transformed to other format supported by the editing program. How to deal with it? Reading this post now!

Part 1. Convert Spotify Music with TuneFab Spotify Music Converter

So it becomes clear to you that you have to convert the Spotify music into a popular music format before you do whatever you want with the music, like adding to a video. One of the best Spotify music converter you can find from the Internet is TuneFab Spotify Music Converter, which not only allows you to convert the songs, but also captures ID3 information for your later organization. What's more, the conversion process will have no negative impact on the music quality.

Knowing the benefits you can get from it, you may want to know how it work. Reading the following part to grasp the idea.

Step 1. Start TuneFab Spotify Music Converter

Click on the button above to download the tool and try the free trial version, which has a time limit for up to 30 days. After installation, open it on your computer and Spotify will be activated automatically.

Step 2. Upload Spotify Music

Go to Spotify and search for the song you need to add to your video project, drag and drop on the TuneFab Spotify Music Converter interface.

Step 3. Adjust Output File

If you want a different location for the output, go to 'Options' > 'General', you can alter the output file destination here.

Next go to 'Advanced' window, you are free to adjust format, sample rate and bitrate of the converted music. MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC are the common formats we provide for your music.

Step 4. Click 'Convert' Button

Once you finish all the above steps, conversion process will start as soon as you click 'Convert' button.

Now the conversion part is done meaning you have music files of common format that can be detected by the video editing app, you are free to upload the file to the app and combine it as background music.

Part 2. 5 Best Video Editors for Video

In case you don't have any handy video-editing program, here we list a few of them which receives a lot of positive comments.

1. iMovie

You can use it to add titles, music, voiceovers and photos to your work of art and if you want several clips merged together, and take your pick from a bunch of TV-style templates and movie trailer themes. With the latest Apple kit, it'll even deal with 4K. It is exclusive to Apple device and you can download it both on your Mac PC and your phone.

2. PowerDirector

Offering a clear preview interface, PowerDirector can be used to arrange clips, add titles, and combine background music. You can get a decent set of transitions to experiment with and get rid of watermark through this software. It only work on PC.

3. Pinnacle Studio

iMovie is good enough for the newcomer, but if you want to take your video to next level, you can try Pinnacle Studio. Now it is both available on phone and PC, you can get plenty of control over speed, transitions, picture-in-picture, pan-and-zoom, audio edits, and titles.

4. HitFilm 3 Express

HitFilm 3 Express is without any doubt is the best free video editing software on the market. In addition to the basic editings, you can create GIF, add 3D effect or import some special effect. More than 100 special effects are available.

5. Lightworks

Now with the release of Lightworks v14.0 it has created the complete video creative package so everyone can make video that stands out from the crowd. Whether you need to make video for social media YouTube or for a 4K film project, Lightworks makes it all possible!

Equipped with excellent app for editing and a nice Spotify music converter, you can start your video project and polish it as perfectly as possible making it one of your best work. But remember first, use TuneFab Spotify Music Converter to decode the music files.

If you think it is great, recommend it to your friends who is also troubled with the DRM issue like you do.

When making a video slideshow, great BGM will always bring a sparkle to it. And when it comes to the most renowned provider of the hottest BGM, Spotify definitely deserves the name. However, since Spotify songs are licensed for use within the application only, it's impossible to add music directly from Spotify to video editors like iMovie or ShortCut for further editing. That's why we can see people keep posting questions like 'how to add music from Spotify to a video clip' through Spotify communities.

Although Spotify songs cannot be played outside of the app, you still get good chances to use Spotify music in video. All you need is to free Spotify songs from DRM mechanism, the technology adopted by Spotify to limit the use of its streaming music tracks.

In other words, to make Spotify songs editable with video editors and add the music to video as background music, DRM removal software for Spotify could be the key to solve the problem. Here we'll introduce the most reliable Spotify DRM music converter, as well as the step-by-step guide to add Spotify songs to videos.

Part 1. Download and Save Spotify Songs Offline

Before you can remove DRM from Spotify and add the music to a video, you need to download the tracks onto your computer firstly. It's easy if you are using the premium plan of Spotify. But for free users, you can only stream the music online, unless you use a 3rd-party Spotify music downloader, like TunesKit Spotify Music Converter.

In addition to download Spotify songs for free accounts, this program also deletes the DRM lock from the music tracks. That's to say, you can download and convert Spotify songs all at one place. Once it's done, you'll be able to import the DRM-free Spotify tracks to any video editing software without limit.

• Download Spotify music offline for both free and premium accounts
• Convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B
• Keep 100% original audio quality and all ID3 tags
• Conversion speed reaches 5X faster
• Organize converted songs by albums and artists

Step 1Drag Spotify songs to TunesKit Spotify Converter

After launching TunesKit Spotify Music Converter, wait till the Spotify app is completely loaded. Then login your Spotify account and browse the store to locate the songs you want to add into video and then drag the URLs of the tracks or albums into TunesKit main window.

Step 2Choose output format as MP3

Once the tracks are imported into the program, simply move to the menu bar and select 'Preferences'. There you can set output format, audio channel, codec, bit rate and sample rate flexibly. In order to make the music files recognizable by most video editors, you are highly suggested to select MP3 as output format.

Step 3Download and convert Spotify songs

Now you can initiate the conversion process by clicking the 'Convert' button of TunesKit Spotify Music Converter. Then it will begin to remove DRM and convert the Spotify songs to DRM-free MP3 as expected. After the conversion, you can find the converted music files from the history folder.

Part 2. Add Music from Spotify to Video as BGM

Till now, you're about halfway done. The rest job is to add the downloaded Spotify tracks into video editor for editing. There are many video editing software you can choose. Among them, iMovie is the most popular one for both video engineers and beginners. Here we'll take iMovie as an example to show you how to add music to a video from Spotify with ease.

Step 1Add converted Spotify songs to iTunes

First of all, you need to create a new playlist in your iTunes library and import the Spotify music files into it.

Step 2Add the music track to iMovie

Open iMovie on your Mac. Go to the top menu bar and click 'Audio' button. In the sidebar, select 'iTunes' to load the specific Spotify track you want and add it to iMovie.

Step 3Add the video file into iMovie

Browse to find the video project you need to edit and add it to iMovie. Then you can freely edit the video with the Spotify music BGM as you like.

For more details about iMovie video editing, visit: How to Add Spotify Music to iMovie.

Video Tutorial: How to Add Spotify Music to Video Project

Also, you can watch the following video guide to learn how to import music to a video from Spotify by using TunesKit Spotify Music Converter.

Conclusion and More Tips

Now you know how we can use TunesKit Spotify Music Converter to add Spotify music to video project, especially in iMovie. Plus, we've tested and written the guide for some other video editors in case what you're using is not iMovie. These include Camtasia, Adobe Premiere Pro, Inshot, Lightworks, Shotcut, VSDC Free Video Editor, etc. If you're using one of them, you can read the following tutorials to import Spotify music.

• * How to Add Spotify Music to Camtasia
• * How to Import Spotify Music into Premiere Pro
• * Can You Use Spotify Music in Adobe Premiere Elements
• * How to Import Spotify Music to InShot
• * How to Add Spotify Music to Lightworks
• * Method to Add Spotify Music to Shotcut
• * Play Spotify Music on VSDC Free Video Editor

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Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of TunesKit who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.