How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone?

Instagram is the most popular photo and video sharing App worldwide. You can share your life updates, happy moments, and proud moments with your followers, who are loved once using the Instagram App. You may often see that your uploaded videos get blurred or not high quality. This happens because of the incorrectly uploaded video and video uploading algorithm decided by Instagram. In his guide, we will learn the proper video uploading steps, and we will try to understand the video uploading algorithm set by the App. We will see the step-by-step procedure on How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone.

Why does my uploaded video gets blurred, or quality is reduced?

There are mainly two reasons which affect the quality of the video.

1. Incorrect Video Resolution, Format – The format and resolution of the video you are uploading must be known and should be followed to get HD video quality of Instagram Video. The less-resolution video, such as 720P, 480P will be upscaled by Instagram to 1080P, which will result in blurry video. Also, the non-common video formats will be converted to common(MP4, MOV), resulting in reduced video quality.
2. Incorrect Video Aspect Ratio – The video uploaded in a higher aspect ratio will be cropped to the appropriate aspect ratio resulting in the distorted video.

How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone? 2 Proven Methods –

Now that we know the culprit of the low-resolution video showing on our wall, we will try to fix the issue and get the best possible video posts before and after the upload.

Method 1 – How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone by enabling “High-Quality Uploads” option on the App

There are hidden settings available in the App itself, which can increase upload quality.

1. Open the App and tap on your DP at the bottom.
2. Then tap on the menu icon and select the “Settings” option.
   
3. Now, tap on the Account option from the list.
   
4. On the new screen, select the “Cellular Data Usage” option.
   
5. Now, turn on the toggle to enable “High-quality” uploads and high-resolution media to Cellular and Wifi mode.

Now, your uploaded videos will be much better than before.

Are you still facing the same issue? Let’s learn how Instagram treats your video and how to make a proper video for Instagram.

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Method 2 – How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone by creating proper video for Instagram

Instagram App has some limitations on the resolution, aspect ratio, and the format of the video you will upload on Instagram. Anything not falling in line or under-sized/over resized will be converted into the correct numbers, which results in the distorted, blurry not so good video.

Here are accepted Video characteristics accepted by Instagram – 

1. Video Format – MP4, MOV
2. Maximum video width- 1080 px
3. Preferred Direction – Vertical
4. Aspect Ratio – 9:16 OR 4:5 try which suits you better.
5. Frame Rate (FPS) – 30 FPS

What are the best Instagram Video Dimensions and Size?

Instagram says, “When you share a photo that has a width between 320 and 1080 pixels, we keep that photo at its original resolution as long as the photo’s aspect ratio is between 1.91:1 and 4:5 (a height between 566 and 1350 pixels with a width of 1080 pixels). If the aspect ratio of your photo isn’t supported, it will be cropped to fit a supported ratio. If you share a photo at a lower resolution, we enlarge it to a width of 320 pixels. If you share a photo at a higher resolution, we size it down to a width of 1080 pixels.”

We ran some experiments that fall with Instagram guidelines and concluded that the best video dimension for Instagram is 864px by 1080px. The aspect ratio comes out to be 4:5. I know this is not a standard aspect ratio, but you can edit your video in the apps to achieve this aspect ratio.

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Don’t want to edit the videos to fit for Instagram? here’s the workaround –

We also found that the videos captured and uploaded from iOS devices do not reduce the quality and give the best engagement even to photos. If you don’t want to invest your time editing video to suit allowable dimensions, you can use iPhone or iPad to get the best results.

Summary –

In this article, we have seen two methods on How to upload HD video to Instagram from phone. If you have any doubts/queries regarding the information provided in this article, write to us in the comment section below.