How to Solve Can't Post MP4 Video to Instagram?

MP4 to Instagram Converter - Convert MP4 to Instagram Supported Video Formats

Instagram is a good platform which shortens distances between people. For example, a mother can upload their kid videos to Instagram and share them to a farther who lives away from the kids due to work; a teenager can upload and share the interesting things around him to his parents who do not live together with their parents; anyone can upload the interesting things to Instagram for sharing to any stranger. However, a problem happens when these users try to upload MP4 videos to Instagram, that is, sometimes they failed to upload MP4 files to Instagram. Why users failed to upload MP4 to Instagram and how to successfully upload any MP4 to Instagram. Read on the following article to find the solution.

Why Users Failed to Upload MP4 to Instagram?

From Instagram website, we can know that Instagram normally supports to upload MP4 files, but with many limitations: Instagram only supports MP4 with H.264 codec, with resolution under 1080p, with video length from 3 seconds to 60 seconds. Also the MP4 file is not supported to upload to Instagram via a desktop computer. However, in users daily life, many newly developed camcorders and mobiles support to record videos in MP4 format with 4K resolution or many downloaded MP4 videos are encoded with DivX, H.265, XviD, etc other than H.264 codec or the MP4 video file is longer than 60 seconds, any of which can cause the uploading MP4 to Instagram failure.

How to Successfully Upload Any MP4 to Instagram?

Avdshare Video Converter, as the most powerful MP4 to Instagram converter can easily solve not uploading MP4 to Instagram. Avdshare Video Converter can convert the MP4 file encoded with other codecs to MP4 H.264, can convert the MP4 with 4K, 8K resolution to Instagram supported resolution, can split the MP4 longer than 60 seconds into many video clips which are between 3 seconds and 60 seconds. Besides, Avdshare Video Converter can also support to convert any unsupported video format to Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, PSP, iPhone, Zune, etc. Avdshare Video Converter also enables to convert any video format to another one.

Guide on Converting MP4 to Instagram

Follow the guide below to convert the unsupported MP4 to Instagram supported MP4.

Make Preparation: Free download MP4 to Instagram Converter

Free download the professional MP4 to Instagram Converter - Avdshare Video Converter (for Windows, for Mac), install and then launch it.

Step 1 Upload MP4 file

Click the "Add file" button to easily import the unsupported MP4 to this MP4 to Instagram converter. Users can also drag and drop the unsupported MP4 to this MP4 to Instagram converter.

Step 2 Targeted output format setting

Choose MP4 H.264 as your output format by clicking "Profile" button > "General Video" category.

If you want to cut the big MP4 file, click the Split button to do that.

If you want to change MP4 resolution, click "Setting…" button>"Advanced" panel>Video Size where you can change your 4K MP4 to 1080P MP4

Step 3 Start the conversion

Click the "Convert" button to complete the unsupported video format to Instagram supported MP4.