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What you can send to What's The Song for music recognition: audio, voice messages, video, round video messages and documents, and what it refuses.
The bot works with anything that carries a sound track. These are accepted, in a private chat and, with a caption, in groups:
| You send | Accepted | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Audio file | yes | MP3 and any other format Telegram treats as audio. |
| Voice message | yes | A song playing in the background is recognized like a file. |
| Video | yes | The bot takes the audio track out of the video and recognizes that. |
| Round video message | yes | In a private chat. It has no caption, so it cannot be sent to the bot in a group. |
| Document | if it is audio or video | The type of the file decides, not its name. |
| Forwarded message with any of the above | yes | Forward it to the bot; there is no need to save the file first. |
What it refuses
- Photos, stickers and GIFs. The bot answers that the media type is not supported and asks you to send audio, video, a voice message or a video message.
- Playlist files (
.m3u,.m3u8). They look like audio to Telegram, but the bot refuses them. - Forwarded stories. Telegram does not pass a story's video to bots. The bot replies with a hint to save the video and send it as a file or a video.
Tips for better results
Recognition works from sound, so a clean, fairly long fragment gives the best chance. If the answer is "Recognition failed", send another fragment where the music is louder than speech or noise. See The track card.