Why are there no songs on VKontakte? Problems with Flash Player. Disabling turbo mode

One of the most popular domestic social networks is VKontakte. On this service users come not only to chat, but also to listen to music or watch videos. But, unfortunately, there are cases when multimedia content is not played for certain reasons. Let's find out why VKontakte music doesn't play in Opera, and how it can be fixed.

One of the common reasons why music does not play in the browser, including social network VKontakte, there are hardware problems in the operation of components system unit, and a connected headset (speakers, headphones, sound card, etc.); Incorrect sound playback settings operating system, or damage to it due to negative influences (viruses, power outages, etc.).

In such cases, the music will stop playing not only in the Opera browser, but also in all other web browsers and audio players.

Variants of hardware and systemic problems there may be many, and the solution to each of them is a topic for a separate discussion.

General browser problems

Problems with playing music on the VKontakte website may be caused by problems or incorrect settings Opera browser. In this case, the sound will be played on other browsers, but in Opera it will not be played not only on the VKontaket website, but also on other web resources.

There may also be several reasons for this problem. The most commonplace of them is turning off the sound due to negligence by the user himself in a browser tab. This problem can be resolved quite easily. Just click on the speaker icon shown on the tab if it is crossed out.

Another one probable cause the impossibility of playing music in Opera is muting the sound of this browser in the mixer. Solving this problem will not be difficult either. You need to click on the speaker icon in the system tray in order to go to the mixer, and there you can turn on the sound for Opera.

No sound in the browser can also be caused by a full Opera cache, or corruption of the program files. In this case, you need to clear the cache accordingly, or reinstall the browser.

Disabling Opera Turbo

All the problems described above were common for audio playback in Windows system in general, or in Opera browser. The main reason why music in Opera will not be played on the VKontakte social network, but, at the same time, will be played on most other sites, is the included Opera mode Turbo. When this mode is enabled, all data is passed through remote server The opera on which they are compressed. This negatively affects music playback in Opera.

To disable the mode Opera Turbo, go to the main menu of the browser by clicking on its logo in the upper left corner of the window, and in the list that appears, select the “Opera Turbo” item.

Adding a site to the Flash Player exclusion list

IN Opera settings there is a separate block for controlling the operation of the plugin Flash Player, through which we will slightly edit the work specifically for the VKontakte site.

As you can see, problems with playing music in the Opera browser on the VKontakte website can be caused by very big amount reasons. Some of them are common to the computer and browser, while others are solely a consequence of Opera’s interaction with this social network. Naturally, each problem has a separate solution.

On the VKontakte social network, the “Music” section is one of the most visited. Therefore, let's figure out what to do if all or individual tracks stop playing. First of all, let's check the sound and the compositions themselves. The volume is turned up to maximum, the music was not removed at the request of the copyright holder, but there is no result? The reasons why music does not play on VKontakte on Android may be the following:

Problems from VK

VKontakte is the largest Russian social network with an extensive infrastructure. Its servers located in different countries world, like any other devices, from time to time they need repair, preventive maintenance, and adjustment. And it happens that developers make mistakes when they introduce next updates into your product, and then the music also becomes inaccessible.

Solution to the problem:

Play audio recordings on another page. For example, compositions from any community or a friend’s playlist. If sound appears there, it means there are problems on the part of the social network, and you can only wait for them to be fixed. If your music isn't playing anywhere, try the other solutions below.

Internet problems

If you suddenly stop playing musical compositions, check the speed incoming internet connections. To play multimedia content, it must be fast and stable. If this is not the case, the sound will be interrupted, jerky, or absent altogether.

Solution to the problem:

Measure the speed of your incoming Internet connection using the appropriate service, for example, “Yandex Internet Meter”. If it is less than 1-2 Mbit/s, it’s time to contact your provider or try connecting to another network. If you want to listen to music right now, and others wi-fi points are not available, try playing the song and pausing it immediately. Wait until loading finishes (for a track 2-5 minutes long, a couple of minutes is usually enough), and you can turn it on.

Flash Player conflict

Over the past few years, major players in the Internet market have been gradually abandoning Flash Player in favor of advanced HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly standards. By 2020, it is planned to completely abandon support for this technology, incl. and the development company. Therefore, on many sites, Flash-based files do not work correctly or do not work at all. This mainly applies to videos and applications. However, even with music content cases of such problems are known.

Solution to the problem:

If you cannot launch certain songs in VK due to problems with Flash Player, best option solution to the problem is to delete these tracks, replacing them with similar ones from search results social network. To do this:

Open the VK website or application and go to the “My Music” section.
In the list of songs, find the problematic track and click on the icon in the form of a vertical row of 3 dots located opposite it.
In the menu that appears, select “Remove from my music.”

We drive into search bar full or partial name of the composition.
We find a suitable one in the proposed list, check it for functionality, click on the “three dots”.
In the menu that appears, select “Add to my music.”

Another option is to update Flash Player. To do this, open the “Security” section in “Settings” and check the box next to the item that allows installation of applications from unknown sources.

The next step is downloading the program. Go to the Adobe website and look for the player version for yours Android versions. When the apk file is downloaded, open it and install it like any other application. However, please note that even after updating there is no guarantee that Flash player will work as it should. Every day more and more sites and online market participants are abandoning this technology. And the lack of support from the developer makes it vulnerable to crackers and other attackers. That's why, this method You use at your own risk.

Browser/application crash

The problem may also be caused by the browser (or application) through which you access the social network. Maybe, installed version the program is damaged (say, due to viruses) or is outdated, and therefore cannot execute user-specified commands (in in this case– music playback).

Solution:

Opening system settings phone (usually the icon is depicted as a gear) and look for the “Applications” section there.

On the list installed programs Click on the browser or “VKontakte”.
In the window that opens, click “Clear cache”, “Erase data” and “Delete” in sequence.

Let's go to Play Market and reinstall the application. Let's start the music.

If you can't find the download page, open the "My apps and games" section in the Play Market and go to the "Library" tab. The application you are looking for can be installed from there.

Low memory

If the device's physical or RAM memory is full, it will begin to noticeably slow down. This is also a fairly common reason why music on VKontakte does not play on Android. Therefore, if you encounter similar symptoms, it’s time to unload the RAM and clear the cache.

Solution:

First of all, let's free RAM. Let's use the default cleaning program (usually the label shows a broom, a basket or something similar) or any one offered by the Play Market for the queries: “Memory optimization”, “Memory cleaner”, etc.

If similar pre-installed applications no, but I don’t want to install something from the outside, stop applications running in background can be done manually. For this:

1. Go to “Settings” and open the “Applications” section.

2. Switch to the “Running” tab.

3. Click on the application that you want to disable, and in the window that opens, click “Stop”.

To delete temporary files loaded by the program, we do everything the same, only in step 3 we click on “Clear cache”.

Or, if you need to clean all at once system cache, alternately open the “Settings” and “Memory” sections.

In the list that appears, look for the “Cache” item and agree to delete it. Ready!

Virus infection of the system

Miners, worms and similar malicious programs try to make their activity as inconspicuous as possible for the user. However, there are also viruses that demonstratively disable one or more frequently used systems, forcing the user to pay, install third-party software, or perform another action required by the cracker.

Solution to the problem:

We scan the system with an antivirus, find malicious elements and remove them. If viruses are indeed detected, but this does not help in restoring sound, try rolling back the system to original state(“Settings” - “Restore and reset” - “Return to factory settings”) or reinstall the application itself through which you access VK.

Antivirus software blocking downloads

Sometimes antivirus software is to blame for limiting audio listening over the Internet. Individual antiviruses(including NOD32 and Kaspersky) are equipped with a scanning function network traffic. If a song or music seems suspicious to them for some reason, they simply block playback.

Solution:

If this is the reason for the lack of sound, there are 2 solutions:

Temporary: Disable the traffic scanner while you listen to songs.
Permanent: add the site to the exclusion list (only if you are 100% sure that it is safe).

How to do it? The answer depends on which antivirus you use. In Kaspersky, for this you need to go to the “Protection” and “Advanced” sections. For other antivirus programs, instructions can be found on the Internet.

Although the social network initially limits the ability to download music from its pages, there are dozens of applications on the network that allow you to do this in one click. However, even after the download there is no guarantee that you will be able to enjoy your favorite tunes. The reasons for this may be different:

Too much long titles songs

Some audio players (including the one used by default on Android) do not play songs whose length exceeds 10-12 characters (for your case, this value may be even less). To rename a track, open it through Explorer. Then press and hold until the action menu appears. Select the “Rename” item (can be hidden in an additional submenu, shown as 3 dots).

Broken file

If the speed of your Internet connection leaves much to be desired, the file may become damaged during the download or may not load completely. In this case, it is enough to repeat the download of the track, and the problem will be solved.

Unsupported format

By default, most downloaders download music files in mp3 format. However, some of them (or viruses) can change the extension of songs without your knowledge to those that are not supported by the player. To verify this, open the player page in the Play Market (or detailed description programs) and check if your file format is in the list of acceptable ones. If not, change the bootloader and try downloading the song again.

Nomedia file problem

To tell programs that the content specific folder no need to index, the system creates a .nomedia file in it, which hides individual or all positions from the playlist. To ensure that all tracks are visible to the player, simply delete this file and restart the program

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What to do when audio recordings do not load (music does not play) in the VKontakte application on your phone or tablet? What to do if the music is missing? Here we will give specific solutions to this problem, and also understand why this happens.

This instruction is current for 2019.

Attention: sometimes it happens that VK is buggy. If you play any song, there will be an error when playing the audio recording. And so it is for everyone. In this case, there is nothing to do but wait. Listen to music somewhere on another site. Solutions for other cases are below.

If you have an error in old version VKontakte applications, when you go to “Music”, “My audio recordings”, this is due to the fact that background listening music on the phone from November 1, 2017 is limited to 30 minutes per day. You will have to update the application to remove the error. Perhaps if you don't do this, you won't have music at all. It turned out that the freebie was not eternal! Read more at the end of the page.

The music is gone

Solution: log out and log in

Try logging out of your account in the application (that is, from your page) and logging in again. Just make sure you remember your username and password first. This usually fixes the error when the music is missing:

Fifth button on the bottom row.
Gear button at the top right - settings will open.
At the very bottom is the point "Go out".
Log into the application again by entering your username and password.

If you don’t remember your password, you will have to make a new one, that is, restore access: Recovering a password, VKontakte access. The most important thing here is that the page is linked to your current phone number.

Errors when playing audio recordings

You want to turn on music in the VKontakte application on your phone or tablet (most often on Android), but the music doesn’t play and you get one of the errors:

It is also possible that you go to “My Music” and all the music is completely gone. In “Recommendations” there is “Error. Try again". In audio recordings of friends, music also does not show, it seems to have disappeared.

Solution: clear the audio cache in the VK application

For Android smartphones (not iPhones) there is the following solution: clear audio cache. This is the memory on your phone where the songs you play are saved. Gradually it ends and this error occurs. But this setting is not available in all versions of the application.

Open the application settings - the fifth button in the bottom row, then the gear button at the top right.
Next open "Basic".
Find an item "Clear music cache" and press.
Turn off "Cache Music"(switch to the right of this inscription).
Turn it on again "Cache Music" the same switch.

Now try playing the song again. If it works, congratulations! Now you know how to fix the problem.

If it's still an error, what other ways are there to solve the problem?

Change the location where you save the music - if internal memory is selected there, switch to a memory card (go to the application settings, then "Basic" Further "Location").
Delete all VK application data in the phone settings: for example, “Settings - All applications - VKontakte - Erase data” and there too "Clear cache".
Try restarting your smartphone (turn it off and on again).
Uninstall the VK application completely and install it again from Google Play.
If you open a recording in the application that has music attached, there will be a “three dots” menu at the top right. Click on them and choose "Open in browser." A page with this song will open in the browser, and you can play it.
Change your Android phone to an iPhone (or an Android tablet to an iPad).

Why does this error occur? What should I do to make sure it doesn't exist anymore?

This error occurs when your phone or tablet runs out of memory to save audio. When enabled in application settings "Cache music" it saves each song in memory so that next time you don't have to download it again, but play it right away. And the memory is gradually filled with music. Perhaps this defect will be corrected in the future. Don’t be lazy to update the VK application when new versions appear.

In the meantime, there are two solutions: either disable "Music Caching" in the settings (see above how to do this), or clean the memory from time to time (item in the settings "Clear music cache"). Also, if you are good at Android, you can try changing the location where you save the audio. Maybe now the music is saved in internal memory phone, but you need to save it to a memory card - because there is more space there.

What should I do if I have a Windows Phone and the audio won’t load and it gives me an error?

Phones to Windows Phone become a thing of the past and are no longer supported. The operation of the VK application on them is no longer guaranteed, including music playback. Best buy new phone(iPhone or something normal on Android).

What to do if “Playing this audio is impossible due to the requirements of the copyright holder”?

The fact is that each song has an owner (copyright holder) who controls the rights to copy and reproduce this song. If someone else uploaded a song to the VKontakte website, and then everyone listens to it for free, the copyright holder is not happy with this situation - after all, he does not receive money from it! In essence, they are stealing from him. Therefore, he negotiates with the VKontakte website so that the song cannot be listened to for free. That's when you get this error. What to do? Buy a song or the entire album for money and listen to your pleasure. This is life, nothing personal.

"Background music listening is limited." How to remove the restriction?

There is no way to remove the limitation (error). If you don’t want to subscribe to music, you can only open the full version of VK on your phone (there is no time limit) and turn on the music in it. But this is not very convenient.

There are other paid music services, which are no worse, and maybe even better. Many people even do without VK in order to listen to music (after all, before there was no VK, but they still listened to music).

Try “Login” - the start page of the site

If you make a website home page in your browser, then when you launch it, you will immediately see which of your friends is currently online (they won’t see you), whether you have new messages, likes, marks on photos, and the like. You can connect other sites, not only VKontakte. Very comfortably! Login to any site with one click.

Some time ago our site told. Today we will talk about another problem that arises when listening - the site gives an error. And although the solutions for both situations are largely similar, we decided to talk about the error in a separate article.

The error itself looks like this:

“An error occurred while loading the audio recording. Try refreshing the page" (for desktop).

“An error occurred while loading the audio recording” (for the mobile application).

Update the application

If the problem occurs in mobile application VK, try updating it. Updates for the application are released quite often, so if you have disabled automatic update applications, we strongly recommend enabling this feature.

Use a secure HTTPS connection

To enable use HTTPS protocol, go to settings and select the “Security” tab. Here, check the box next to “Always use a secure connection (HTTPS)” and save the changes.

It is noteworthy that if you check the box on your computer, then you no longer need to do anything in the mobile application.

Disable TPC/IPv6 protocol

This solution was found on the network - try disabling the TPC/IPv6 connection protocol. To do this, you need to go to the settings of your Internet connection and uncheck the corresponding box, remembering to save the changes.

Change your browser

According to some observations, the problem may be related to the browser. For example, in Mozilla Firefox the same melody, uploaded by the same person, can be played, and in Google Chrome- gives an error message. Or exactly the opposite. In this case, you should try changing the browser.

Just wait

In most cases, the problem is resolved after some time. It is possible that these are temporary problems on the server side, so you should wait a little or search for the desired audio file uploaded by other users.

But Contact has another positive feature, which is why this social network is incredibly popular in our country. It's about about the gigantic music collection, which is collected on the personal pages of users. We will not talk about the legality of using musical works, but will simply talk about some problems that may arise when playing them.

Simply put, why doesn’t VKontakte music play? Let’s try to analyze the main reasons for such “shameless” behavior of the popular social network.

Internet connection speed

How many times have people been told that for normal operation on the Internet you need high-quality and fast channel, but they stubbornly continue to step on the same rake again and again. Why doesn’t VKontakte music play if your connection to the network is provided by a barely live GPRS or even EDGE connection? Of course, due to constant packet losses, long response times and other reasons that almost every user is well aware of.

Even if you have a channel from a normal provider that does not work every other time, bother to check the speed through specialized resources. Also, it wouldn't hurt to contact technical support operator. This is especially useful if you are absolutely sure that there are no problems on your end.

Internet connection type

Of course, we won’t talk about Dial UP, since rare users of this terrible anachronism already know why VKontakte music doesn’t play. Has a huge impact low speed, and there is no connection stability as such. But why doesn’t the music play if you are “sitting” on a pretty decent satellite channel?

Nowadays, this type of connection is not very common, but to this day it can be found in those cities and villages where telecom operators cannot reach even banal ADSL.

It's all about the principle of operation: first, an outgoing request must be received from the user. As a rule, in 99% of cases, users do not buy expensive equipment that allows bidirectional requests, and therefore the same mobile phone with stunted GPRS.

The result is still the same: giant pings, losses of 80% of packets and similar “delights”. This is why the VKontakte music does not play, although the network speed seems to be normal.

Mobile Internet

Even if you are using mobile high-speed Internet(3G), it’s too early to relax. Until now, no honest people have appeared in our country. unlimited tariffs, and therefore, after a certain resource is exhausted (from 1 to 30 GB, depending on the operator and tariff), the speed is reduced to 64 Kb/sec.

Therefore, if you were unable to enjoy the work of your beloved music group, check the remaining traffic. Perhaps it has long been exhausted.

Of course, it doesn’t hurt to check the coverage area: even in large cities it “jumps” from time to time, so the speed may well not be enough. Do not forget also that in many cities the canal is completely clogged during peak times. In such conditions, only a music download program can help you hear your favorite song.

In addition, it doesn’t hurt to check the modem: it happens that some models (ZTE, for example) have such low characteristics that when using them, the channel speed may be significantly lower than the declared one. This is especially true for .nix systems, where equipment from some manufacturers can generally behave completely unpredictably.

Browsers

After a long epic of checking the quality of communication, we begin to consider the most fundamental reasons why music on VKontakte plays poorly. Since we listen to it through a browser, we should look for the roots of the problem in this program.

Google Chrome and other browsers built on its code cause the least trouble. The fact is that it is automatically updated, it includes its own analogue of a flash player, and therefore beginners do not have to configure almost anything.

With IE and Firefox, things can be a little more complicated. The fact is that these Internet browsers do not have a built-in Flash player, and therefore inexperienced users suffer for a long time trying to play tracks on their computer. The music program itself on this social network is based on this technology, so without it you won’t be able to hear your favorite artist.

Install Flash player

This is not difficult to do. Download the installation kit from the official website, run the installation program, click the “Install” and “Finish” button a couple of times. The browser should be closed at this moment. After this, you can restart the Internet browser, go to the social network and listen to music.

Some settings

How to set up music in Contact? Of course, the question may seem surprising, but everything is not so simple. Yes, there are no complex player settings in the social network itself, but you can configure Flash Player itself so that problems with playback occur as rarely as possible.

To begin, click on the “Start” button, go to the “Control Panel”, and then look for the Flash Player item there. Click on the link with the left mouse button. A dialog box will open in which you should be interested in the “Storage” item. In it you need to check the box next to the option “Allow sites to save information...”.

In this case, VKontakte will be able to cache all the necessary data on your computer’s hard drive.

Setting up Firefox

Since we have already talked about many aspects of setting up Flash, it wouldn’t hurt to talk about the browsers that the VKontakte music program uses directly. Let's start with "Ognelis", since it traditionally has ample opportunities for creativity.

Since in latest version(29.0.1) the interface has been seriously modified, we will talk specifically about the features of its configuration. First, click on the button on the right top corner. It looks like an icon with three lines, which is well known to Chrome users.

A small menu will open in which you need to select “Settings”. In it you should go to the “Network” tab. In it you need to uncheck the “Disable automatic control cache." This will avoid unnecessary excesses associated with their overflow.

By the way, it is the latter circumstance that often leads to the fact that you cannot listen to music in real time.

By the way, is it possible to configure the browser so that music from Contact can be saved directly to the hard drive? Considering it's Firefox, this is extremely easy to do.

There is more than one program for downloading music from Contact, but in this case we would advise installing the extension Flash Video Downloader. Don't be confused by the word Video in the name: this wonderful plugin easily downloads not only video, but also audio files.

Using it is as simple as possible: immediately after installation and restarting the browser, the “Download using..” button appears under the compositions. Click on it, select a location to save the clip, and then click on the “Download” button.

Setting up Google Chrome

Since Chrome is the most common browser today, it is necessary to talk about its correct configuration.

If your VKontakte music constantly stops playing, you need to do the following:

click on the icon in the form of three lines in the upper right corner;
select “Settings”;
click on the “Show additional settings” link;
look for the “Personal Data” item, click on the “Content Settings” button;
In the window that opens, you must check the “Allow sites to save local data” checkbox.

After these settings, your Chrome should begin to work more reliably with music collections from Contact.

As for IE, no special settings are required. Just pay attention to some features flash settings, which we have already described earlier.

If you need a program to download music from Contact, we can recommend using Internet Download Manager. This great app quickly intercepts music links so you can quickly expand your local music collection.

What else could cause problems?

What to do if all of the above did not help? First, you can try using a different browser. If we talk about Firefox, then very often the VKontakte music does not play due to an incorrectly configured NoScript extension.

This wonderful plugin prevents almost 100% of computer infections by malware when attackers use specially prepared scripts for this purpose.

But there is one problem. Inexperienced users who have heard from more experienced colleagues about the benefits of this extension, install it, but know absolutely nothing about banal settings. As a result, music doesn't play, buttons don't press, and upset people blame "viruses" for everything.

To avoid this, click on the plugin icon and select “Allow everything on this page.” The site will reload and all blocked functions will become available.

Malware

Surely, you are surprised that we remembered such a popular reason last. There is nothing strange here: practice shows that music on a social network is least dependent on viruses. In any case, not everyone can block it malware. “VK” music may not work only if some virus specifically blocks access to social networks.

This occurs very rarely, and to eliminate this problem it is best to use boot disks With antivirus programs. In this case, scanning the OS from under an infected system is completely useless.