No sound
Snapchat may leave the video out of recommendations, so fewer people see it.
Not recommendedHow serious: Worth fixingSnapchatLow quality and video format
About to post? A full check of your video looks for this in the video's size, shape and length, with a plain fix.
Check a video freeWhat triggers it
Video with no audio track or a silent audio track.
What Snapchat says
“missing audio”
How to fix it
Add a voiceover, original sound or a licensed Snapchat Sound before posting.
Good to know
No audio stream, or an audio stream that is silent for the whole video. Quiet ambient sound counts as audio.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in the video's size, shape and length. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Sounds other than speech, such as music, aren't checked.
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