How to overlay music on a video in a Xiaomi phone: step-by-step instructions for MIUI

You've recorded a cool video on Xiaomi, but you want to add background music for the atmosphere? Or do you need to replace the original sound with your favorite track? In smartphones Redmi, POCO and other Xiaomi lines, this is done in literally 5 minutes — both through standard MIUI tools and using third-party applications. The main thing is to know the nuances of working with audio tracks, so as not to spoil the synchronization or sound quality.

In this article, we will discuss 5 proven ways to overlay music on video directly on your phone, from the built-in Gallery editor to professional applications like CapCut or KineMaster. Separately, we will focus on the typical mistakes of beginners – why music can “below” video or sound quieter than necessary. All instructions are relevant for MIUI 12-14 and work even on budget models like the Redmi Note 10 or POCO M4 Pro.

1. Standard editor in the appendix "Gallery"

The easiest way to add music is to use the built-in tool in the Gallery app, which is on all Xiaomi smartphones and does not require any additional software installation, but it is limited for basic editing (trimming, overlaying track, volume control) it is enough.

How it works:

• 📱 Open the Gallery app and select the desired video.
• ✏️ Press the Edit button (pencil icon at the bottom of the screen).
• 🎵 In the tool menu, tap on the music icon (note).
• 🔍 Select a track from the standard library MIUI or click Add Music to upload your file (formats.mp3,.m4a).
• ⏱️ Adjust the start of music playback with a slider on the timeline.
• 🔊 Adjust the volume of the original sound and superimposed track (sliders Source sound and Music).
• 💾 Save the video with the Ready button (in the upper right corner).

⚠️ Note: In the standard Xiaomi editor, you can not cut the music in time - the track will be played from beginning to end. If you want to remove part of the composition, use third-party applications (see section 3).

Choose a video with minimal noise (background sound is difficult to drown out with music)

Check the video format (MP4, MOV, AVI supported)

Make sure the music file is not in WAV format (it takes up too much space)

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2. the application "Video" (Video Editor) from Xiaomi

Some Xiaomi models (such as Mi 11, Redmi K50) have a separate Video (or Video Editor) app pre-installed with advanced editing features, which allows you not only to overlay music, but also add transitions, text, stickers.

Instructions:

1. Open the Video app (playlist icon).
2. Click on the new project and select the desired video.
3. In the lower menu, tap on the music icon (note).
4. Choose a track from the suggested ones or upload yours through My Music.
5. Set up: 🎚️ Loudness of music and original sound (sliders below). ⏪️⏩️ Start point of track playback (drag the slider on the timeline). 🔄 The fading effect (Fade-in/Fade-out) for a smooth start and end.

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720p

Exports

Important: When exporting in high resolution (1080p), music videos can take up 2-3 times more space than the original. If the phone's memory is full, select 720p or pre-clean the cache.

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Video Editor by Xiaomi

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3. Third-party applications: CapCut and KineMaster

If the built-in MIUI tools aren't enough, install professional editors.The best options for Xiaomi are:

• 🎬 CapCut is a free editor with support for multi-track editing, effects and automatic synchronization of music with video.
• 🎥 KineMaster is a more advanced tool with the ability to customize the equalizer, but with a watermark in the free version.
• 🎵 InShot – a simple editor for fast overlaying music and clipping videos.

Let’s look at the example of CapCut:

1. Download CapCut from Google Play or AppGallery (for models without Google services).
2. Open the app and create a new project by selecting a video.
3. Click on the audio icon in the lower menu → My music.
4. Choose a track and adjust: 📍 Start point playback (drag the audio track on the timeline). 🔇 Loudness of music and original sound (click on track) → Loudness). ✂️ Track trimming (select the unnecessary fragment) → Split up → remove).

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Exports

⚠️ Warning: When exporting videos with music longer than 15 minutes, CapCut may have a watermark, save the project and export in parts of 10-12 minutes to remove it.

4. Online services for overlaying music

If you don't want to install apps, use online editors that work directly in Xiaomi's browser (like Google Chrome or Mi Browser).

• 🌐 Clideo – simple interface, support for formats MP4, MOV, AVI.
• 🌐 Kapwing – allows you to crop music and videos, add subtitles.
• 🌐 AudioJoiner – specializes in mixing audio tracks.

How to work in Clideo:

1. Open the site in the browser and click Select file.
2. Download the video from your phone (or the cloud).
3. Click Add audio and select a music file.
4. Set up: 🕒 Time of the beginning of music playback (the slider Begins). 🔊 Loudness of track (0% to 100%). 🔄 Video clipping (Tool to Cut).

Exports

Download the finished video to your phone.

⚠️ Attention: Online services upload your files to their servers. If the video contains personal information (for example, a surveillance camera recording), use offline applications.

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Before uploading a video to an online service, reduce its resolution to 720p in the standard Xiaomi editor – so the file will be processed faster and take up less traffic.

5 Overlaying Music Through VLC for Android

If your Xiaomi has a VLC media player installed, it can be used to simply overlay the audio track, which is suitable for video without complex editing.

Step-by-step:

1. Open the VLC and select the video.
2. Click on the icon. ⋮ (three-point) → Audio track → Add an audio file.
3. Select the music file (.mp3,.aac).
4. Set up sync: If the music is “lagging behind”, reduce the delay in settings (⋮ → Synchronization → If music is ahead of video, increase the latency (indicated in milliseconds, for example, +200 ms).

⋮ → Convert/Save

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VLC doesn't cut music or video, but it does support most formats and doesn't spoil the quality of the save, and it's ideal for quick testing of how a video track will sound.

6. Problem Solving: The music doesn't sync or sounds quiet

Frequent mistakes when overlaying music and how to fix them:

Problem 1: Music is “lagging behind” or ahead of video.

• 🔍 Check the format of the music file..wav and.flac can play with a delay - convert to.mp3 via AudioConverter.
• ⏱️ Manually sync the track in the editor, moving the audio track on the timeline.
• 📱 Restart your phone – sometimes lag is caused by a lack of RAM.

Problem 2: The music is too quiet.

• 🔊 In the editor, increase the volume of the audio track to 100% (in CapCut or KineMaster).
• 🎛️ Normalize the volume of the track in advance in the application MP3 Louder (available on Google Play).
• 🔇 Make sure that the phone settings do not activate Do Not Disturb or Quiet mode.

Problem 3: When exporting video without sound.

• 🔄 Try to save the project in a different format (for example, MP4 instead MOV).
• 📂 Check if there is enough space on the phone – if there is a lack of memory, the video can be saved without an audio track.
• 🔄 Reinstall the editor (e.g. CapCut) if the problem is repeated.

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If the music and video are synchronized in the editor, but “scatter” after export, try saving the project with other coding settings (in KineMaster: Settings → Video Quality → Bitrate).

FAQ: Frequent questions about overlaying music on Xiaomi