Video note bot for Telegram: from video, music and photos
The bot takes a video, a track or a photo and sends back a Telegram video note: a round video of up to a minute that plays right in the chat.
Our demo bot makes video notes from music, and you can try it for free.
We want followers to make video notes with our frame and logo and forward them to friends.
We release a track, and people scroll past the streaming link in chats. A video note plays at once.
Ready-made video note bots add their own watermark and show ads.
What we build
Video note from a video
A centre crop into a circle, a range of up to a minute, compression to fit Telegram limits.
Video note from music
The track cover on a spinning record, the loudest part or your own range.
Your style
A frame, a logo, brand colours or your own turntable. No one else’s watermark.
Built in seconds
Everything that does not depend on the file is computed once at start, so a minute of video renders quickly.
Queue
Several files render in parallel, each person has a limit, and the rest see their place in the queue.
Nothing stored
Files sit in a temporary folder while the note is built and are deleted right after sending.
In detail
How the bot makes a video note
A Telegram video note is a square video of up to a minute that the app shows in a circle. The bot gets the file, cuts a range, draws the frame, builds the video in ffmpeg and sends it as a video message. The regular app cannot do this: there a video note can only be recorded with the camera.
- A person sends a video, a track or a photo.
- The bot asks which part to take and shows the settings: frame, colour, cover.
- The video renders in the background, and the same message shows what is going on: downloading, drawing, compressing, sending.
- The video note arrives with a button to build another version.
Who needs it
- Musicians and labels: a track in a video note with its cover plays right in the chat and is easy to forward.
- Brands and channels: video notes with your frame and logo travel with it.
- Greeting services: photos and music turn into a video note from a template.
How much it costs
| What is included | Price | Time |
|---|---|---|
| A bot that makes video notes from one kind of file | from $125 | 1-2 weeks |
| A bot with brand templates, several kinds of files, a server and stats | from $550 | 3-4 weeks |
The price depends on the frame drawing. Cropping a video into a circle is simple, drawing a record with glare and a tonearm, as in our Storona A demo, takes longer. Payment for video notes can be taken in Telegram Stars. What else goes into the price of a bot is in the article on what a Telegram bot costs.
If the bot also needs to sell, see the shop inside Telegram: video notes and a catalogue can live in one bot. And if you run a channel, a suggestion bot will help.
What it looks like
Storona A is our live bot @ashehaipulsebot: send a track, and a few seconds later you get a video note with a record and the track cover in the middle. The bot is free and stores nothing.
Price and timeline
Cost
Video note bot
One kind of file: video, music or photos, a range picker, a queue
from $125
Bot with brand styles and stats
Templates, several kinds of files, a server, stats and an admin panel
from $550
Timeline
Demo in 1 week, launch in 2-3 weeks
Prices are a guide. We name the exact amount after a conversation and fix it before we start.
How we work
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Payment after the demo
We invoice once we show a demo with about 40% of the functionality done.
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We do the estimate
We assess the complexity and the progress ourselves and explain how we counted.
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A month of free fixes
For a month after launch we fix small things for free, as long as they add no new features.
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Your code, your access
You get the source code and access to the server, the bot and the admin panel. Nothing ties you to us.
Questions
What is a video note in Telegram?
It is a video message in a round frame of up to a minute. In the chat it plays silently by itself and with sound on a tap. A person can only record one with the camera, while a bot can build it from a ready video or from music.
How does a bot turn a video into a video note?
You send a video, the bot crops it to a centre square, takes up to a minute, compresses it and sends it back as a video note. A regular Telegram user cannot do that, but a bot can.
Can a song become a video note?
Yes, that is how our demo bot Storona A works. It takes the cover from the file, puts it on a record and builds a one-minute note with the chosen part of the track. If there is no cover, the bot asks for a photo or draws a label from the title.
Does the bot keep my files?
Our demo does not: the track and the finished video are deleted right after sending. In your own bot, storage can be set up for the task, for example for a gallery or for sending again.
Does it need a powerful server?
No. The demo renders a one-minute note in about 3.5 seconds in an ordinary container. With many files, the bot queues them and shows each person their place.
Tell us about the task
In your own words, no spec needed. We reply within a working day with a price.
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