To download Pinterest videos with sound, use a Pinterest video downloader that joins the video and audio tracks into one MP4. Many Pins store the picture and the sound separately, and a tool that grabs only the picture gives you a silent file.
This is a very common Pinterest download complaint. The video looks perfect, then you play it and there is nothing. The good news is that the sound usually exists. It just lives in a different file.
Why some Pinterest video downloads have no sound
Pinterest delivers videos in two ways. Some Pins have a plain MP4 file, where picture and sound sit together. Download that file and you get audio, if the video had any.
Other Pins, especially Idea Pins and newer uploads, use streaming. The video is split into a picture track and a separate audio track, and the Pinterest app plays both at the same time.
A basic downloader finds the picture track, saves it and stops. That file plays fine but has no audio, because the sound was never in it.
How our Pinterest video downloader keeps the sound
The Pinterest video downloader on The Reels Downloader checks which kind of video a Pin has before it offers a download.
Plain MP4 Pins. The file is passed to you as it is, with its sound.
Streaming Pins. The tool picks the largest picture track and the audio track, then joins them into a single MP4 while it downloads. The tracks are copied, not re-encoded, so the picture quality does not drop.
Either way, the file you get is one normal MP4 that plays with sound in your gallery, VLC or any video player.
The preview is silent, the download is not
For streaming Pins, the small preview on the result card plays the picture track only, so it is muted. This catches people out. They tap play, hear nothing and assume the download will be silent too.
It will not. The join happens when you tap Download, not in the preview. Save the file and play it from your Downloads folder or gallery to check.
Steps to download a Pinterest video with sound
- Open the Pin in the Pinterest app or website. Tap the share icon and choose Copy link. Short pin.it links are fine.
- Go to the Pinterest video downloader in Chrome or Safari.
- Tap Paste, then tap Download.
- When the video shows Ready to download, tap its Download button.
- Keep the page open until the file finishes. Joined videos are built as they download, so closing the tab stops it.
Want only the music? Tap MP3 instead, or use the Pinterest video to MP3 page.
Idea Pins and boards with several videos
An Idea Pin can have several pages, some videos and some images. Paste it into the Idea Pin downloader and each page gets its own Download button, with sound joined in for every video page.
Boards are bigger. Reading every streaming video takes extra work, so a board only prepares a direct download for its first 10 streaming videos. The rest show an Open pin button. Tap it to load that single Pin, then download it with sound as usual.
Still no sound? Check these
The Pin was uploaded silent. Many Pins are short silent loops. Play the Pin in the Pinterest app with the speaker turned on. If there is no sound there, there is none to download.
The app was muted. Pinterest often autoplays videos muted. Tap the speaker icon on the Pin to be sure.
The download stopped early. A cut-off file may play without audio or end suddenly. Download it again on a steady connection.
Your player is the problem. If the file plays silent in one app, try another, such as VLC. Also check your phone volume and that silent mode is off.
Using Pinterest videos fairly
Pinterest is full of other people's work: recipes, tutorials, art and music. Download Pins for personal use, or when the content is yours or you have permission from the creator.
If you want to share a Pin, sending the Pin link is the easiest way to keep the creator's credit. Pinterest's own rules on saving and sharing are on the Pinterest Help Center.
Images, GIFs and other Pinterest downloads
Not every Pin is a video. If you paste a photo Pin, you get the image file in its original format, usually JPG, sometimes PNG or WebP. The Pinterest image downloader is built for that.
Animated GIF Pins save as real GIF files with the Pinterest GIF downloader. A GIF never has sound, and many short looping video Pins are silent too. That is normal and not a download fault.
When a single link holds several files, such as an Idea Pin or a board, a Download all button appears with the number of files next to it. Each file then saves one after another to your Downloads folder. Your browser may ask once if the site can save several files. Allow it, or the later files will be blocked.
If you are not sure where the files went, our post on where downloaded files go lists the folders for Android, iPhone and PC.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did my Pinterest video download without sound?
Many Pins keep the picture and the audio in separate tracks. A downloader that saves only the picture track gives you a silent file. Our Pinterest video downloader joins both tracks into one MP4 so the sound comes with it.
Why is the preview muted on the result card?
For Pins with separate tracks, the preview plays only the picture track, so it has no sound. The audio is joined in when you tap Download. Play the saved file to hear it.
Does joining the audio lower the video quality?
No. The tool picks the largest picture track Pinterest offers and copies it together with the audio track, without re-encoding. The picture you get is the same as the stream Pinterest plays.
Can I download only the sound of a Pin?
Yes. Tap the MP3 button next to the video, or use the Pinterest video to MP3 page. It saves the audio as an MP3 at 192 kbps.
Why does a video on a board show Open pin instead of Download?
Boards can hold many videos, and preparing each one takes extra requests, so only the first 10 streaming videos get a direct download. Tap Open pin to load that video on its own, then download it with sound.
The Pin has no sound even in the Pinterest app. Can you add it?
No. If the creator uploaded a silent video, there is no audio track to download. The tool can only save sound that exists in the Pin.
