Kruglyashok: Video to Circle

You have a good video or a funny GIF, and you want to send it as a round message, as if you had just filmed it in the chat. A regular upload will not do that: Telegram saves the clip as ordinary video.

The Kruglyashok bot fixes it in one action: send a video or GIF and get a video note back.

A video note in Telegram feels livelier than a standard clip and stands out in a channel feed.

What happens after you send the file

The bot describes the idea itself: you send a video or a GIF, and it makes a video note from it. There are no settings at the start. The result arrives in the chat, and you can forward it to friends or post it in a channel. 🎥

Telegram has its own limits for video notes: they are square inside, cropped to a circle, and up to a minute long. Prepare the source clip with that in mind.

Preparing a clip that looks good

1. Keep the important part in the center. The circle crops the edges of the frame.
2. Stay within a minute. A longer video has to be trimmed.
3. Mind the sound. Video notes are often watched with sound on, especially in private messages.
4. Send the file to the bot and wait for the reply.

A menu of seven commands

Besides the main job, the bot has commands for your account and for channel owners:

• /profile. Your profile and usage details.
• /premium. Premium subscription. The bot shows the terms before payment.
• /channels. Connected channels.
• /partnership. The partner program.
• /ads. Advertising.
• /help. Help.
• /privacy. The privacy policy.

📣 The /channels section is for people who run a channel and want to make video notes for publishing. Check its features in the bot, because the feature set gets updated.

For authors it saves time: you do not have to film every clip in the Telegram camera.

Where a video note beats regular video

Video notes suit greetings, quick reactions, congratulations and announcements. Viewers take them as a live message from a person, not as an ad clip.

• Congratulations. A short warm clip hits harder than a card.
• Channels. The round format stands out among text posts.
• Reactions. A funny GIF in a circle looks like an answer from real life.

Privacy to keep in mind 🔒

The bot receives your file and processes it. Do not send videos showing documents, bank cards, other people's faces without consent, or private scenes you would not show strangers.

The privacy policy opens with /privacy: read it if you plan to send anything personal.

A couple of ideas for your first video note

If you are not sure where to begin, take a short clip of ten to fifteen seconds: a greeting to subscribers, a quick look at something you bought, or a funny moment from the day. Short videos get watched to the end more often.

Make a test video note and send it to yourself. You will see how the frame is cropped and what to change. 🎬

If the bot answers slowly

With many users a queue builds up and processing can be delayed. Do not resend the same file, or the queue only grows. Check whether the clip is too heavy and compress it beforehand. ⏳