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eni8ma
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Dropbox embed videos buffering every 5 seconds on mobile devices.

Hey guys, I have been having an issue which I don't really know why its happening. I tried 2 different methods firstly I tried embedding a video by changing the raw=1 and also by generating a temp...
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Greg-DB
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2 years ago

eni8ma From the information here, as Здравко said, it does sound like there is some local environmental problem, such as a connection issue, or perhaps a lack of resources/processing on the mobile device preventing it from continuously playing the video. You may also want to check the developer tools in the browser on the device, such as the console and network tabs, to check for any errors.

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    eni8ma
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Hello and thanks for responding

    I am actually now trying in a different location which is in my home and I have an even faster connection here 1Gbps. So I don't think its the connection. The mobile phone is an iphone 13 pro max it could be a factor but its pretty fast for other uses?

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