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iggypop
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10 months ago

Slow playback when streaming with AVPlayer

We’re building an iOS App that streams mp4 video files from DropBox. We use SDK’s getTemporaryLink method and feed the returned URL to AVPlayer(url: …). The streaming doesn’t start until after a few ...
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iggypop's avatar
iggypop
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

eg we used this link, but it is slow....

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3kv1n4r0d9odx4gtbornr/GX010667.MP4?rlkey=ufmmjtu9c49ah0c7pvogc8d92&st=dop7lgeg&dl=0&raw=1

(VLC takes long time to load as well)

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    DB-Des
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    9 months ago

    iggypop 

    I tested the link you provided across multiple environments, including Chrome, Safari (both regular and private browsing), VLC, a test iOS app, and a test React web app, but I wasn’t able to replicate the loading issue you described. The video played without any delays in my testing.

    One thing I noticed—although it doesn’t appear to make a difference—is that you’re adding both dl=0 and raw=1 to the shared URL when it should be one or the other.

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      iggypop
      New member | Level 2
      9 months ago

      Please test this 

      https://uc50d65f08fef20931cddc0fc937.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/get/Clt6g4ydXcBg9C3W7b0Y82en3P3vx7e0r-oMcikRgCLnKx3pzS65GXUmED6pYZXFR5ji7gHIjzXSqKWad45aRGLw8xKWFtkxoyjCPDzhOrmrpBI-6hyENDti8QzxutZo_-OFOAf7XUdee47LsibUD-dwrtn3CnoxIh4PIEIN6TNBZg/file

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        DB-Des
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        9 months ago

        Hi iggypop, looks like the link has expired.

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