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readymade
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Download directly video file to dropbox

Hi, I would like to add url video file example http://www...com/video.mp4 to be directy downloaded to my dropbox. Because I don't want to be download to my PC and then to my dropbox. My internal ha...
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readymade's avatar
readymade
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Thanks a lot @Lusil

but I'm quite doubtfully, maybe because I did not understand your solution, maybe because you did not undertand my issue.

If I do not synchronise the folder and the files inside will not be visible in my laptop. 

And I do not want to save a link but the video. Insert the video url download (in a plug in?) and download directly to a dropbox without previusly be downloaded to my pc. 

My hard drive space is too short

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
7 years ago

Hi readymade,

There was a small error in Lusil's explanation. In fact to work would be need You to use 'Smart Sync'! If 'Smart Sync' isn't active then You are right - file will be locally saved and without any sync. If 'Smart Sync' is active then files saved will engage minimal space (in fact buffering) and will be forwarded directly to the dropbox server in Your account.

Hope this helps to some extent.

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    readymade
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago
    Здравко  a écrit :

    Hi readymade,

    There was a small error in Lusil's explanation. In fact to work would be need You to use 'Smart Sync'! If 'Smart Sync' isn't active then You are right - file will be locally saved and without any sync. If 'Smart Sync' is active then files saved will engage minimal space (in fact buffering) and will be forwarded directly to the dropbox server in Your account.

    Hope this helps to some extent.

    thanks to additionnal explanation. In fact, yes, it's the purpose of cloud to take much more space in the hard drive (buffering). But what is smart sync'

    Is there a way to save my video without taking space to my PC? 

    Website server (where there is the video) > Dropbox

    and not Website server (where there is the video) > PC > Dropbox



     

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