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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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Lusil
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7 years ago
With Smart Sync, you can save a file into your Dropbox folder and set it to be online-only. That way, the file is in your Dropbox account but only information about the file, such as the file name, location, and date the file was updated is available on your computer.
 
Please bear in mind though that if you want to preview or play the video, you’ll have to make it local which means that the file will be fully downloaded on your hard drive. However, once you’re done watching or editing it, you can make it online-only again which will save space. 
 
Let us know if you have any other questions, readymade! :grin: 

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