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Seneca_83
7 days agoHelpful | Level 5
Improvements for the iOS mp3 player in Dropbox.
Hi there,
subscription prices are not that low to be honest so would it be too much to want Dropbox to make the iOs app more "useful" (talking from iPad persepctive)? like MP3s can be played right ...
Seneca_83
7 days agoHelpful | Level 5
Yeah, I would need the "play only 1 time". is it coming?
and also play audio and have a pdf open at the same time? have the newest version for my ipad air.
- Dell_Dropbox7 days ago
Community Manager
Seneca_83 This is a really good suggestion, I would recommend you start a new thread in the Ideas Forum for dropbox to improve the media player where you can play files and interact with other files in your Dropbox at the same time.
It may seem like you're shouting into the void and things take time to crystalize, but at one time the ability to play mp3s in the background was also an Idea in the same forum. It took a while, but it eventually came to life.
If you decide to create the new Idea thread, please be as thorough as possible explaining what features you'd want the player to have.
- zacw7 days ago
Dropbox Engineer
You can control whether Dropbox plays a single file, loops that file, or loops over all the files in the folder you're viewing by tapping the Loop button on the bottom right of the controls for audio playback. It will open a menu with options: "Off" (stop after playing this file), "This file" (repeat this file indefinitely) and "All files" (plays the next file when the current one finishes).
There is no current mechanism to play an audio file while leaving to go to another file, but you can do this with videos by using the Picture-in-Picture button. It would be a good idea to request audio playback while still leaving the preview.
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