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Robert K JSS Tech
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Improving Dropbox video preview quality - thinking outside the box
The poor quality of the Dropbox transcoded preview has been discussed over the years, particularly between 2015-2017. Over the last six years, internet speeds have changed remarkably and online stre...
Rich
Super User II
8 years agoAs has been stated, there is nothing to fix here. The preview of a video is just that; a preview. It is not intended to be the high-resolution original video that you uploaded. It is a transcoded preview of the original file, limited to 15 minutes of playback. If you want to see the original video in its original quality, you need to download the file an play it locally.
Simply put, Dropbox is not a video streaming service. If that's what you need, then you should be using a service that's meant specifically for streaming.
Simply put, Dropbox is not a video streaming service. If that's what you need, then you should be using a service that's meant specifically for streaming.
KF
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Rich, but you can add switch "dl=1"/"dl=0" in settings?
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