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Robert K JSS Tech
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

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...
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groom
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

I'm +1 on this issue.  More than once I've questioned keeping my Dropbox account for this purpose.  I'm now looking at what apps sync through Dropbox and if there is a separate way to sync them then I am giving up on Dropbox.  All of the people who make excuses on behalf of Dropbox on this thread are making good arguments, but the real issue is that the service is only as strong as it's users.  If it's users want a feature, then I think it's important for the company to consider it and respond accordingly.  If it's not part of their business model and they are staunch about that then that is fine, but tell us - the users - so that we can decide to stay with your company or find something that works for us.

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Sanchez
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8 years ago
Hey groom, welcome to our forum! 
 
Thanks for chiming in about this… we appreciate it. 
 
As Rich mentioned earlier, we provide previews for your videos on our site, and as such, they will not be shown in full resolution/quality unless you download them. 
 
I can’t say what our plans are for future services, but I can say that our user’s feedback is invaluable, and it does reach the desks of our developers. 
 
Cheers
  • bgpictures's avatar
    bgpictures
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 years ago

    Thanks for the confirmation. There is still no explination of why the existing previews are of such poor quality. Previews are not binary. There is a range of image degradaton with any lossy encoding. Move the sliders... so to speak, giving us more image quality, please.

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