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Robert K JSS Tech
Explorer | Level 4
5 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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Trulee H.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Why does Dropbox compress video files and how to you change this?

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Rich
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10 years ago

If DropBox does NOT compress images, what is happening?

They (and you) were likely downloading the preview image that is displayed on the Dropbox website, which is a transcoded preview of the original. In order to download the original, unaltered file, you need to click the blue Download button in the upper right corner of the page.

 

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