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Robert K JSS Tech's avatar
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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Vision Video Pr's avatar
Vision Video Pr
Helpful | Level 5
11 years ago

I just upgraded my account pro plus and it appears to me playback quality online seems low res.

The file dowloads full resolution and looks great but not during playback online thru dropbox. Is there a setting for this?

Matt G.12's avatar
Matt G.12
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Rich.R - it's easy to be defensive. Video transfers to client is a common dropbox use in my industry. If I worked at Dropbox (or for any service) I would want it to be the best it can be and not just make excuses. 

Also if they are partnered with Vimeo then why isn't this better. Vimeo's streaming is great. 

Thanks for the note on changing the url.

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