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Pamala
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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Invited person can only view the preview instead of full video. Help?

Hi,   I'm using my Professional account to send a view only 3 hr and 45 minute video to about 11 people. The one person that helped me test out the permissions (finally got them right--limited time...
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    Mark
    3 years ago

    The only way to do this via Dropbox would be to split it and send out multiple links I'm afraid. 

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Mark
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3 years ago

They need to download and view it locally on their machine. 

 

Watching it on the link you send via the Dropbox website limits to a 2hour preview

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    Pamala
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Thank you for replying. So what you're saying is that I CAN'T send a video that shouldn't be downloaded (even for copyright issues)? Or is there a way for them to be able to download but not share the video?

     

    Otherwise, dropbox isn't going to be a solution for me 😞

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      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      3 years ago

      The only way to do this via Dropbox would be to split it and send out multiple links I'm afraid. 

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        Pamala
        Explorer | Level 4
        3 years ago

        Thank you. I appreciate the help.  I think I'll ask our webmistress to create a private page and then password protect it.

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