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Tobiasbryld
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10 years ago
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problem with downloading big video from Dropbox

Hi, i have created a movie, and sent it to my computer over dropbox. The movie file is 4.1 GB, so it is pretty big. Every time i press download on my computer, it never completes the download, and i can't get the file from Dropbox over to my computer

 

please help, i need this very much

 

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    10 years ago
    You can press 'add to my Dropbox' if you have enough quota. If you dont then it may give an error, but, I'm not 100% sure now.

    If not I'm afraid you may struggle if your ISP is flaky - the issue is (sadly) all to do with how well the ISP can handle large files.

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  • Tobiasbryld's avatar
    Tobiasbryld
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    But what if i got the file from a link? so the file is shared to me

     

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    10 years ago
    You can press 'add to my Dropbox' if you have enough quota. If you dont then it may give an error, but, I'm not 100% sure now.

    If not I'm afraid you may struggle if your ISP is flaky - the issue is (sadly) all to do with how well the ISP can handle large files.
  • Tobiasbryld's avatar
    Tobiasbryld
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    Hi Mark,

    So am i ment to synchronize from Dropbox.com to my application on my computer?

     

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    10 years ago
    You dont have to, no, but if you have a poor internet connection it is a suitable work around
  • SoloMail's avatar
    SoloMail
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Video file (13.8 gb) will not download completely. Downloads approx 12.2-12.8gb then it shows complete, but the video is missing approx 15 minutes. Have tried Firefox, Chrome, day and nighttime, different Mac computers. I am in CA. Friend in Maryland downloads file on first try.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    3 years ago

    Where and how are you downloading it?

     

    Note that if it is downloading and opening the file itself is correct and working - so you and the other person are doing it differently. If the file was actually missing a few gb of data you'd get an error and it wouldn't play. 

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