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Streaming a video from Dropbox on WordPress
Hello,
I have a video that I would like to stream onto my WordPress site. I created a share link that allows anyone with the link to view it. I know about the "dl=0" to "raw=1", but it does not work. I've tried changing the "https://www.dropbox.com/" to "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/", but that doesn't work either.
Any suggestions?
2 Replies
- Rich
Super User II
nigelum wrote:
I have a video that I would like to stream onto my WordPress site. I created a share link that allows anyone with the link to view it. ... but it does not work.
Does the link work on it's own, when you paste it into the address bar in a browser? If so, then the issue is likely with the add-in or plugin being used to display the video on the WordPress site.
Dropbox links have a redirect in them (the final URL for the file isn't the same URL that you get from the shared link), and if WordPress or the plugin/add-in playing the video are unable to follow that redirect, then the video wouldn't be found.
The link works on it's own. I logged out of Dropbox and tried the link as a general user and it worked.
