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gu-id
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2 years ago

Videos are now not playing all the way through

I'm getting "maximum retry limit reached for" message when trying to view videos via the "copy dropbox link" on my content.   Video is only 90 seconds but displays the error message after about 4...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi gu-id, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Just to check, is this only when you're previewing the video in a shared link?

 

Does the the video preview normally when viewing it from your own account while logged in?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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    gu-id
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Thx for speedy feedback. No the video does not preview normally when I am logged in, i.e., same error regardless of whether I am logged in or not. 

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      Jay
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      2 years ago

      Do you have any proxy, VPN, firewall, security software, or even ISP/router settings that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains?

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        gu-id
        New member | Level 2
        2 years ago

        No proxies or VPN. I do have a firewall but no rules specific to Dropbox or video playback. Nothing has changed on it since the last time I tried to preview video (and it worked)

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