Why does my shared link preview like "scl" instead of "s"? Can I change that?

Same here. Before this change I could replace

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyz/file.mp4?dl=0

with

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xyz/file.mp4?dl=0

and it would give a direct link to the file.

This no longer works, not even with/scl/fi/ instead of /s/. Please fix dropbox or does anyone have a workaround?

Thank you!

Hi,

In the past, links have been shared looking like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyz/file.mp4?dl=0

But now I see links looking like this instead:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xyz/file.mp4?dl=0&rlkey=abc

Is this a new standard or because of some user setting? Notice /scl/fi/ instead of /s/ and the extra rlkey at the end

This is important, because I've been able to replace

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xyz/file.mp4?dl=0

with

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xyz/file.mp4?dl=1

This is to gain direct access to the file and play from a media player such as video js and similar.

Now, suddenly thousands of links will stop working for both me and my clients.

Please fix or come up with a workaround Dropbox.

Thanks!

I've had a music website for about ten years now and I use Dropbox to upload mp3 files.
Until now, the Dropbox link format had the following structure: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tb0414ee0u06v2y/xxxxxxxxxxx.mp3.

Today when sharing a new file, dropbox gives me the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k98ve2uye7bk8b83ss0qu/xxxxxxxxxx.mp3?dl=0&rlkey=jpzs4bxm1yvr0164tsjrqxjqg. A link not working with the html music player.

Just contacted support. It got escalated. Waiting to hear back.

Hi!

I'm also encountering the new /s/ -> /scl/fi/ change and it's messing up my audio files on my webflow site.

I believe I tried what you suggested and changed the link generated from dropbox from https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/[random numbers]/[audio].mp3?dl=0&rlkey=[random key] to https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/[random numbers]/[audio].mp3?dl=1&rlkey=[random key]

If I go into the html and click the link it does download to my computer but it's still not playing the audio.

The old links I was using was formatted like this https://dl.dropbox.com/s/[random number]/[audio].mp3 and works perfectly.

I've tried different variations of the dl.dropbox link with the new ones generated and no matter what I try it doesn't work. I've also tried just leaving the link generated untouched and changing the dl=0 to dl=1 and the audio still won't play. 😞

I too find the new "scl" links unusable for posting .jpg files to web sites so that they fully render as a full screen image when clicked.  I am looking forward to a quck solution from Dropbox or will have to change my file hosting service.

Hi guys,

The links starting with www.dropbox.com/scl/ are preview links, not classical shared links. They can be links to files (www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/) of folders (www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/). Such links are presumably used for preview and not for direct download or embedding (in spite of some links can be redacted and made downloadable, but not all and not for embedding). There are different places where such links can be received from, but most probably you have received editable links, instead of view only (classical) shared links. What kind of links type to be received can be controlled on individual link creation, as well as changing the default link type (always when just "Copy link" is used - not "Share this file" or "Share this folder", the default link type gonna be created). Using "Share this ..." you can select "can edit" or "can view" for per link type select (before actual link creation). If the link is already created you may need to clear it and recreate proper link type anew. To change the default link type (if you have set or has been set inappropriate type), go to your sharing settings and select the desirable link type ("can view" or "can edit" in the field "What people can do"; most probably you want to ensure there is "can view" selected).

Good luck.

none of the suggestions are working for me. i'm attempting to import stylesheets but the game im on isnt reading the new link format, no matter what i do. i've changed everything, deleted everything, and done everything suggested, and no results. i cannot for the life of me understand why nothing will work, no matter what i do. i've tried for days now and i'm getting frustrated.