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mgravitt2
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

RAW=1 link no longer working for videos in Chrome

Hi,

 

For MP4 videos, when I share links, I change the dl=0 at the end of the link to raw=1.  This no longer seems to work in Google Chrome as of the past few days. 

 

Was there something changed on your end to cause this issue?

 

Others I share links with have the same issues, so it is not specific to my device.

 

. 

 

Example:

 

DL=0 (original) link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdna7jwuzev1eg2/Sunnyhill%20-%202021-03-15%20-%20Ray%20of%20Light%20-%20The%20Limping%20Goat%20%28Rumi%29.mp4?dl=0

 

Changed to raw=1:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdna7jwuzev1eg2/Sunnyhill%20-%202021-03-15%20-%20Ray%20of%20Light%20-%20The%20Limping%20Goat%20%28Rumi%29.mp4?raw=1

 

Thanks!

Mike

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  • ginkatyan's avatar
    ginkatyan
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    Hello. I want to use video from Dropbox on my website, it works with "raw=1" on desktop version, but doesn't on mobile version

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    4 years ago

    Hi ginkatyan, let's see what we can find on this! 

     

    Can you let me know the steps you follow when trying to open a shared link on mobile? 

     

    Can you try a different browser on your mobile, provided this is how you open the link that way? 

     

    Let me know the results! 

  • Luc-FJ's avatar
    Luc-FJ
    Helpful | Level 7
    3 years ago

    Hi there! We have the same issue here at our company. replacing dl=0 to raw=1 doesn't work anymore in all the browsers. How often does this problem occur? Hope it will be fixed again soon! Megan 🙂

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi Luc-FJ, thanks for posting here today! 

     

    You mentioned that this happens in specific browsers, right? What error are you getting when trying to open that URL? Does the normal dl=0 link work? What device are you using to access the links?

     

    Keep me posted!

  • Justin J.10's avatar
    Justin J.10
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    I can confirm as of 4/25/2023 1:08PM EST raw=1 is not working on ALL current Chromium browsers. 

    We have to move all of our content to an AWS bucket in the mean time to get around our media not playing back.

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi Justin J.10, thanks for reporting this! 

     

    Does this happen only on Chromium browsers? Does it work on any different browsers? 

     

    Keep me posted!

  • Justin J.10's avatar
    Justin J.10
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Yup this is seems to be with all Windows and Linux browsers. Even a simple QT C++ app also can't render raw=1 content at the moment.

     

  • Luc-FJ's avatar
    Luc-FJ
    Helpful | Level 7
    3 years ago

    Hi there!

    No, I said All the browsers :). Sure, I don't have all the browsers installed om my Macbook, but Brave, Firefox, Chrome and Safari all give the same error, a unplayable button. Yes, dl=0 did work reliable in the past.

     

    Hope this helps!

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