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Leslie M.1
New member | Level 2
11 years ago

Videos are not playing on the Dropbox site

I have a few videos on my dropbox and now they won't play. They just show that wheel that seems to imply something is "loading," but the videos never play in the end. Is this an issue with my compute...
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Mark
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10 years ago

Make sure you have an appropriate app on your device to play them

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    wildpig
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    i have same issue, will only play audio..... what do you mean "have appropriate app", what is it????


     

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    wildpig
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    what is the approprate app??????

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      Jane
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      9 years ago

      Hey wildpig, 

       

      It really depends on the extension. Most videos are viewable on a phone, though to better determine which application opens them, you'll have to look if it's an ".mp4, .avi etc." file. 

       

      (eg. Ella's Wedding.mp4")

       

      To further look into that with you, could you let me know some more details on what you're experiencing when trying to view your videos on your phone? 

       

      Looking forward to hearing back from you! 

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        wildpig
        New member | Level 2
        9 years ago

        thanks so much Jane, i down loaded AC3 player, that seems to fix problem

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