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Steve Raven
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Re: Force render issues (raw=1) and shared links won't work for hosting.

Thanks, Rich, I just tried a couple of different URLs in a browser window.

 

The link ending in raw=1 played immediately.

 

I also tried changing the link to the Dropbox original of dl=0, which just opened the file in the Dropbox web app, which is obviously why the raw=1 URL is preferred.

 

I'll get onto the plugin developer about this.

 

 

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  • Steve Raven's avatar
    Steve Raven
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    What the plugin developer said (last week)

     

    The reason why it does not play in FV Player is that it probably checks some of the HTTP request headers, such as the referrer header. When I insert it using bare HTML5 video tag it won’t play either.

     

    And...

     

    So it’s not a problem with FV Player, but a more general issue.

    I found that it actually depends on the dropbox.com cookies which your browser has.

    So the Dropbox link cannot play the video reliably, as they probably don’t want you to be using their services for video playback anyway.

     

    So there you go, It's Dropboxes fault, and NOT the FV Player plugin 🙂

     

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    2 years ago
    Steve Raven wrote:

    I just tried a couple of different URLs in a browser window. The link ending in raw=1 played immediately.

    So there you go, It's Dropboxes fault, and NOT the FV Player plugin

     

    If the links work when you test them in a browser, then they're working as expected. With that being the case, I'd say the fault is with using them in a manner not intended, which isn't a fault of Dropbox.

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