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Stirling Projects
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox Paper - "Dropbox refused to connect" when inserting video on paper

I am suddenly getting this error when uploading video links to dropbox paper.  Images seem to upload ok - but this video (uploaded to dropbox), won't load on the paper document I'm creating.   I'm us...
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rustle1
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

same issue.

Worked fine before but now when I try to add a video (27Mb .mp4 format) to dropbox paper I just get 'www.dropbox.com refused to connect' error. Tried adding via 'insert dropbox files' button and just dragging over to upload the file to the page but doesn't work either way.

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rustle1
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

videos previously added to Paper still work but now look different with media player controls added so looks like Dropbox have made an update...

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