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    <title>topic Update a shared DropBox file without losing its DropBox shared link in Dropbox tips &amp; tricks</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Update-a-shared-DropBox-file-without-losing-its-DropBox-shared/m-p/392488#M1961</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I run a website for an organization, leveraging DropBox (Windows 10) for a monthly news video source. There is a media team that updates the one video file (news.mp4) monthly, that has a shared link reference with its code embedded into a html-video tag on a website.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have only found one way to maintain an existing link, when updating this &lt;STRONG&gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; filename for the website. Leveraging some tricks from Linux and AIX, wanted to see if they would work on Windows. It seems to work in Windows too.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;DropBox\Video &amp;lt;-- This is on a Windows 10 platform&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:\DropBox\Video&amp;gt; dir&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;01/25/2020 01:32 PM (467,676,373) news20200125.mp4&lt;BR /&gt;01/04/2020 08:43 PM (237,487,207) news20200104.mp4&lt;BR /&gt;01/04/2020 08:50 PM (237,487,207) news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This assumes you have already created a shared-DropBox link, and have it's code already working with an existing website.&amp;nbsp; The steps below will show you what I've found that seems to work for Windows, when updating the &lt;STRONG&gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; with &lt;STRONG&gt;news20201025.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; in this example.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1. First truncate news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:\Dropbox\video&amp;gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;echo |set /p=&amp;gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2. Append the new video to the existing shared news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:&amp;gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;type news20200125.mp4 &amp;gt;&amp;gt; news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Test the auto streaming video code.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The existing shared DropBox link used on the website in the video-tag should still be valid.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;How to auto stream them within the html-video tag for the 'src=' parameter.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Change the //&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dropbox" target="_blank"&gt;www.dropbox&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; portion of the link to //&lt;STRONG&gt;dl.dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;div style="text-align: center;"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;video autoplay="" controls="" disablepictureinpicture="" height="300" onended="videoEnded(this)" poster="&lt;A href="https://some.url.toJPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://some.url.toJPG&lt;/A&gt;" width="500"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;source src="&lt;A href="https://dl.dropbox.com/s/y14mx3e4ls79hru/news.mp4?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://dl.dropbox.com/s/y14mx3e4ls79hru/news.mp4?dl=0&lt;/A&gt;" type="video/mp4" /&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/video&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;script type="text/javascript"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;function videoEnded(video) {&lt;BR /&gt;video.autoplay=false;&lt;BR /&gt;video.load();&lt;BR /&gt;};&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:48:13 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>dcronin135</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-04-06T15:48:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Update a shared DropBox file without losing its DropBox shared link</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Update-a-shared-DropBox-file-without-losing-its-DropBox-shared/m-p/392488#M1961</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I run a website for an organization, leveraging DropBox (Windows 10) for a monthly news video source. There is a media team that updates the one video file (news.mp4) monthly, that has a shared link reference with its code embedded into a html-video tag on a website.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I have only found one way to maintain an existing link, when updating this &lt;STRONG&gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; filename for the website. Leveraging some tricks from Linux and AIX, wanted to see if they would work on Windows. It seems to work in Windows too.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;DropBox\Video &amp;lt;-- This is on a Windows 10 platform&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:\DropBox\Video&amp;gt; dir&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;01/25/2020 01:32 PM (467,676,373) news20200125.mp4&lt;BR /&gt;01/04/2020 08:43 PM (237,487,207) news20200104.mp4&lt;BR /&gt;01/04/2020 08:50 PM (237,487,207) news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This assumes you have already created a shared-DropBox link, and have it's code already working with an existing website.&amp;nbsp; The steps below will show you what I've found that seems to work for Windows, when updating the &lt;STRONG&gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; with &lt;STRONG&gt;news20201025.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt; in this example.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1. First truncate news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:\Dropbox\video&amp;gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;echo |set /p=&amp;gt;news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2. Append the new video to the existing shared news.mp4&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;C:&amp;gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;type news20200125.mp4 &amp;gt;&amp;gt; news.mp4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Test the auto streaming video code.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The existing shared DropBox link used on the website in the video-tag should still be valid.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;How to auto stream them within the html-video tag for the 'src=' parameter.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Change the //&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.dropbox" target="_blank"&gt;www.dropbox&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; portion of the link to //&lt;STRONG&gt;dl.dropbox&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;div style="text-align: center;"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;video autoplay="" controls="" disablepictureinpicture="" height="300" onended="videoEnded(this)" poster="&lt;A href="https://some.url.toJPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://some.url.toJPG&lt;/A&gt;" width="500"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;source src="&lt;A href="https://dl.dropbox.com/s/y14mx3e4ls79hru/news.mp4?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://dl.dropbox.com/s/y14mx3e4ls79hru/news.mp4?dl=0&lt;/A&gt;" type="video/mp4" /&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/video&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;script type="text/javascript"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;function videoEnded(video) {&lt;BR /&gt;video.autoplay=false;&lt;BR /&gt;video.load();&lt;BR /&gt;};&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:48:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Update-a-shared-DropBox-file-without-losing-its-DropBox-shared/m-p/392488#M1961</guid>
      <dc:creator>dcronin135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-04-06T15:48:13Z</dc:date>
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