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    <title>topic Re: video streaming - m3u access? in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/604588#M28077</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1550807"&gt;@Thebe&lt;/a&gt; No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this request.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-06-21T01:46:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>video streaming - m3u access?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/285274#M17467</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We stumbled across an m3u file that must be the HLS streams.&amp;nbsp; From what I've read, there are currently no API's for this.&amp;nbsp; I think if there were, the customer I am working with would be quite happy as it handles a bunch of questions/concerns they have over the current API's I'm using.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The m3u file has a 720p, 480p, and 360p URLs.&amp;nbsp; These play quite nicely in the html5 video player.&amp;nbsp; Sample code below (although I am not using a valid URL.)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;lt;video width="400" controls&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;source src="&lt;A href="https://showboxtr.dropbox.com/hls_transcode/AVAPRFsZT968MfZzWx3cg8x***.some_filemov" target="_blank"&gt;https://showboxtr.dropbox.com/hls_transcode/AVAPRFsZT968MfZzWx3cg8x***.some_filemov&lt;/A&gt;"&amp;gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Your browser does not support HTML5 video.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;lt;/video&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are there any API's or ways to access the m3u file?&amp;nbsp; It would solve some issues we are running into.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Currently, we have a prototype that gets a list of video files.&amp;nbsp; We then get a URL for that file, pass it to the video player.&amp;nbsp; This works - but I think it is streaming the actual file no matter the device requeting it (and no concerns for bandwidth).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The current URL's we get back look something like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/imjXXXXXXgo/some_file.mov?dl=0" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/imjXXXXXXgo/some_file.mov?dl=0&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I change the URL to:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/imjXXXXXXgo/some_file.mov?raw=1" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/imjXXXXXXgo/some_file.mov?raw=1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;With raw=1, the html5 video player does play the file back.&amp;nbsp; However, this is not transcoded - correct?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;I think it would be nice if there was more documentation on streaming videos.&amp;nbsp; The API notes do have bits and pieces, but you have to do a lot of digging to find what you are looking for.&amp;nbsp; I still have questions I'm a bit shaky about.&amp;nbsp; I've spent a lot of time the last 2 days building a prototype so I could answer my own questions.&amp;nbsp; (Not necessarily a bad thing, but I could have saved time if there was a more concise guide on it.) .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Sorry for the rambling post.&amp;nbsp; I'm hoping there is a way to generate or access the m3u file, but I suspect this is not supported with my current approach since I haven't found any mention of it in the documentation.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:11:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/285274#M17467</guid>
      <dc:creator>riderc1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:11:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: video streaming - m3u access?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/285282#M17468</link>
      <description>That's correct, the API doesn't offer access to transcoded or HLS streams, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. &lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;The 'raw=1' shared link URL will return the original file data.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:07:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/285282#M17468</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-07-18T20:07:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: video streaming - m3u access?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/604468#M28074</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi Greg,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Peter N said the same thing in 2015:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Video-HLS-and-Different-formats/td-p/155528" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Video-HLS-and-Different-formats/td-p/155528&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any development in this area?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:29:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/604468#M28074</guid>
      <dc:creator>Thebe</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-20T16:29:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: video streaming - m3u access?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/604588#M28077</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1550807"&gt;@Thebe&lt;/a&gt; No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this request.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 01:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/video-streaming-m3u-access/m-p/604588#M28077</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-06-21T01:46:07Z</dc:date>
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