problem with downloading big video from Dropbox

[Tobiasbryld]

Hi, i have created a movie, and sent it to my computer over dropbox. The movie file is 4.1 GB, so it is pretty big. Every time i press download on my computer, it never completes the download, and i can't get the file from Dropbox over to my computer

please help, i need this very much

Thank You

[Mark]

Download and install Dropbox on your machine to let it down that way - it downloads in 4mb chunks then rather than in one big go.

www.dropbox.com/install

[Tobiasbryld]

But what if i got the file from a link? so the file is shared to me

[Mark · Accepted solution]

You can press 'add to my Dropbox' if you have enough quota. If you dont then it may give an error, but, I'm not 100% sure now.

If not I'm afraid you may struggle if your ISP is flaky - the issue is (sadly) all to do with how well the ISP can handle large files.

[Tobiasbryld]

Hi Mark,

So am i ment to synchronize from Dropbox.com to my application on my computer?

[Mark]

You dont have to, no, but if you have a poor internet connection it is a suitable work around

[SoloMail]

Video file (13.8 gb) will not download completely. Downloads approx 12.2-12.8gb then it shows complete, but the video is missing approx 15 minutes. Have tried Firefox, Chrome, day and nighttime, different Mac computers. I am in CA. Friend in Maryland downloads file on first try.

[Mark]

Where and how are you downloading it?

Note that if it is downloading and opening the file itself is correct and working - so you and the other person are doing it differently. If the file was actually missing a few gb of data you'd get an error and it wouldn't play.