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

iframe embed stopped working on a client's website. All of her videos are embedded by iframe and were fine until this morning. Now we just get www.dropbox.com refused to connect.

The links are still valid and videos are working in dropbox, just not where embedded. Has something changed or is there a problem with dropbox?

Hello there, 

Im having a major problem withe embedding dropbox video anywhere.  MY first post so sorry for potentially noob question. 

I use dropbox to embed videos on Shopify, Readymag and other platforms for over 3 years.  

I was always using online service https://onelineplayer.com/  to generate <ifame  

Yesterday some of the videos just stopped working and are showing grey board with info "video not found or not supported) while other videos, treated in exactly same way are working correctly. Help please this issue happened on live projects and I am being chased by clients/ex clients! 

Example of dropbox video working correctly: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/usjnn0cvqzxi60h/grassmarket.mp4?st=gvsu6qd4&dl=0

Example of video not working at all: 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zde0g1iziy6odzamrqttu/RC-V8.mp4?rlkey=b5wjofa7um0yu77xkhqa57yow&st=7j6uczlw&dl=0

I have also notices that the links of the videos with the problem have different structure. Not sure why (these are in the same folder on dropbox) 

I will also add I found a solution which seems to be working but for a few hours only: 

I change the ending of not working video from dl=0 to raw=1 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zde0g1iziy6odzamrqttu/RC-V8.mp4?rlkey=b5wjofa7um0yu77xkhqa57yow&st=7j6uczlw&raw=1

than I paste it to chrome and it becomes this:

https://uc27c9b8945c96f243beea1e4a95.dl.dropboxusercontent.com/cd/0/inline/CSN2427839uNIE7qx9JeRVigSiefSBGyR1OQW09O2xEfexfRhDyCVchARrH7s4VC7pizaRqeQ70qy_jNyffVEr9ir9gZ6WeRLCAl6FEqviDEigT72knRS9y3tl2C1BVQGqJPj5v6-VaUyVdqfzo2UpSG/file

I use this link to feed it to https://onelineplayer.com/ and this works perfectly fine BUT only for a few hours. 

help please I might be overcomplicating this, I jsut want to udersntand why some old videos work ok and some are not. 

maybe there is also an easier way of embedding videos on the website. 

Good morning, I have a standard plan an I am experiencing a strange behavior of Dropbox, apparently. More exactly all the videos I need to show on my pages do not appear. I have a website and wordpress installed, and as of this morning everything was fine.

Here's an example: https://www.evolvinnova.eu/2024/05/04/video-test/

the file seems accessible and shared to anyone who has the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vglnkmtnlpvo7svmkzxl3/fallo-al36-secondo.mp4?rlkey=7a9lzrn2bszrx34efot34hioc&st=w0whscno&dl=0 

Of course I changed dl=0 in raw=1 but yet it doesn't work.

What can this be due to?

Thank you so much for any suggestion and hint, and please excuse me if the request is not proper or placed in the wrong place.

Have a nice day!

Gabriele

I will also add I was trying to use simple code whihc alway worked but with the problematic video above it does not :

<video width='100%' autoplay='true' playsinline='' loop='true' muted='true\'>
<source src='https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zde0g1iziy6odzamrqttu/RC-V8.mp4?rlkey=b5wjofa7um0yu77xkhqa57yow&st=c13s1w5m&raw=1' type='video/mp4'>
</video>

Similar (maybe even identical) to this issue: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Create-upload-and-share/Force-render-not-working-on-a-Wordpress-site/m-p/768178

As Dropbox isnt a hosting tool, it is possible they are actively blocking the rendering of the sites (they have done this previously). Do the links work if you just use the links and not on a web page?

Thanks for reply. yes, if I put the link in for exembel vcl media player it plays the video its only on my websites its not working

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kelvinb wrote:

The links are still valid and videos are working in dropbox, just not where embedded. Has something changed or is there a problem with dropbox?

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I suspect Dropbox is actively blocking it - Dropbox isnt and never was a hosting platform. They have done this previously and so I wouldnt be shocked if they did it again.

This topic https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Create-upload-and-share/I-have-an-xml-file-which-i-share-with-my-own-smart-TV-app-but-it/td-p/756901/ indicates that raw=1 should work (it broke and was fixed again). It's a 302 redirect which has been re-introduced.

Actually I don't see the difference between sharing a hosted file and serving a hosted file.

Same issue.

 I have found a link generator that creates links so that they can now be played. it's just a shame i  now have to spend several days changing all the links

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dropbox-direct-link-gener/eicoigkfdogflbbcoefagmejoopganmd 

Im wondering, (again sorry if super noob question) but I managed to video work embedded. Than I copied the link from dropbox and it stopped working (missing file error) Is this possible that every time I generate link or copy link from dropbox its somehow changing (hence video missing info) Are some link generated temporarily rather than as a main link and unchanged? 

I have found a link generator that creates links so that they can now be played. it's just a shame i now have to spend several days changing all the links

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dropbox-direct-link-gener/eicoigkfdogflbbcoefagmejoopganmd

It works, thanks!

However, I'll wait a couple days to see if this gets fixed, I have more than 500 .mp3 files and changing links one by one would be too time consuming.

All audio downloaded from Dropbox cannot be played, although everything was working yesterday. Audios are uploaded to different accounts (with a paid plan). All links are added to the page in webflow in this format:
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