2025 sparked some incredible conversations across our community 👩💻. Discover the highlights and see what’s ahead in 2026.
Custom Version Numbers/strings
It'd be great to edit version numbers/strings so the dropdown contains custom text. In many naming conventions, versions aren't always whole numbers, and aren't always sequential. If version 3 was just internal and never uploaded, for example, it'd be lovely to have the version numbers sync up with external filenames in Replay, so you could skip version 3 and have versions jump from 2-4. Or if auditioning music for a video, the versions could be called something like "ambient" "acoustic" "energetic" etc ... but still switchable from a simple dropdown menu.Timecode offset
When working on longform projects (feature films) it's pretty common to upload scenes/sections that have embedded timecode. Currently every dropbox replay comment starts at 0:00.000. It'd be very helpful (especially for comment export) to have a timecode offset for each uploaded file. So if I'm uploading a section of a film that starts at timecode 02:10:11:18, for example, the comments will begin at that timecode rather than at 00:00:00:00 Ideally, dropbox replay could reference the timecode embedded in the uploaded files to find this offset, or even read a portion of the screen (often timecode is embedded in the image) to figure out the offset. But even having a manual offset would be lovely.
Filter by Versions! (REPLAY)
I'd love to be able to see my comments by version number. When I am reviewing notes and I am on version 8 - I have no reason to see versions 1-7 as well. It is extremely cluttered and takes me forever to find the most recent notes and then check them against my current version. A simple "Filter by version #" dropdown would fix this and save a TON of time. To me - the best thing you can do for your users is save them time. All the other features are secondary compared to efficiency within Replay.
Updating view-only links in Dropbox Replay
It would be great if you could update videos with in view-only links or if they act like "live" feedback links. At the moment view-only links are locked to the version at which you selected, if there was an another version at the top which said "live" or something similar, which always showed the most up to date video file, but in a view-only setting, that would be perfect.
SRT editing in Dropbox Replay
It would be great if clients could edit subtitles directly in Dropbox Replay when checking for spelling. Currently, you can upload the SRT text and view it on the right side, but people without an account are unable to edit it. This would be a great update for Dropbox Replay users. Thanks, Frank
Copy/Reference Comments On Older Version in New Version
Something that would really be helpful would to be to optionall overlay/copy the comments of older versions onto a new version. Here's the use case: I'm working on a video and we get some comments from a client to change a specific shot or edit something at a timecode. We make the change, and upload the new version. We need to continue talking about or reference this comment to keep the conversation going about this specific change. As it stands right now, all old comments are lost with new versions – you can switch to the older version but clients aren't going to do that and it doesn't really make sense. So currently we have to go in and find that change at the specific time, make a new comment to keep the conversation going. When you have very long videos this gets tedious. It would be great to somehow copy over that comment from that specific user or reference it somehow, instead of it completely being locked in older versions. This would also be useful for times when a new reviewer steps in and has no idea what has been done or why. Or when we have long videos and just need to pinpoint a specific time. The ability to reference older comments/notes would be great. Basically we need to be able to compare old/new versions in one place.