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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.
Dropbox Replay and Avid Media Composer
It is essential to make Dropbox Replay compatible with Avid Media Composer Adobe Premiere Pro is very useful for small and medium productions. DaVinci resolve is mainly used for color grading. Sometimes in editing. But when it comes to large productions, involving multiple collaborations such as VFX and compositing houses, using softwares like Nuke or Silhouette, we enter a different league. They all, without exception, use the MXF file format. So far, MC is the only software that does not use linked files. Everything is imported into a specific folder, transcoded into MXF, separated from the sources, which makes it the most stable system in the world. A solid rock. For all these reasons, I strongly suggest that Dropbox Replay include Avid Media Composer in the list of compatible editing softwares. Thank you, guys! Martin Julien - Senior Post Production Editor