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Video freezing when trying to preview.
I have downloaded longer videos from a dropbox folder, and a few minutes in, the video freezes. At first I thought it was because of the editing software I was using, but changing it didn't help anything. I contacted the sender of the videos, and they confirmed that the videos got fully uploaded. So that must not be the issue. What could be causing
A downloaded student video from Dropbox isn't playing on my machine
Question or Issue I have students send me links to Dropbox videos here is the link. [Removed as per Community Guidelines] When I go to the link I get the Dropbox screen saying :" mp4 files are supported but something went wrong. I can click on the download link supplies and it downloads but will not play in Potplayer. Error about " The file exists but does not seem to have any video." The student claims the video works on her computer, that is an educational institution one and I cannot get access to it directly due to security. So student has copied and sent me via Dropbox. Tried other peoples Dropbox but no luck in playing it. Any advice gratefully received. Cyril Please try the link and any help you can be would be useful.
The transcription changes language based on the accent of the speaker.
this is weird. so I have a speech from a french guy with a french accent but talking in english. when I run it through dropbox's transcription, several times the transcription translates what he is saying in english into french. this has happened more than once with different speakers with accents, it auto translates it into their native language.
Syncing large video folders stops in the middle when trying to sync them.
I’m running into a frustrating issue with Dropbox on my iMac (Ventura 13.7.5). When I try to sync large video folders (~200GB) via the desktop app, the sync process starts but then stops partway through. I often return to find it paused or inactive. I have to manually click the cloud/arrow icon to resume syncing—and sometimes repeat this multiple times before the folder fully syncs. This makes the process unreliable for large transfers. Additionally, when I try to download large folders from Dropbox via the browser, the process usually fails when it attempts to create the ZIP file. Is this a known limitation with Dropbox and large video files, or is there a workaround or setting adjustment I should be aware of? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.