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944 TopicsHow can I stream a video to my website from Dropbox online?
Hi Guys, So I will try and explain best I can. This is my website https://www.progressivedreamsmusic.com/ and this is a page on my website where I stream videos https://www.progressivedreamsmusic.com/a-progressive-journey-50/ The video that plays on the above page is hosted on my desktop in my dropbox pubic folder. I use a widget within wordpress (on my site) called FV Flowplayer Video Player that allows me to embed videos like this. What I do is copy the link of the video I want to stream and I paste it in FV Player, I change the end of the link from '?dl=0' to '?raw=1', I am not exactly sure why but without this the video won't play. Anyway, without that out of the way you can see what I am doing, but because over time this will take up lots of space on my desktop I want to know how I can stream a video from my online dropbox account like this? I want to store these very large video files in dropox cloud, maybe a public folder on my online account? Basically I want to not eat up my computers hhd space and instead do this via online instead Can anyne help me ?Solved25KViews1like2Comments'Empty files cannot be uploaded' error no matter the platform I'm using when trying to upload.
I have recently set up a basic account to try Dropbox out. I have successfully managed to upload some videos and photos from my iphone to my dropbox account. I have hardly used any of the allowance I have. I am now trying to do the same and I keep getting the message 'empty files cannot be uploaded' They are Mov or jpeg files I have tried to uplaod to dropbox directly, saving the files on my desktop and also 'requested files' via an email link. None work. Going round and round in circles. HELP!!!11KViews2likes19Comments".dropbox" file shows "NSFileProviderErrorDomain error -2005" on Mac. Should I keep it?
I've read that I should keep the ".dropbox" file. It shows up on two of my mac computers with a sync error status of "The operation couldn't be completed. (NSFileProviderErrorDomain error -2005)". I'd like to understand what is going on here and what I can do to relieve my account of its errors. Any information is appreciated. For starters... - Is this file supposed to be synced? - I don't know how I would even remove it from being synced aside from deleting it. - Why don't I see it on dropbox.com? - Is it trying to sync? - Are file names like this acceptable? - What can I do to fix the error? specs: macOS 12.6.9 running Dropbox Basic v182.4.6427 using "updated" version for Apple’s updated File Provider API.3.5KViews0likes3CommentsI need to mirror my Dropbox Folder on my desktop for 3 separate devices.
Perhaps a very basic question. I have a Dropbox folder that I wish to work on with three separate computers (all mine). I want the contents of the folder to also reside on each of these devices, with changes synced to DB. I wish to not depend on always having access to DB so I must have the files on the devices also. I don't wish the entire devices to be synced, but want the chosen folder to be visible on each desktop. What's the easy way to do so?Solved19KViews0likes5CommentsHow do I see the email address that was used to submit a file?
How do I see the email that was used to submit the file? In the file link, they are asked to put their name+email. As part of the naming convention, I can see the name but I need access to the customer's email as well to send a follow-up..31Views0likes2Comments"Green tick with white background" but I see this icon on almost all of my files.
I've been a user and paid subscriber to Dropbox for about a decade. I use Drobox for sharing my files across multiple devices and occasionally for sharing files with other people who don't always have Dropbox accounts. I don't work as part of an organisation so I don't use any of the team or business related features. I often recommend people use Dropbox over other cloud storage as I've always been impressed with Dropbox. I've just started seeing the normal green background tick replaced with a white background tick on multiple files and folders. According to the help pages these white background ticks can only appear on folders yet I have them on multiple files. The help page says this green tick with a white background and green circle 'Contains files that are both available offline and online-only. A white circle with a green outline and a green checkmark can only appear on a folder. It means the folder contains a mix of files and folders that are ”available offline” and “online-only”.' Looking at the files it looks like some of these are files I've previously shared with other people but that doesn’t match the description here. My recolection is the shared folders had a different icon but that seems to have changed. What would be nice would be for a company to be consistent with their icons rather that occasionally going for a total redesign just because someone has said it's fashionable to have a new look. If you have to have a new look please, at least, keep the basic symbolism consistent with the past for the sake of your long term loyal customers. When you do release an update please also release an update of the help files as the statement that 'A white circle with a green outline and a green checkmark can only appear on a folder' is not true as I have it all over my files.11KViews2likes6CommentsI need to save my Android photos to Dropbox directly as .jpg not .jpeg.
Hi all, As of a few days ago I finally figured out a great solution to my workflow by using an Android phone to take my pictures directly into Dropbox as Android creates .jpg file extensions which is the only extension a few of my other online systems accept. After checking the process again yesterday, I noticed that right clicking on the image to get the direct link now produces a .jpeg extension in the URL and is now unusable. This literally happened within a week of me figuring out the perfect flow. Now, I am back to square one sadly. I am hoping someone out there knows the answer. Many thanks!4.3KViews0likes12CommentsWhy is Dropbox suddenly blocking file sharing?
Device X230 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Win10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) Latest Syncing Status Up to date Question or Issue I know many people have had this issue with file sharing being blocked. I understand there are some workarounds. Last night I sent off my Christmas message video.. and the link failed. Apparently due to phishing content. But it was my own content. Doh. So my question is.. WHY is Dropbox obstructing this basic cloud storage function? Is it a mistake? Or just a bad policy decision? Of course it is bonkers and annoying. Otherwise, Happy Christmas to all!!23Views0likes2Comments