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Download directly video file to dropbox
Hi,
I would like to add url video file example http://www...com/video.mp4 to be directy downloaded to my dropbox. Because I don't want to be download to my PC and then to my dropbox. My internal ha...
Hi readymade,
There was a small error in Lusil's explanation. In fact to work would be need You to use 'Smart Sync'! If 'Smart Sync' isn't active then You are right - file will be locally saved and without any sync. If 'Smart Sync' is active then files saved will engage minimal space (in fact buffering) and will be forwarded directly to the dropbox server in Your account.
Hope this helps to some extent.
Здравко a écrit :Hi readymade,
There was a small error in Lusil's explanation. In fact to work would be need You to use 'Smart Sync'! If 'Smart Sync' isn't active then You are right - file will be locally saved and without any sync. If 'Smart Sync' is active then files saved will engage minimal space (in fact buffering) and will be forwarded directly to the dropbox server in Your account.
Hope this helps to some extent.
thanks to additionnal explanation. In fact, yes, it's the purpose of cloud to take much more space in the hard drive (buffering). But what is smart sync'
Is there a way to save my video without taking space to my PC?
Website server (where there is the video) > Dropbox
and not Website server (where there is the video) > PC > Dropbox
Здравко a écrit :readymade, take a look at: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/smart-sync
ok thanks. So if i take the smart sync, I open the download windows in my browser, save the video file into the dropbox folder, it will be ok? : the file will not be taking space into my internal hard drive? Sounds strange.
Sounds strange?! Why? Didn't You heard about different kinds of virtual file system? Typical case is NFS, also for Linux and Mac - FUSE (on Windows there are equivalent API)...
