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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...
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)...
- Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Здравко wrote: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)...
strange because too good to be true. I understand how smartsync works. but the question is that for the download task with a dropbox account with smartsync , the video will be directly saved in the dropbox online without previously downloaded locally and tranfer to the dropbox?
Most probably. From the system support point of view - same system set are supported (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android). The conception is little bit different. As I noted above, full virtualization is used and this is the basic part (on Dropbox the basic is direct directory sync), after that You can choose what and where to sync locally (if any). If You select particular folder and don't sinc it locally then any direct move/copy/save to the virtual directory will be what You are looking for.
Betweens this is a good idea for future enhancement of Dropbox. Such functionality could be added (it don't have to be so hard). Many people ask for something similar (not just You). So, Your question could be count as new proposed idea. :wink:
Здравко a écrit :Most probably. From the system support point of view - same system set are supported (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android). The conception is little bit different. As I noted above, full virtualization is used and this is the basic part (on Dropbox the basic is direct directory sync), after that You can choose what and where to sync locally (if any). If You select particular folder and don't sinc it locally then any direct move/copy/save to the virtual directory will be what You are looking for.
Betweens this is a good idea for future enhancement of Dropbox. Such functionality could be added (it don't have to be so hard). Many people ask for something similar (not just You). So, Your question could be count as new proposed idea. :wink:
yeah and I know that pcloud is in some websites integrated below a video with a button "add to my pcloud account" and it's directly added to the account. It also could be possible with a dropbox plugin in the browser, or in the dropbox web or app a menu "add a file url to be downloaded.
Yeah I'm quite surprised that Dropbox or Gdrive had not proposed such functionnality.
Thanks for your answers !
