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Videos don't play in Vault on mobile app
I have a few mp4 videos in my vault that will not play. I get the following error: "Couldn't connect to Dropbox. Please check your internet connection and try again." However, if I copy one of the sa...
- problem seems solved! Great!!
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi there dschuett, thanks for dropping by!
Out of curiosity, do you get the error notification as soon as you try to preview the videos?
Could you also send me a screenshot of the error message, just to have a better visual of what you're seeing?
Keep us posted!
Yes, I do get the error message as soon as it is previewed. If I have the same video outside of the vault, It has the play button displayed and I am able to play the video. I have discovered if I click the boxed-arrow icon at the bottom of the preview, I can choose an app to play the video. However, I would expect it to play just as it does outside the vault.
- Lusil
Thanks for your swift reply, dschuett.
Just to make sure that we cover as much initial troubleshooting as possible, could you also try clearing the Dropbox mobile app's cache?
I just cleared the app cache and issue still persists.
- Lusil
Thanks for trying that out for me, dschuett.
Could you have a look at your Support page to see your options for contacting our team?
I don't seem to be able to post here, so I will copy and paste what I replied to another member about the same problem I am having as you both are. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
I have the same problem in my Samsung 8+ and Honor devices. Clips will play on my MacBook Pro, though, so I imagine they would also play on an iPhone. I assume it is an Android issue. I have reported this and have been thanked by Dropbox for drawing their attention to these issues and "we rely on our customers to blah blah blah" and will investigate. As long as you get yourself an Apple device, then you should'nt experience any problems. You do know, all you need to do is remove thos clips into another folder and they will play there, then you can put them back into Vault! Sounds long, but the only workaround i can see. Even if data is turned on, so there's no internet connection, they still won't play in Vault.
