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When previewing audio files on Dropbox, the playback skips or drops out. Any ideas?
Hello, just wondered if any other music tech-y people have had any trouble with glitchy audio files when using Dropbox to share them? A track that I have mixed and bounced down on my studio pc, whic...
A while ago we had a problem whereby audio played back with dropouts - see the thread
It was fixed but now it's back in a different form. Crackly noises that aren't in the original file. Yes, I know we can ask people to download the file but this really shouldn't be happening, and it is new behaviour. Anyone else have this? If I upload high bitrate mp4 audio the crackles are really noticeable as discrete glitches; if I upload uncompressed audio it manifests as a general fuzzy sound. Why does this keep breaking?
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey kroft, thanks for checking in with us.
Does this happen specifically to .mp4 files or other audio files as well?
Also, do you find that the sounds is the same regardless of what browser you use?
Does this happen specifically to .mp4 files or other audio files as well?
Also, do you find that the sounds is the same regardless of what browser you use?
Hi Lusil ! Yes, it happens in at least Firefox and Safari, and also in the Dropbox iOS app. So far as I can tell the glitches are in the same place regardless of device or browser.
It happens with both mp4 and uncompressed audio (AIFF - I haven't tried WAV yet). But with mp4 it's specific glitches and clicks, whereas with AIFF it appears as a more general and continuous crackling.
It would be great to get this fixed! It has only recently started happening.
