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Why does a dl.dropboxusercontent.com download link behave differently?
A friend and I share mp3 files through dropbox though I use dropbox.cm and he uses dl.dropboxusercontent.com. The link I send him looks and behaves differently than the one he sends me. He gets a button to download the file while his link opens Windows Media Player and I must go through a few more steps to download the file. This is non-copyrighted material, by the way. The only way to get his link when clicked is to add a suffix with the characters - ?dl=0 to the end of the link. What gives with this?
There's no way to specify which domain is used. Different domains are used for different features. You just create a share link (or Public link if you still have a Public folder) and the link generated is the one you use.
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-and-share-link#link
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/force-download
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/public-folder
Mod note: edited to update links in post [last updated 2022]
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how do you get the share the file with dl.dropboxusercontent.com
I can't seem to do anything to get that- Rich
Super User II
There's no way to specify which domain is used. Different domains are used for different features. You just create a share link (or Public link if you still have a Public folder) and the link generated is the one you use.
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-and-share-link#link
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/force-download
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/public-folder
Mod note: edited to update links in post [last updated 2022]
- Rich
He's likely sharing a link from the Public folder, which is a deprecated method of sharing files and only available to older accounts that already had the capability.
To Matthew L., I use dropbox.com my friend uses dl.dropboxusercontent.com. He tells me that he can create a link on the dl.dropboxusercontent.com website to share an mp3 file that can be downloaded rather than just played by Media Player which is the problem he was having.
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Would it be possible to make a dl.dropboxusercontent.com link with XML files from :[external link removed by Moderator to align with the Community's Guidelines] and then use it on Apple TV or some other device?
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