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Debbie M.1
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10 years ago

I am having an issue opening my mp4 files. Can you help me?

I shared a mp4 video from mac to dropbox but the file cannot be opened by a MS OS device. Realplayer is the default so it should work for any OS device. Is there something special I need to do when I...
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    9 years ago

    Debbie - thats an issue you need to speak to iMovie (Apple) and Real about. It isnt anything to do with Dropbox. 

     

    That means they've not yet fully uploaded Riet. Apple creates 0byte files when you move data around and then fills them up. Dropbox often uploads the 0byte files before they finish uploading. Those 0byte files will change to full ones once the computer uploads them. 

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9 years ago

Debbie - thats an issue you need to speak to iMovie (Apple) and Real about. It isnt anything to do with Dropbox. 

 

That means they've not yet fully uploaded Riet. Apple creates 0byte files when you move data around and then fills them up. Dropbox often uploads the 0byte files before they finish uploading. Those 0byte files will change to full ones once the computer uploads them. 

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