We're making changes to the Community, so you may have received some notifications - thanks for your patience and welcome back. Learn more here.
Forum Discussion
video length restriction?
When I upload a video file to my dropbox I have an issue that I do not understand.
If I download that file to another computer, I have the entire video file, but if someone else with whom I hav...
The website generates previews of files only, so, if you are sharing a link they can only see the first 15 mins for free users or 60 for paid. To view the rest they need to download it.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIThe website generates previews of files only, so, if you are sharing a link they can only see the first 15 mins for free users or 60 for paid. To view the rest they need to download it.
Yes, I just recently found this out. I share videos that are usually less then an hour long and have never heard any complaints. Once a year I video our local community variety show which are around 2 hrs in length. This year is the first time I tried sending links instead of burning dozens of DVDs and mailing them. That's when I was inundated with this sharing problem. It didn't take long to figure out that you just needed to download the link . I let everyone be aware of this and it has worked out very well.
