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Pat Sheehan's avatar
Pat Sheehan
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Embed Video Into Webpage

Is the last few years of embedding Dropbox videos into a web page a thing of the past? Was there a recent update - maybe within the last few days?

 

Embedded videos suddenly stopped working and the latest "tip and trick" is from 2017 which isn't useful.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20

    Pat Sheehan wrote:

    ...

    Embedded videos suddenly stopped working and the latest "tip and trick" is from 2017 which isn't useful.


    Hi Pat Sheehan,

    What you mean with "Embedded"? 🧐 Do you use embedder or direct raw link? I just checked and embedder works as usual. If you use raw links to embed your content, the wrong thing is not at your side, it's at Dropbox side. There is a bug when Ranges are used with any type of request (web browsers use them a lot) - content type is wrong declared and that's why browser gets confused. Let's hope this bug will be fixed soon.

    Hope this clarifies matter.

    • Pat Sheehan's avatar
      Pat Sheehan
      Explorer | Level 4

      Video code embedded into webpage. No CMS widgets. Using Dreamweaver for updates.

       

      This is the video code that's been embedded into my webpages  for years. All Dropbox hosted videos affected.

       

      <div class="fluid header">
      <video width="1280" height="720" title="Laxemedia.com" poster="" autoplay controls loop>
      <source src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xxrdnssnfl85aho/roll-video-eng.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      </video>

       

      Was NOT using the type="video/mp4?dl=0 or the type="video/mp4?raw=1 code after video/mp4 as some have mentioned but did try it but no luck there either.

       

      Also tried using <source src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxrdnssnfl85aho/roll-video-eng.mp4" type="video/mp4">  Didn't work either.

       

      ...

  • jvahle's avatar
    jvahle
    New member | Level 2

    Same thing here, all my videos stopped working as of today.

    • Pat Sheehan's avatar
      Pat Sheehan
      Explorer | Level 4

      Thanks for your reply. Good to know.

       

      Am not using a content management system. Website is updated using Dreamweaver.

       

      I thought it might be a browser issue initially. Was using Opera, then checked with Chrome browser and the result with Chrome browser was some worked and some didn't. Then nothing worked. Did a cache and registry check/clean. Didn't help. Used a different computer - same issue. 

       

      This is the video code that's been embedded into my webpages  for years:

       

      <div class="fluid header">
      <video width="1280" height="720" title="Laxemedia.com" poster="" autoplay controls loop>
      <source src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xxrdnssnfl85aho/roll-video-eng.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      </video>

       

      Was NOT using the type="video/mp4?dl=0 or the type="video/mp4?raw=1 code after video/mp4 as some have mentioned but did try it but no luck there either.

       

      Also tried using <source src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxrdnssnfl85aho/roll-video-eng.mp4" type="video/mp4">  Didn't work either.

       

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      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20

        Pat Sheehan wrote:

        ...

        I thought it might be a browser issue initially. ...


        No, no, no... definitely no. Range download mode is something standard and widely used. It's the way to consume video (and not only) stream as needed (no need to download everything at once). It's the way every browser is using (or most of them, at least). If the video file is too small - ~100kB (i.e. downloaded in one step), it's still possible to work (before fixing the bug). Otherwise you can't do anything, more than move to embedder temporary. It's Dropbox' server bug.

  • europe89's avatar
    europe89
    New member | Level 2

    Can I embed videos from Dropbox to put on my website?

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

      Dropbox isnt a hosting service so things on websites are not going to always play well. 

       

      Please use the correct tool for this and find a hosting service you can use. You are saving yourself lots of trouble in the long run.

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