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Jasmine D.1's avatar
Jasmine D.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Sharing video so it can be previewed but not downloaded?

I was trying to work out if I can share videos through Dropbox so people can preview but not download? Does anyone know if this is possible? I have over 100GB of video uploaded and want to share it...
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    Rich
    10 years ago

    Has anyone found a way around this yet so we can share a video - view only - but not download 

    You can't. That's not how the Internet works. If I can view it, it's already on my computer.

Simon K.15's avatar
Simon K.15
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Short answer is yes you can - sign up for a free Wistia account at wistia.com.

 

Streaming = Downloading.

So any video that is viewed is at the same time downloaded. You can't prevent users from downloading videos, but Dropbox could make it harder to download at least.

 

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