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renanbr's avatar
renanbr
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Stream videos using .srt subtitles within dropbox

Hi, I can find an answer to that question from ‎2019. It is simply NO without any explanation. Is there anything new on that subject after 2 years ?   Why it is so hard to implement this feature ...
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shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13
11 months ago

Dropbox recently delivered Dropbox REPLAY which is a remote, advanced service for video editing.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/replay

 

https://replay.dropbox.com/

 

It recently implemented subtitles in REPLAY

 

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Subtitles-Captions-Support-in-Replay/idc-p/748536#M82694

 

https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/dropbox-replay-video-transcription

 

 

 

YET I'm still unable to read subtitles for regular videos on my Dropbox, just the same way as on my Macbook when the .vtt or .srt subtitle file is located in the same folder with the identical name of the matching video.

 

I've tried both on Dropbox.com and in my iOS app, it doesn't work.

 

This subject was first requested in 2019: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/View-download-and-export/Stream-videos-using-srt-subtitles-within-dropbox/td-p/527829

 

It's 2024 guys, you need to wake up.

  • Graham's avatar
    Graham
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    11 months ago

    Hi everyone,

     

    Thanks for posting here on the Dropbox Community and thank you all very much for your feedback on subtitles. It seems like there is a combined will to make this happen among the people who have posted on this thread so I would highly recommend that someone posts it as a feature request over on our Share an idea board, if everyone who has commented here voted for it it could start some good momentum!

     

    Thanks for mentioning Dropbox Replay shinbeth, I think this is a really good example of how an idea can go through the Share an idea process and become a feature if there is enough demand for it. Just out of curiosity, have you been using Replay, and do you find having the subtitles in there has been a helpful addition? Also, just so you're aware, we recently launched a Dropbox Replay where Replay users can connect with each other and some members of the Replay team, so if you do have any more ideas or feedback we'd love to hear from you over there.

     

    Thanks again, and have a great day!

    Graham

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