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dollyonline
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Why are the videos I upload to my Dropbox account playing sound but no picture?
I have never had this problem before and it is very frustrating. I have a ton of concert videos that I took on my Iphone. They upload to dropbox. From there I copy them to my PC and create folders to...
- 6 years ago
as per advice of a friend I downloaded VLC media player for free and made it my default media player and it now works.... Good luck I hope your childrens videos are safe.
[This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]
dollyonline
Helpful | Level 6
some files work and some do not. I have only used the the same phone so not sure why this is happening.
I use automatic upload… it is on all the time. In this case when I saw there was a problem I deleted the audio only files from my computer and manually uploaded the videos …only to have the same thing happen again.
when that also failed I plugged my phone in to the computer and transferred…. same problem.
I use windows 7 by choice. I have spent all day updating everything possible from Microsoft and it is still of no help.
Walter
7 years agoDropbox Staff
Sorry to hear that persists dollyonline - could you let me know if you can preview these files normally on our website? Do they play normally?
Also, have you tried downloading another media player or even a codec pack from the internet to see if this will resolve your concern?
- dollyonline6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Yes I can see the videos on your website but not on the computer. I have done this for years and have never had that problem. What has changed? What medis player should I try?
- MrsKSmith19837 years agoNew member | Level 2
I'm having exactly the same issue and i use Dropbox in exactly the same way you do.
Im worried about moving the files to my external harddrive and loose the video especially as they are of my children.
- Walter7 years agoDropbox Staff
Sorry to hear about this MrsKSmith1983 - how are you uploading them to begin with? Why don't you test it out with a sample file to be sure first? If the files were uploaded to Dropbox in the first place, you should be able to recover them through your delete files page or the events page.
If you need assistance with any of this, please let me know.
- dollyonline6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
It is still happening! I record videos on my Iphone and they go directly to my dropbox. When I veiw them on my computer they are audio only. This has never been a problem before. Hope can this be fixed??? If I go to the dropbox website I can see them there but that is the only way. PLEASE HELP
- dollyonline6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Have you figured out anything yet??? I am still having the same problem. Not sure why this just started
- dollyonline6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
as per advice of a friend I downloaded VLC media player for free and made it my default media player and it now works.... Good luck I hope your childrens videos are safe.
[This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]
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