Why can't I play video in its full lenght

Question

I got a link to an mp4 private video. When I start the video it only last for 15 minutes. I know that the duration is app. 1 hour and other members of the shared link can see the full video. My question - Why can I only stream some of the video?

Just saw a message 'this is a partial preview. To Watch full movie download it to your dropbox.

Okay did so and it Works, but now my dropbox is full. Can't I just stream it without having to save it???

Tony R.12 · Answer

Until last week I could send links to stream videos from my Dropbox to other people's mobile devices. So what changed?

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OffSet D. · Answer

What about streaming feature from the Android app? I can play short or lightweight video files in my tablet or phone but I cannot step forward (going to the medium part of the stream p.e.) when playing big video files (2 Gbs p.e.).

The image gets permanently frozen and no bandwith it's used so it's not a buffering issue.

Any ideas? Thank you.

Morten A. · Answer

Thank you so much for your answer Rich. Have a nice day.