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problem with downloading big video from Dropbox

Hi, i have created a movie, and sent it to my computer over dropbox. The movie file is 4.1 GB, so it is pretty big. Every time i press download on my computer, it never completes the download, and i can't get the file from Dropbox over to my computer

please help, i need this very much

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Mark

You can press 'add to my Dropbox' if you have enough quota. If you dont then it may give an error, but, I'm not 100% sure now.

If not I'm afraid you may struggle if your ISP is flaky - the issue is (sadly) all to do with how well the ISP can handle large files.

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Mark

Download and install Dropbox on your machine to let it down that way - it downloads in 4mb chunks then rather than in one big go.

www.dropbox.com/install

Tobiasbryld

But what if i got the file from a link? so the file is shared to me

Mark

Tobiasbryld

Hi Mark,

So am i ment to synchronize from Dropbox.com to my application on my computer?

Mark

You dont have to, no, but if you have a poor internet connection it is a suitable work around

SoloMail

Video file (13.8 gb) will not download completely. Downloads approx 12.2-12.8gb then it shows complete, but the video is missing approx 15 minutes. Have tried Firefox, Chrome, day and nighttime, different Mac computers. I am in CA. Friend in Maryland downloads file on first try.

Mark

Where and how are you downloading it?

Note that if it is downloading and opening the file itself is correct and working - so you and the other person are doing it differently. If the file was actually missing a few gb of data you'd get an error and it wouldn't play.