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Large video files from shared link stop downloading midway

My client uses dropbox for sharing raw camera footage that needs to edited. It’s all good when the file size is under 10gb but when there are files that are larger than 10gb it gets troublesome because the files won’t download and stop midway. Sometimes it gets downloaded but video stops playing and the frame stuck throughout. Doesn’t happen with any other cloud.

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Rogaa

Hi Abdullahhsidhu,

May I know if you are able to access the shared files through your Dropbox account? And may I know what type of Dropbox plan are you subscribed into? Thank you

Abdullahhsidhu

I try to download them through the provided link of my client’s Dropbox. He has folders in that link that contain the files. I just hit the download button on top of the folder or files. The client has a 2TB storage plan.

Rogaa

I see. Were you downloading the files like all at once or did you try to download them in few batches especially those under 10gb and then with the 10gb file, you download it just by itself and see what happens.

Thank you

Abdullahhsidhu

I’m trying downloading a 19gb video file separately right now for hours and having the same issue again and again

Rogaa

For sending large video files, it is really best advised if your client uses the Dropbox Transfer feature rather than the usual sharing via a link. So just to clarify, you are a non-Dropbox user , correct?

Abdullahhsidhu

Yes, that’s correct

Rogaa

We apologized if this is giving you a hard time to download the files. Though let me ask you if you don’t have a Dropbox account right?

Rogaa

May I know if you would like to do a 30 day trial in any of our plans (cancellable within 30 days to avoid being charged) so that you can access the files in your Dropbox account instead, and downloading will be much easier because you can just use the file syncing feature instead in which you can sync the files to be available for offline use (and Dropbox will download the files in the background without you not having to manually download them no more) . Syncing is way faster especially when done via the Desktop app . Let me know if this option is viable to you.

Thanks

Hannah

Hey @Abdullahhsidhu , thanks for letting us know about this.

Have you tried opening the link and downloading the files through a different browser or a private browsing window, to see if that helps at all?

Abdullahhsidhu

Hey Hannah, yes I’ve tried different browsers and different systems and network connections as well.

Rogaa

Hi Abdullah,

You might find this article helpful as well:

Why am I experiencing issues downloading large files from Dropbox?
When you download large files, folders, or collections of multiple items from your Dropbox account, you may receive a warning that the download will take a long time, based on your current internet speed.

In these instances, it can be better to download fewer items at a time, to reduce the strain on your network and avoid needing to restart the process if your connection is interrupted.

Alternatively, you can change the settings in the desktop app to allow Dropbox to use more bandwidth when syncing files :

https://help.dropbox.com/sync/download-entire-folders

Cheers!