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Can't embed dropbox videos after June 2023
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video
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- JavaScript
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Description
Bug description
Dropbox URL is change from June 2023.
Please someone tell me how to embed the video to website.
This is the link.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4vrzdjnk7i0wuihl3pzud/Video.mp4?dl=0&rlkey=6ckf190r0jiljtnech4bym1b0
Steps to reproduce
- Upload a video to dropbox
- Copy the Share URL
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s7cffdll62ojsy1/local-video.mp4?dl=0 - Use the video shortcode to load this mp4 via VideoJS
{{< video https://www.dropbox.com/s/s7cffdll62ojsy1/local-video.mp4?dl=0 >}}
Expected behavior
- As before the video loads via the VideoJS snippet.
Actual behavior
- The video doesn't load and shows a
The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.error.
Your environment
Mac
Quarto check output
❯ quarto check
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
Pandoc version 3.1.2: OK
Dart Sass version 1.55.0: OK
Deno version 1.33.2: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
Version: 99.9.9
Path: /Users/amanning/projects/github/quarto/quarto-cli/package/dist/bin
[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK
[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
Version: 3.11.2
Path: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/bin/python3
Jupyter: 5.2.0
Kernels: julia-1.8, julia-1.7, python3
[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK
[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
Version: 4.2.1
Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
LibPaths:
- /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/library
knitr: 1.42
rmarkdown: 2.20
[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the video shortcode with the newer Dropbox share URL and compare it with the older URL shown in the issue. Trace how the video shortcode passes Dropbox URLs to VideoJS; done means the uploaded MP4 loads successfully without the media-format error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100