Does ARVE Support Dropbox Videos?

  • Resolved pbsbluejay

    (@pbsbluejay)


    7 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    Could someone tell me whether or not ARVE supports dropbox Mp4 videos?
    If so, how would I accomplish this task?

    I just installed the free ARVE plugin.

    I searched the forum for an answer but “no results” came up.

    I tried posting a dropbox video url but it didn’t work.

    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Author Nico

    (@nico23)

    Hi,

    this was actually not supported and it not supported by WP own video embedding feature but with version 8.4.0 I have found a way to do this. So it is supported now.

    I have tested it with this URL.

    The file needs to be publicly downloadable. Adding a ?dl=1 to the URL will trigger the download and ARVE uses this internally now to embed mp4 webm and ogv files from dropbox as HTML5 video embeds. Seems not to be a official way, needs some more testing but looks like it works so far.

    Let me know if it works for you of you have any issues.

    Thread Starter pbsbluejay

    (@pbsbluejay)

    Nico… Thanks for responding to my questions. I found a workaround without using the free ARVE plugin to embed dropbox videos on my WordPress blog. My next question would have been related to whether or not the video would be responsive. But I figured that out with the workaround also.

    I will save the information you provided in case I decide to come back to the ARVE plugin.

    Thanks again.

    Plugin Author Nico

    (@nico23)

    Well I coded this for you basically (sure maybe others will use it in the future). You should have told me that you no longer need this before I would save some time.

    What actual workaround do you use now?

    Thread Starter pbsbluejay

    (@pbsbluejay)

    Hello Nico,

    Please accept my humble apology. It was not my intention to waste anyone’s time here.

    After doing some research, which came right after I left my message here, I had no idea the following steps would work. Perhaps this information can be useful to you in some way…

    1. Go to Dropbox account. Click stored video’s ‘Share’ button and copy video url:

    Example (not real url):

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8g5gnc3n3z47wi/My-Video.mp4?dl=0

    2. Replace https://www.dropbox.com with dl.dropboxusercontent.com

    Example:

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u8g5gnc3n3z47wi/My-Video.mp4?dl=0

    3. Insert video url above in video embed code below:

    Example:

    <video controls=”controls” height=”480″ width=”640″>
    <source src=”https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u8g5gnc3n3z47wi/My-Video.mp4?dl=0&#8243; type=”video/mp4″></source>
    </video>

    4. Video AutoPlay:

    Just add… autoplay loop

    Example:

    <video autoplay loop controls=”controls” height=”480″ width=”640″>
    <source src=”https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/u8g5gnc3n3z47wi/College-Dorm-Video.mp4?dl=0&#8243; type=”video/mp4″/>
    </video>

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