Here's how to store your videos on Dropbox and deliver them via SmartVideo.
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Update 9/25/23: due to changes at Dropbox, videos from Dropbox with a URL ending in "?dl=1" that haven't been added to SmartVideo yet will no longer work in SmartVideo. Videos ending in "?dl=1" that have been added to SmartVideo will continue to work as expected.
On a positive note, support for the new Dropbox link structure has been added.
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If you are using our WordPress plugin:
1. Upload your video to Dropbox.
2. Click the ellipsis and click Copy link.
3. Paste the copied URL into the Video Url field of the SmartVideo widget:
And that's it!
If you are not using our WordPress plugin
1. Copy the SmartVideo tag below and paste it where you wish to embed the video.
<smartvideo src="path/to/my/video.mp4" width="1280" height="720" class="swarm-fluid" controls> </smartvideo>
2. Back on Dropbox, click the ellipsis and click Copy link.
3. Then, paste the Dropbox link into the SmartVideo HTML tag, replacing the path/to/my/video.mp4 placeholder.
Your video is now ready to be embedded on your site and delivered by SmartVideo!
Item of note: Unfortunately, Dropbox doesn't support using images hosted on Dropbox for manually setting a Thumbnail/Poster image.