{"id":2813,"date":"2023-12-13T05:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T05:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2813"},"modified":"2024-11-05T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T23:43:54","slug":"how-to-display-dropbox-videos-and-images-on-screens","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/support\/article\/how-to-display-dropbox-videos-and-images-on-screens\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Display Dropbox Videos and Images On Screens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"wp-image-2814 size-medium alignright\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.vuepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dropbox-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>You can display video and images from DropBox on screens in your business using the standard VuePilot apps, you simply need to use the direct or &#8220;download&#8221; links to the resource.<\/p>\n<p>By default, when you copy a &#8220;share&#8221; link from the Dropbox dashboard it will copy a URL to a web page that embeds that content into it for presentation.\u00a0 This allows you to send to clients and customers in a way they can view.\u00a0 A video share URL for example will embed the video in a player on the website.<\/p>\n<p>This website, cannot be used with the VuePilot video and image apps, instead you need to use the direct or &#8220;download&#8221; link.<\/p>\n<p>This is easily done by simply changing the &#8220;<strong>www<\/strong>&#8221; at the front of the share URL to &#8220;<strong>dl<\/strong>&#8221; instead.<\/p>\n<p>For example<\/p>\n<p><strong>A default share URL for a gif image<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/0skuwdlhg6q4fol\/History%20of%20GIF.gif\">https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/0skuwdlhg6q4fol\/History%20of%20GIF.gif<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A direct or &#8220;download&#8221; URL for the same gif image<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/0skuwdlhg6q4fol\/History%20of%20GIF.gif\">https:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/s\/0skuwdlhg6q4fol\/History%20of%20GIF.gif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can use this direct URL in any VuePilot app that requests a URL for an image or video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can display video and images from DropBox on screens in your business using the standard VuePilot apps, you simply need to use the direct or &#8220;download&#8221; links to the resource. 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