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Detailed instructions on how to save the video files from Dropbox to your device
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How to download groups of videos from Dropbox and save the videos in the folder "video".
A few notes and suggestions
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. These instructions are for Windows 10 22H2. . If you have not already done so, download the smaller version of the PhotoAlbum as a .zip file. Here is how . The instructions that follow are for the smaller version of the album without video or music.
So what are these .zip files I keep mentioning?
As an example, I have a single folder on one of my Dropbox accounts called "video_0000_1970". This folder contains 16 videos of films made from 1950-1970. It is these 16 videos which you need to transfer to the folder "video" on you device so that the videos can play smoothly in the album.
Think of the Dropbox folder "video_0000_1970" as a shopping bag with 16 videos inside the bag.
When you ask Dropbox to "Download all", Dropbox spends a bit of time constructing its own shopping bag as a new container for the 16 video files. That container (which is called a "zip file") can then be sent to you as a single big file. Folders themselves cannot be sent in this way.
The "zip" container file is giving a unique name and the file extension .zip and will be saved in the Downloads folder on your computer.
The great thing is, at the receiving end (on your computer), the container can be un-packed ("un-zipped", "extracted") and all of the 16 video files will appear, correctly named, in exactly the same way as they were stored on Dropbox.
HowTo - the practicalities - You need to be online. 1. Downloading - Start on the album page which has a video . Click the blue "Download" button for the videos you want to download. . This will take you to a Dropbox page. Click the big "Download" button at the top. . No need to log in to Dropbox. Click the "Or continue to download only" option at the bottom. . Dropbox will save all of the videos in your "Downloads" folder as a zip file such as "video_0000_1970.zip". . Be patient at this step. WAIT .... until the message "Your download should start soon." disappears. . And then WAIT a bit longer. My computer is set up to scan all downloads for malware, paranoid setting. . WAIT .... until the scanning process has finished. The file "video_0000_1970.zip" should be in your "Downloads" folder.
2. Extracting - Or "Un-zipping" or "un-packing" the .zip file . Open you "Downloads" folder. . Select and then right click on you .zip file (such as "video_0000_1970.zip"). . Select "Extract All...". . Use the "Browse..." button to navigate to your folder C:\PhotoAlbum\video. . With folder "video" selected, click the "Select Folder" button. . Click the "Extract" button. . All done. Good time to do a backup of <PhotoAlbum> on a 16GB USB stick.
3. All working OK? Good, now tidy up your hard disc. . Delete the file "video_0000_1970.zip" from your "Downloads" folder
4. Copy the album to a 16GB USB stick. . For backup and to view the album on different devices.
Like everything on computers, it is easy when you know how.