Dropbox doesn’t support XAVC/XAVC-S videos – read this article to find the best solution.
After reading Dropbox support, I got know that XAVC and XAVC S are unsupported file types that can preview as a video in Dropbox. If you want to upload XAVC/XAVC S to Dropbox, you’d better convert XAVC/XAVC S to Dropbox friendly format first.
File types that preview as a video in Dropbox |
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.3gp |
.3gpp |
.3gpp2 |
.asf |
.avi |
.dv |
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.flv |
.m2t |
.m4v |
.mkv |
.mov |
.mp4 |
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.mpeg |
.mpg |
.mts |
.oggtheora |
.ogv |
.rm |
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.ts |
.vob |
.webm |
.wmv |
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To convert XAVC, XAVC S videos, what you need is a third-party program that can accomplish the task. Among various video converter, Brorsoft Video Converter is the one that you shouldn’t miss. This video converter is fully compatible with the latest Windows 10 and an equivalent Mac version- Video Converter for Mac is also provided to help you convert XAVC S/XAVC S video to MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPG for viewing on Dropbox without any hassles. In addition to converting XAVC/XAVC S files, it can also convert almost all other regular video/audio formats as you need. Now download the right version and follow the step-by-step guide below to finish the conversion.
How to Convert XAVC/XAVC S to Dropbox video
Note that this guide uses the screenshots of Video Converter Windows (Windows 10 included) version. The XAVC conversion on Mac OS X is almost the same, just get the similar version.
Step 1. Add videos to the converter
Launch the XAVC/XAVC S Converter and click the Add Files button to browse and import the .xavc or .xavc s files from your local disk to the program. You can load multiple files at a time for this MKV video converter supports batch conversion.
Tip: If you want to merge all MKV videos into one file, tick the “Merge into one file” option.
Step 2. Select the output video format
Click Format bar to get the format list and select a proper export format for your dropbox. As you can see, various regular video formats like MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, WMV, AVI, etc. are available in the Common Video profile.
Step 3. Specify the video, audio settings
You can change the format parameters by click the Settings bar. The video size, video encoder, frame rate, bit rate, audio encoder, channel and more other parameters can be adjusted in this Settings option. Some XAVC or XAVC S are in 4K, if you wanna a smaller file size, just downscale 4K to 1080p.
Step 4. Start to conversion
When all settings are done, click the big Convert button to begin the XAVC, XAVC S conversion process. When the conversion completes, click Open button to get the converted video files for easy playing in Dropbox with ease.
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