How to use live review in Dropbox Replay

You can start a live review session in Dropbox Replay to review audio and video files with collaborators in real-time. During a live review session, you can comment directly on the frame, as well as see what others are commenting.


If you start a live review session for a video file, you and your collaborators can also draw on the frame to highlight visual elements and see what others are drawing. Anyone in the live review session can control audio or video playback.
 

Learn how to easily collaborate and review videos with Dropbox Replay.

How to start a live review session

To start a live review session in Replay:

1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
2. Open the audio or video file you’d like to review.
3. Click Start live review in the top-right corner.

A note will appear at the bottom of your screen, notifying you that a live session has begun.

How to share a live review session

To share your file and invite collaborators to your live review session:

1. Start a live review session.
2. Click Share in the top-right corner.
3. Next to People with this link can, select View and comment or View only.
4. Click the gear icon to set a password or manage who can download your file.
   • Note: Downloads are disabled by default for people with View only access.
5. If you select View and comment, enter the email addresses of the collaborators you’d like to invite, then click Send. You can also click Copy link, then paste the link where you’d like to share it.
6. If you select View only, select the file version you’d like to share, enter the email addresses of the collaborators you’d like to invite, then click Send. You can also click Copy link, then paste the link where you’d like to share it.

Collaborators can leave a live review session at any time by clicking Leave in the upper right. They can still post comments and drawings outside of a live review session as long as they have comment permissions for the file.

You can see how many people are currently in your live review session in the upper right corner, indicated by [x] watching.

How to filter comments in Replay

You can filter comments on a Replay file by current or all previous versions to track and review feedback over time. You can also filter comments by person or choose to view resolved comments, unresolved comments, or both. Learn more about viewing comments on a Replay file.

Adding editor-only comments during a live review session

If a project was created by someone with the Replay Add-On, it’s possible to add editor-only comments during a live review session. This allows Dropbox project teams to add real-time comments to a Replay file without these conversations being visible to clients or other stakeholders.


Editor-only comments can only be added or viewed by people with edit access to the project or a project owner. Learn more about adding editor-only comments in Replay.

Exporting comments from Replay 

You can export comments in the following formats:

• XML
• FCP XML
• JSON
• CSV
• CSV (condensed)
• Plain text
• Avid Media Composer text

To export comments from Replay

1. Log in to replay.dropbox.com.
2. Open the Replay project you’d like to export comments from.
3. In the Comments panel on the right, click the Export comments dropdown beside Comments.
4. Select the format you want to export the comments in.

The Dropbox Replay and Avid Pro Tools integration also allows you to take comments from a review session and export them directly into your Pro Tools project.

To import comments into Avid Media Composer

If you export comments from Replay as an Avid Media Composer text file, you can import them into Media Composer.

1. Open Media Composer. 
2. Click Tools. 
3. Select Markers. 
4. Right-click in the Markers box that appears, then select Import Markers. 
5. Find the Replay file you downloaded, click on it, then click Open. 

You can now review any general comments, timestamp comments, and timestamp range comments from Replay within Media Composer.