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Open photos, videos, PDFs, documents and many other files directly in Drime, without downloading them, and use the video player's options.

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Most files open right in Drime: you can look at them without downloading anything.

#Open a preview

Double-click the file. You can also right-click it and choose Preview, or select it and press Ctrl + Alt + P (Cmd + Option + P on a Mac).

A PDF open in the Drime preview

The list of formats Drime can show is in File types you can preview in Drime. Files Drime cannot preview can still be stored and downloaded.

#Comment on a preview

In the preview, you can comment on the file, and pin a comment to an area of an image. See Comment on files and mention people.

The preview of an image with the Comments panel: two comments pinned to areas of the image, and a reply

#Watch a video

The video player lets you:

  • change the speed, from 0.5x to 2x;

  • loop the video, jump 10 seconds back or forward, or move frame by frame;

  • go full screen with F;

  • use the current image as the video's thumbnail with Set this frame as a thumbnail.

You can also add subtitles: see Watch videos and add subtitles.

If your browser cannot play the video's format, Drime offers Convert in this browser.

#Limits

Some previews have a size limit. Above it, download the file to open it.

File

Largest preview

Text and code

20 MB

Markdown

5 MB

Outlook messages (.msg)

80 MB

EPUB books

500 MB

For a book over the limit, This book is too large to open here. appears.

#If it doesn't work

What you see

What to do

This book is too large to open here.

Download the book to read it on your device.

The file opens no preview

Drime has no preview for this format: download it, or convert it. See A file won't open or play and Convert a file to another format.

A video won't play

See A video won't play.

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