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🚀 Getting started · Last updated July 16, 2026

Connect cloud storage

Pull footage straight from connected cloud storage into a project — and what to check when the connection fails.

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Connecting cloud storage lets you pull footage straight into Eddie without downloading it to your machine first.

Connect and import

  1. When adding media to a project, choose a cloud source (for example Google Drive, Dropbox or Frame.io).
  2. Authorize the connection when prompted.
  3. Browse and pick the footage to import — Eddie pulls it in and starts transcription and analysis like any other import.

If it won't connect

A failed connection is more often a network problem than a credentials problem:

  • A VPN, firewall or filtering tool can block the app from reaching the storage service. Corporate networks and security agents are the usual culprits.
  • Try a different network — a phone hotspot is a quick test.
  • Temporarily disabling a local firewall or filtering tool often confirms the cause.

Eddie surfaces the underlying error where it can, to help you tell a network block from a bad login.

Related: Import your footage, Import stuck or failed.