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January 14, 2021
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create a pdf with a video without flash

  • January 14, 2021
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I need to create a pdf with InDesign with a video inside. Exporting the pdf and opening the file it asks me for Flash support. How can you fix it without having to download flash?

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Correct answer BobLevine

Change your preferences, but note that there's little you can do for other people. I don't recommend trying to use multimedia in a PDF.

 

 

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Derek Cross
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Community Expert
January 14, 2021

Try including a hyperlink in your PDF is a Youtube, or similar, video.

BobLevine
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Community Expert
January 14, 2021

Note that even with a non-flash format for the video, whether it will work or not is going to be nothing but a crapshoot.

If you can't control the reader app that will be used, forget it. 

Barb Binder
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January 14, 2021

Convert the video to a non-Flash format (excluding *.flv and *.swf). Inserting or embedding rich media (non-Flash content) in PDFs will continue to be supported. (i.e., Quicktime, MPEG, 3GPP if if H.264 encoded).

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/flash-format-support-in-pdf.html

 

~Barb 

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Participant
January 14, 2021

the videos I insert are in mp4, but still asks me to activate the flash

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 14, 2021

Change your preferences, but note that there's little you can do for other people. I don't recommend trying to use multimedia in a PDF.