Adobe Flash Player

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June 8, 2020
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Hi, how can I use imbedded PDF movies after Flash Player reach EOL by the end of 2020? Is it possible to select another player instead? I think in former version it was possible to select different players too.

Hope you can help me here out.

Br. Mario T.

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Thom Parker

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I would suggest not putting video in PDF, and especially not flash. At the current time, there are no good PDF solutions for video.

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Dov Isaacs

Legend

Au contraire, mon ami!

With the May 2020 release of Acrobat DC and the QFE patches that came out shortly thereafter, you can readily place any .MP4 or .MOV video file withing a PDF file as long as its internal encoding is h.264.

For sounds, you can place .MP3 sound files.

In neither case is Flash required at all. (You are probably best off uninstalling Flash Player at this time unless you have legacy .SWF content that you need to continue playing or you are moving .SWF to another format and still need to be able play .SWF during the transition!)

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Wow, Thanks Dov! That's incredibly good news.

I'll have to start using video again 🙂

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JR Boulay

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Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

JR Boulay

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Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe

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Mario T.Author

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hmm.... I thought the option only works for older/former Adobe version? Perhaps I am wrong, but for the new version is only the Categorie"3D & Multimedia" available.