Interactive Buttons controlling Rich Media not working

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Hello!This one has really stumped me...I'm trying to use interactive buttons to control an embedded video. I can see that under action buttons there is "Multmedia Operation Acrobat 9 or later". clicking this even shows my embedded video as a valid target for these actions.  Setting a button to "play", another to "pause", various chapter buttons etc etc. Previewing the document, the video itself works as expected. The issue is the action buttons. They all do the same thing. Nothing. Is this a legacy action that no longer works for interactive buttons/videos? video is mp4 exported h.264 out of premiere. not sure where the dissconect could be coming from. Would javascript be the better approach?

creative explorer · Answer

@mikem25625644 Personally, I would use HTML-based flipbooks or web apps because interactive PDFs have become notoriously unreliable across different viewing platforms. To answer your question, yes, heck yeah — JavaScript is the reliable approach for controlling embedded media in modern interactive PDFs because it would give you the precise control over its playback that you want and desire.

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