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BrantLouck_Aud
BrantLouck_Aud
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November 26, 2018
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Videos won't play. Does pdf-sharing support video?

  • November 26, 2018
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I have a pdf with embedded videos. The videos play when I open the pdf from my desktop. When I share it, the videos do not play in the web browser. Any suggestions?

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Correct answer AkanchhaS8194121

Hi BrantLouck_Aud,

When a video is embedded in a PDF, then that video's path is added to the PDF. And when its played, It looks for the path of the multimedia file which is saved locally on computer.

Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs in Adobe Acrobat

When a PDF is open via web browser, then it doesn't read the path of the video embedded into the file. Because most of the web browsers uses its own PDF viewer and that works on a different mechanism on which we don't have hold on.

You may see the related discussion here-Embed video in Pdf are not playing on Chrome and Firebox but it ply on IE 

(Make sure the Flash-player is enabled)

Regards,

Akanchha

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Kevin346873748b1m
Participant
January 9, 2024

Adobe it's so lame that you don't answert this and suppor this!  You're like kodak or xerox.

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    Allie5DF4
    Participant
    October 13, 2020

    Hi, so I am having the same issue right now. It has been two years since this post, so I wondering if there has been any workarounds for this?

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      Renato Oliva M Alves
      Participant
      October 6, 2021

      I'm having the same issue and still haven't found the answer. 3 years after this post.

        AkanchhaS8194121
        AkanchhaS8194121Correct answer
        Legend
        November 27, 2018

        Hi BrantLouck_Aud,

        When a video is embedded in a PDF, then that video's path is added to the PDF. And when its played, It looks for the path of the multimedia file which is saved locally on computer.

        Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs in Adobe Acrobat

        When a PDF is open via web browser, then it doesn't read the path of the video embedded into the file. Because most of the web browsers uses its own PDF viewer and that works on a different mechanism on which we don't have hold on.

        You may see the related discussion here-Embed video in Pdf are not playing on Chrome and Firebox but it ply on IE 

        (Make sure the Flash-player is enabled)

        Regards,

        Akanchha

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        defaultfad21rmue78q
        Participant
        January 2, 2021

        I have two book spublished by Wardell Publications:  WINDOWS FO RTHE 21ST CENTURY and LAMPS FO RTHE 21ST CENTURY, both eBooks with 14 embedded videos each.  Now suddenly they will not play the videos when loaded into a tablet or MS10 machine.  What are authors and publishers to do about this???  You can find my eBooks here:                                                                                                https://www.wardellpublications.com/?s=preston+studios

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        defaultfad21rmue78q
        Participant
        January 2, 2021

        How the hell do you edit your post after discover typos?

         

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