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adding large FLV file to PDF = slow load

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2011-06-10 08:58:58
Marcie4
Registered: Oct 26 2009
Posts: 3
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I added FLA video to a PDF menu. There are buttons that allow the user to view different times of the video depending on what they are looking for. The entire project is burned to a CD and sent to end-users with manufacturered products instead of printed manuals.
 
The problem is, the movie takes over a full minute to load.
 
Any suggestions

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2011-06-10 09:10:34
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Accepted Answer
Realistically there's no solution if you're distributing on physical media and need to keep the video as one object. All rich media (video, SWF, etc.) embedded in a PDF file is compressed, and when the annotation containing that media is activated it must be decompressed before playback can begin. Depending on the hardware being used, how fast it can be read off the disc, etc. this can take quite a while.

Using several shorter clips reduces the activation time, and if you weren't using physical distro you could also stream the video from a website instead (no compression = no waiting), but a single large video means a single long-winded decode operation.
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2011-06-10 09:21:04
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Marcie4
Registered: Oct 26 2009
Posts: 3
Thank you UVSAR, that's what I thought. I'm afraid I'm going to have to dump a bunch of money into Director and use update their old 2001 files. Appreciate the answer though!
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2011-06-14 07:07:57
#3
Marcie4
Registered: Oct 26 2009
Posts: 3
So, I decided to try to chop up my movie into several small .flv files that I would like to play in the same box on the PDF. I figured I could insert the .flv files on top of each other and set buttons to activate each one. Problem is, if the user decides to click on another while the first one is playing, they both play at the same time.

I'm ready to link the movies instead of embed the .flv files, but the client wants them embedded.

I am still not ruling out Director, but I have to buy and learn it. I don't have the original .DIR files, so I have to start from scratch. That's my next plan, but I would really rather use .pdf.

Do you have any suggestions?
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