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Extract video avi from pdf file with Adobe Acrobat

jinks
Registered: Aug 27 2008
Posts: 2

Can I extract video avi from pdf file with Adobe Acrobat?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0, Windows
tplumer
Expert
Registered: Dec 1 2005
Posts: 122
Hi,

No, there is not way to extract the video from a PDF file once you embed it.

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dgreen
Registered: Jun 25 2009
Posts: 2
tplumer wrote:
Hi,No, there is not way to extract the video from a PDF file once you embed it.
You are absolutely incorrect. Follow these steps:

- Open pdf
- Play video by clicking on it. Might take a little bit and ask if you “trust” the PDF file.
- Once the video starts playing right click on it and choose properties
- Look for the file location which should be in your Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp folder
- Go find the temporary file, pause video if necessary as it will be deleted once playback is finished, and copy it somewhere else on your computer.

Perhaps this is new to Acrobat 9 Pro, but it certainly works.
Freelancer
Registered: May 26 2009
Posts: 71
Hi dgreen,

is it the same with embedded Rich Media? :-o

Freelancer

According to most IT HelpDesk people, the most common reason for user error (regardless of Operating System) is ID 10T.

dgreen
Registered: Jun 25 2009
Posts: 2
If you give me a link to a PDF with rich media I can try to find a way.
Freelancer
Registered: May 26 2009
Posts: 71
Hi dgreen,

here is link to Joel Geraci's flex chart which is interesting
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/FlexChartInPDF.pdf
If one can save the swf as file then it could be reverse engineer,
is it true?

Freelancer

According to most IT HelpDesk people, the most common reason for user error (regardless of Operating System) is ID 10T.

TheOneScorpio
Registered: Dec 21 2011
Posts: 1
You can extract the video file from a PDF as a 'Movie Clipping' by clicking the video to begin playback and, while it is playing, click and drag the video to a folder or your desktop. This worked on a Mac OS X (I couldn't locate a temp directory with this file during playback as suggested above).

Courtesy,

Your friendly neighborhood Scorpio