I work for a University and created an interactive PDF using Indesign CS3 and Acrobat 8 Professional. Inside the PDF there are several quicktime movies which are placed in the PDF using a URL. I designed the initial layout in InDesign, which is where I linked the movies to the URL. But, now I noticed the movies will only run while I'm on campus (their server using their internet). When I go home I get an error message when I try to view the video.
I tried the video link/URL in my browser and it works fine. In addition, once the video is fully loaded in the browser the PDF starts to work.
When I try to place the video directly in the PDF using Acrobat I get the following message:
Cannot create the movie annotation because the movie could not be loaded. This can occur if the file cannot be found or the URL is unreachable (make sure proxy server settings are correct).
Any help would be great. This was supposed to be done for the client next week and I just now found out it doesn't work once I'm off their internet. This is a problem considering they would like to email the PDF to anyone.
This Acrobat Javascript example references a media clip on the Internet and plays it in a floating window. Modify the code for your Quicktime files.
var myURLClip = "http://www.example.com/myClips/myClip.mpg";
var args = {
URL: myURLClip,
mimeType: "video/x-mpg",
doc: this,
settings:
{
players: app.media.getPlayers("video/x-mpg"),
windowType: app.media.windowType.floating,
data: app.media.getURLData( myURLClip,"video/x-mpg" ),
floating: { height: 400, width: 600 }
}
}
var settings = app.media.getURLSettings(args)
args.settings = settings;
app.media.openPlayer(args);
Check out this Acrobat Knowledgebase article titled - "Media files don't play with QuickTime 7"
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=331566&sliceId=1Also refer to your Complete Acrobat Help option on your menu bar and type in the search phrase - "Add movies or sounds to PDFs" or "Create alternate renditions" for more information .
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