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Syncing Video with Annotations

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2011-07-21 22:17:03
david189
Registered: Jul 21 2011
Posts: 1

It seems that when you add an annotation to a embedded video it creates a snapshot of the video frame that displaying and adds the type of annotation to the snapshot.
When an end-user clicks on a comment it just displays the snapshot.
Is there any way to actually move the video to the timestamp that's stored in the annotation?
 
Thanks.
 

DavidJ

My Product Information:
Acrobat 10.1, Windows
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2011-07-22 05:46:26
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UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
A comment on a video (assuming it's a native Rich Media Annotation) just stores a timestamp for the RMA, and when you click on the comment it sends a command to the video widget to move to that position in the timeline and stop, putting the playback component of the widget into a dormant state. As the comment has focus, the RMA appears disabled when in fact it's just showing a still frame. The comment itself does not store any kind of poster image.

Clicking on the video to change focus brings back the playhead, with the time returned to where you were BEFORE you clicked the comment. This is how it's always worked; comments are not permanent redirections, they're designed so if someone is watching a long video and clicks a comment they don't lose their original place. If they were permanent, we'd need to add in extra UI buttons to give people the "return to.." function.

It's not possible to change this "return to where you were before" policy, as Acrobat does it all with the same function call. Changing the widget to ignore the "return to.." command would also stop it from moving to the comment's position in the first place.
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