When I embed a video (I have tried encoding as an flv and h.264) into my PDF using Acrobat 9 Pro the quality of the video is severely degraded. When I play the encoded video using Adobe Media Player it looks great - but once embedded in the PDF it looks blocky. I am not resizing the vid in the PDF. What is going on?
Video quality degraded
2010-11-22 14:41:12
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
2010-11-23 05:22:23
#2
What do you want to see - the video within the PDF or original encoded vid?
2010-11-23 07:54:09
#3
On further exploration I find that if I set the video to appear in floating window it is perfect - so it must have something to do with the way I am placing it to appear on page?
2010-11-23 10:16:59
#4
That's just the way it works - in-page rich media is pretty much never rendered at 1:1 pixel size so it'll show artifacts. You can get around it by using a modified video player widget or playing in pop-up window mode, but that's all.
On further exploration I find that if I set the video to appear in floating window it is perfect - so it must have something to do with the way I am placing it to appear on page?
2010-11-24 02:27:42
#5
I am mainly interested in orignally encoded video so that i can re-create the PDF by embedding it and see the "severely degraded" which you mentioned. Though if you can share your PDF also that would be great.
thanks,
Vishal Gupta
thanks,
Vishal Gupta
2010-11-24 03:55:02
#6
Thank you for the info. What is the video player widget you referred to?
2010-11-24 07:11:19
#7
The only way to get a video to play within a PDF page at native res (1 pixel on the video - 1 pixel on the screen) is to place it in a Flash widget that's larger than the area the video actually needs, then set the video playback component to "no scale" mode. The result is the video stops trying to fill the viewport, and as it's rendering 1:1 there's no deblocking noise.
The Acrobat video player widget can't do that, but there are others which can - and of course you can create one in Flash if you have the skills. If you can wait till the end of the week I'll update our VideoPlayerX widget with a version that defaults to the "no scale" mode, so you can place it using the Add Video tool without needing to add a JavaScript function.
The Acrobat video player widget can't do that, but there are others which can - and of course you can create one in Flash if you have the skills. If you can wait till the end of the week I'll update our VideoPlayerX widget with a version that defaults to the "no scale" mode, so you can place it using the Add Video tool without needing to add a JavaScript function.
2010-11-24 08:36:53
#8
Thanks for the quick response and info!! Would greatly appreciate if you could drop me a note thru this thread when the VideoPlayer widget is available.
Great support!
Great support!
Thanks,
Vishal Gupta
Acrobat Team