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• • December 7, 2010 at 8:38 am #58016
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    I have created a movie using Captivate and added audio to it. I converted the SWF file to both a mov and mp4 file so that I can place it in an InDesign CS4 file. I placed the movie and added the poster and then exported it as a PDF to take it to an iPad via iTunes. The video plays in the PDF, but as soon as I place it into iTunes and sync with the iPad, the movie disappears within the PDF on the iPad. I would like to also create this as an ebook using the ePub feature within the InDesign software. Any thoughts as to what I'm doing incorrectly? We're trying to use the iPad as a training tool in our office by adding video to our manuals.

    Thanks

    Amy

  • December 7, 2010 at 9:09 am #58017
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Problems with PDFs on the iPad are Apple's fault (just as problems with PDFs in OS X's Preview).

    You could try asking for other options or file formats for embedding the movie in an Acrobat forum (https://forums.adobe.com/commun…..ty/acrobat, for example), although it sounds like they also are likely to offer nothing more than their sympathies.

    A better place to ask would be Apple's own forum :(

  • December 7, 2010 at 9:09 am #58018
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    That is correct: There are MANY things that can play in Acrobat that do not work in Apple's (unfortunate) version of the PDF reader. In general, if you can see it in the Mac OS Preview application, then the iPad should be able to deal with it. But not always. It's extremely frustrating.

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:03 am #58019
    Anonymous

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    it also will not show the movie once I create the epub file and load it to the iPad. How are some people able to achieve this and others are not?

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:14 am #58020
    jpannier

    Member

    You should try to export your manuals as real ePub. Because the iBook-App of the iPad can play videos and audios. You can embed these via HTML 5 commands into the XHTML-file. Here’s an example:
    <video src=”movies/WTC-kurz.mp4″ controls=”true” width=”320″ height=”240″ autoplay=”false”>In case the player cannot play the video – you read this.</video>

    The source points to an folder inside the ePub-file container “movie”.

    PS Sigil a quiet good tool for working with ePub but it cannot deal with HTML 5 commands and will not show them even if they’re in the code. This is strange.

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:23 am #58021
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Yeah, currently the only way to get video or audio into an epub is to hack the epub file. This is discussed in various places, including https://blog.threepress.org/200&#8230;..o-in-epub/

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:32 am #58023
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    So help me out. Do I go ahead and place the mp4 movie into the indesign cs4 file and then hack the code?

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:34 am #58024
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    jpannier said:You should try to export your manuals as real ePub. Because the iBook-App of the iPad can play videos and audios. You can embed these via HTML 5 commands into the XHTML-file. Here’s an example:
    <video src=”movies/WTC-kurz.mp4″ controls=”true” width=”320″ height=”240″ autoplay=”false”>In case the player cannot play the video – you read this.</video>

    The source points to an folder inside the ePub-file container “movie”.

    PS Sigil a quiet good tool for working with ePub but it cannot deal with HTML 5 commands and will not show them even if they’re in the code. This is strange.
    

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    So do i place the mp4 movie into the indesign cs4 file and export as epub. How do I find the xhtml file? and do I just place the code at the end? Boy I wish you lived in Kansas City.

  • December 7, 2010 at 10:48 am #58026
    jpannier

    Member

    Yes, being in Kansas City would be much easier. And we could discuss this whole issue while drinking a beer ;-).

    If you really want to dive into the wild world of creating ePubs, I highly recommend Liz Castros book about this topic. And no, you cannot insert a movie or code in InDesign, therefore you have to unzip the ePub and tweak and edit the XHTML-file itself.

  • December 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm #58041
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    Hi-

    I took your advice and bought the book. Could I send you the code to see if I have it correct? I can email you the files. I just need someone to show me once how to create the code and then I'll be set. Not sure where to place the video code within the html5. I was able to export the epub file and unzip it to get me to the code.

    Thanks

    Amy

  • December 9, 2010 at 4:50 am #58045
    jpannier

    Member

    yes, you can send me your ePub file. You also can try the code I wrote above. Just edit and place the code – at the end of a paragraph – somewhere in your ePub. I uploaded an example: https://www.synp.net/fileadmin/&#8230;..ample.epub (I hope now the link is correct ;-)

    There you can see how the code works and where to create the new movie-content-folder. It's not a big thing. Oh keep in mind: Adobe Digital Editions will not play the video! ADE can't deal with this peace of HTML 5. It's a crazy world out there. Like the beginning of the internet. Load the ePub to your iPad.

    Jeldrik

  • December 9, 2010 at 7:25 am #58047
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    How is this….Not sure how to send you the file.

    <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN” “https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/D&#8230;..html11.dtd“>
    <html xmlns=”https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml“>
    <head>
    <title>Number Formating</title>
    <link href=”template.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id=”number-formating”>
    <div class=”image”>
    <img src=”images/cover_fmt.jpeg” alt=”cover.jpg” />
    </div>
    <div class=”story”>
    </div>
    <div class=”story”>
    <p><span class=”generated-style”>The Number Format</span></p>
    <p class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>You can apply the Number Format to specify the number of decimal places displayed in a numeric entry. You can use the Format Cells dialog box or the Formatting toolbar to apply the Number format. </span></p>
    <p class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>In this lab, you will apply the Number format to include two decimal places within the numeric data.</span></p>
    <p class=”normal”><img src=”images/without%20dec2_fmt.jpeg” alt=”without dec2.jpg” /></p>
    <ol>
    <li class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>Select the Cells B2 through F6, right-click the selected range, then click Format Cells to display the Number tab of the Format Cells dialog box.</span></li>
    <li class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>In the Category list box, click Number to specify the Number format and display the Number format options. </span></li>
    <li class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>Click OK to apply the Number format with two decimal places to the selected range.</span></li>
    </ol>
    </div>
    <div class=”story”>
    <p class=”normal”><img src=”images/with%20dec2_fmt.jpeg” alt=”with dec2.jpg” /></p>
    <p class=”normal”><span class=”generated-style”>In the next lesson, we will investigate how to apply Accounting and Currency formats to your spreadsheet. </span></p>
    <video src=”number format_1.m4v” controls=”true” width=”320″ height=”240″ autoplay=”false”>Movie can't play.</video>
    </div>
    </div>

    </body>
    </html>

  • December 9, 2010 at 7:26 am #58048
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    Another question. Do I just re-zip the folder and rename with epub extension and then reload it to the ipad?

  • December 9, 2010 at 7:43 am #58049
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    tried the above and the ipad once synced was unable to read it.

  • December 9, 2010 at 10:55 am #58052
    jpannier

    Member

    can you mail me your ePub and maybe the video (if it's not tooo big or I take an smal sample). j.pannier@synp.net

    Mmh, when the iPad cannot sync maybe it's because of the Apples playlist file – shit they always embed this in the ePub and I forgot to delete it. If you look into the ePub-file you can delete this file – it's on the first level.

  • December 10, 2010 at 2:04 pm #58069
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    Was out sick yesterday. Getting stuff together to email you.

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