On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: >> stefano franchi wrote: >> I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. >> Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media >> player, >> whereas such files usually work on Windows (and Mac). >> > Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] > should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts sound and > video playback capabilities via MPlayer [2]. Never tried it for video > playback, though, and I'd be curious to hear of any successful > experience. >
Thanks for the hint Liviu, I'll try it out. In the meanwhile, I've been trying to install Acrobat reader under Wine, with no success. I'll move on to Icalbertompressive > [1] http://alternativeto.net/software/impressive/ > [2] http://impressive.sourceforge.net/manual.php#req > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA
