The border was there, but the video was fine. There were controls, but I think clicking one is what caused whatever issue I was having.
I was able to move the bottom video back and forth, frame by frame. Dawn On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Peyton Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Dawn, that did help, especially the second part, if it means the > problem lies with my particular Win 7 PC. Just to be clear: you saw the > controls at the bottom, and you were able to click on the far righthand > arrow to cause the video to move forward one frame at a time, correct? > > Also, when you say the first part looked good, do you mean it WASN'T > surrounded by a thick black border? > > Thanks, > Peyton > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dawn Hoagland <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, June 11, 2010 6:36:34 PM > *Subject:* Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Guinea Pigs to Test an Adobe Acrobat > Problem? > > I'm running Windows 7 - 64 bit. I was able to play the first video once. > Closing the document & killing any acrobat process would not let me view it > again. It looked good, but I didn't try frame by frame clicking - and can't > get it back to test. > > The second video also looked fine - even frame by frame. > > Hope this helps! > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Peyton Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I know you're Cold Fusion types, but as loyal Adobe stalwarts, any chance >> a few of you who have Win 7 PCs could test an Adobe Acrobat problem I have? >> (It would be great to know the results for Mac users, too.) >> >> It's that the video clips I embed in my research papers on American Sign >> Language (ASL) do not show properly in my new Windows 7 (64-bit version) PC. >> If I embed them the new way (converted to flash files) the result is ugly >> (big black border), and important functionality is lost (no frame-by-frame >> movement). >> >> If I embed them the legacy way (relying upon the relevant downloaded app >> to show them - Quicktime in my case) the result is worse: the controls >> disappear from the floating window, with an ugly black bar where they should >> be. This happens both via the legacy route in Acro Pro 9 and in PDFs made in >> Acro Pro 8. >> >> What I need to know is: IS IT JUST MY WIN 7 PC THAT HAS THE PROBLEM, OR >> EVERYONE ELSE'S? >> >> You can test this by opening the attached PDF, which I have prepared using >> the new Adobe Acrobat version 9 Pro Extended. >> >> The legacy way still works fine on my Windows XP PC, whether the PDF was >> built in Acro Pro 8 or Acro Pro 9. But more and more readers of my papers >> will be switching to Windows 7 as time goes by. The present system will be a >> catastrophe for my research unless the problem happens to be specific to my >> particular Win 7 PC. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Peyton >> >> P.S. One-frame-at-a-time viewing is crucial for understanding my research! >> >> >> P.P.S. Of course, I have in mind testing it in Adobe Acrobat Reader, not >> Acrobat itself. (The problem is the same either way.) >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > -------------------------------------------------------------
