Thanks Jurgen, that's what I feared. I'll try compiling my presentation on Linux and playing it on Win/Mac to see if I am doing things correctly.
Cheers, Stefano On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > stefano franchi wrote: >> I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer >> presentation with no luck at all. >> The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the >> inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. >> Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual seems to >> imply that movie/sound support in pdf is kind of iffy, as it depends >> on pdf readers and perhaps on platform. I am on Linux, and have tried >> both Acroread and Okular, with similar results. Any hint greatly >> welcome. > > 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). > > Jürgen > -- __________________________________________________ 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
