Hi John, I'll keep that in mind. The XML-to-PDF process in use is a black box (no source available), so I'll have to experiment -- I have no definite way of creating an annotation. But your information may prove useful. In fact, I think I'll try putting out a rectangle of a particular color, whether it uses annotation or not. Sounds like a good place to start.
It sounds like I'll have to get better with using PDFDebugger, which I expect means getting a better understanding of the PDF spec. I'd be interested in any recommendations of books or online resources. Thanks, Gary -----Original Message----- From: John Hewson [mailto:j...@jahewson.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 3:11 PM To: users@pdfbox.apache.org Subject: Re: Embedding video in PDF > On 21 Sep 2016, at 10:15, Gary Grosso <gary.gro...@oberontech.com> wrote: > > Hi Tilman, > > Yes, that is correct. And the video has to be embedded, since some end-users > may not have an Internet connection. The video files they are starting with > are MP4s. > > I figure I have to reserve the correct amount of vertical space in the > original PDF to get appropriate page breaks. Either the author will specify > the height, or I'll have to have other code to call something like ffmpeg or > ImageMagick to get the height of the video. But that's a separate issue. > > Then I figure I need to insert some "marker" in the PDF file that gives the > location of the MP4 on the system which publishes the PDF. > > So the piece I am asking about would be a Java program which would look > through the PDF for these markers, find the MP4 for each marker, and embed > the video in the PDF at that location. Given that videos in PDF are a form of “annotation”, you might want to use a rectangle annotation as your marker. Perhaps give it a specific color. — John > Any thoughts on this matter are much appreciated. (I have to give an > estimate of effort -- for me giving estimates is the bane of computer > programming.) > > Best regards, > Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:thaush...@t-online.de] > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 1:03 PM > To: users@pdfbox.apache.org > Subject: Re: Embedding video in PDF > > Am 21.09.2016 um 16:23 schrieb Gary Grosso: >> >> - Has anyone had any personal experience with this sort of thing? (We >> would be post-processing their PDF, which is created elsewhere, to >> insert the video at a point where we would leave some sort of >> local-filename marker and sufficient white space.) > > I think what you want to do is to embed the video so that there is a screen > area in the PDF, like embedding a youtube video - right? > > Tilman > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@pdfbox.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@pdfbox.apache.org
