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Rich Media Annotation (RMA) were first introduced into PDF in version 9 of the Adobe Acrobat/Reader software. The RMA allows you to play FLV, SWF, MP3, and many other supported formats.

September 11, 2011
by D. P. Story
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APB: Using the rmannot and cntdwn Packages

The AcroTeX Presentation Bundle (APB) is entirely compatible with the rmannot package and the cntdwn package. The rmannot package, which requires a Acrobat Distiller PDF creator, is used to insert FLV (and F4V), SWF, and MP3 files into a PDF … Continue reading →

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: APB, cntdwn package, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_pos_fw

July 14, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Controlling the position of a Floating Window

Shows how to position and size the floating window for a rich media annotation (RMA). Adobe Reader X or Acrobat X is required to see the different positions of the window. Version 9 hardwired the initial position of a floating … Continue reading →

Categories: AeB Blog, PDFBlog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: AeB Pro, RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Controlling the Movie by a Button Menu

This blog presents a FLV with a buttons that jump to each cue point in the FLV. The fill color changes as the movie is played. The article uses sample.flv. Download: rma_menu_btns.pdf

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_pmc

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: A Poor Man’s Commercial

This article concatenates two FLVs, but part way through the first, the video is interrupted for a crass commercial message. After the advertisement, the first video resumes where it left off. At the end of the first video, a second … Continue reading →

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: FLV, RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_cuepts

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Concatenating FLVs

This blog shows how to concatenate two FLVs using cue points and VideoPlayerPlus, which is supported by the rmannot package. The article uses two FLVs: sample.flv, and horse1.flv. Download: rma_concat.pdf

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_vpx

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Using VideoPlayerX

This article demonstrates some of the features of VideoPlayerX, a widget developed at UVSAR. Among its features is that it can play more than one video in a Rich Media Annotation (RMA), can change skins and skin color, dynamically through … Continue reading →

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: FLV, RMA, rmannot package, SWF | Permalink

rma_vp-plus

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Using VideoPlayerPlus

This blog demonstrates some of the features of VideoPlayerPlus, a widget developed by Joel Geraci of Adobe. Among its features is that it can play more than one video in a Rich Media Annotation (RMA), can change skins and skin … Continue reading →

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: FLV, RMA, rmannot package, SWF | Permalink

rma_activate-pause

July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Loading and Pausing a FLV

This article demonstrates how to load and pause a movie at its first frame when the page containing the movie is opened. This article uses driving.flv file, to download the file, right-click on the link for driving.flv. Download: rma_activate-pause.pdf

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_cuepts

July 7, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Demonstrating Event Cue Points

The blog demonstrates how to use event cue points with the rmannot package. This articles uses driving.flv file, which is streamed from this server. To download the file, right-click on the link for driving.flv. Download: rma_cuepts1.pdf  

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

rma_cuepts

July 7, 2011
by D. P. Story
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The rmannot Package: Demonstrating Navigation Cue Points

The article demonstrates how to use navigation cue points with the rmannot package. This articles uses sample.flv file, which is streamed from this server. To download the file, right-click on the link for sample.flv. Download: rma_cuepts.pdf

Categories: AeB Blog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: RMA, rmannot package | Permalink

July 5, 2011
by D. P. Story
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Loading and Savings Widget Settings

Two undocumented methods are used to load and save widget settings. These methods are published on an Adobe blog site, so they should be safe to use. Download: pdfblog_11.pdf

Categories: PDFBlog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: ExternalInterface, Widget | Permalink

July 5, 2011
by D. P. Story
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A Simple Countdown Widget for Presentations

A countdown widget built using FLEX 3  is presented and discussed. Download: pdfblog_10.pdf

Categories: PDFBlog, Rich Media Annotations | Tags: countdown, FLEX, Widget | Permalink

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