September 11, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 14, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 8, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 7, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 7, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 5, 2011
by D. P. Story
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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
July 5, 2011
by D. P. Story
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A countdown widget built using FLEX 3 is presented and discussed. Download: pdfblog_10.pdf