Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 549)

Movies and sounds
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Play On Page Load
Loop
Add movies and sound files to documents
Resize movie objects, posters, or frames
Relink legacy media files
Add movies and sound files to documents
Movies and sound clips you add to a document can be played when the document is exported to Adobe PDF or SWF, or when you export the
document to XML and repurpose the tags.
You can import video files in Flash Video format (.FLV and .F4V), H.264-encoded files (such as MP4), and SWF files. You can import audio files in
MP3 format. Media file types such as QuickTime (.MOV), AVI, and MPEG are supported in exported interactive PDF files but not in exported SWF
or FLA files. We recommend that you use file formats such as FLV, F4V, SWF, MP4, and MP3 to take full advantage of the rich media support
offered in Acrobat 9, Adobe Reader 9, and Adobe Flash Player 10 or later.
Keep track of the media files you add to an InDesign document during the production cycle. If you move a linked media clip after adding it to the
document, use the Links panel to relink it. If you send the InDesign document to another person, include any media files you add.
Add a movie or a sound file
1. Choose File > Place, and then double-click the movie or sound file. Click where you want the movie to appear. (If you drag to create the
media frame, the movie boundary may appear cropped or skewed.)
When you place a movie or sound file, a media object appears in a frame. This media object links to the media file. You can resize the
media object to determine the size of the play area.
If the center point of the movie appears outside the page, the movie is not exported.
2. Use the Media panel (choose Window > Interactive > Media) to preview a media file and to change settings.
3. Export the document to Adobe PDF or SWF format.
If you export to Adobe PDF, choose the Adobe PDF (Interactive) option, not Adobe PDF (Print). See Create interactive documents for PDF.
Change movie settings
Use the Media panel to change movie settings.
1. Select the movie object in the document.
2. In the Media panel, do any of the following:
Play the movie when someone turns to the page on which the movie is located. If other page items are set to play on
page load, use the Timing panel to determine the order.
Play the movie repeatedly. If the source file is a Flash Video format, looping works only in exported SWF files, not PDF files.
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