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Last updated 4/7/2015
Chapter 13: Multimedia and 3D models
Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs
Include audio, video, and interactive 3D objects in your PDF files. Add files directly to your PDF or link to files on the
web.
Multimedia and PDFs (Acrobat Pro DC)
Adding video, sound, and interactive content transforms PDFs into multidimensional communication tools that
increase interest and engagement in your documents.
Acrobat Pro automatically converts video to FLV files. This format ensures both high-quality viewing and compatibility
across computer platforms. FLV files are also compact, so converting multimedia to this format is helps reduce the size
of multimedia PDFs.
All multimedia that are H.264 compliant can be played back in Adobe Reader 9 and later. (H.264, also known as MPEG-
4 part 10, is a video compression standard that provides high-quality video without substantially increasing file size.)
Video files of varying formats and filename extensions can be H.264 compliant.
Media files in other formats can be played back in earlier versions of Adobe Reader. However, users must install the
appropriate application (such as QuickTime or Windows Media Player) to play the multimedia.
Another way to add multimedia is by entering a URL that refers to a video file or streaming media. Three types of URLs
can be used: RTMP, HTTP, and HTTPS. On HTTP and HTTPS servers, H.264-compliant MOV and MP4 files are
supported.
Interactive content developed in Flash and produced as SWF files (.swf) can be added to PDFs to provide
complimentary tools for text. Examples of applications developed in Flash include an RSS Reader, calculator, and online
maps.
Add multimedia files to a PDF
Acrobat Pro DC supports mp3, mov, SWF files, and other files encoded in H.264 (with AAC audio). You can convert
other file types into one of the supported formats by using Adobe Media Encoder. You can also add mp3 audio files to
a PDF for playback on any platform.
Note: FLV and FV4 files are no longer supported in both Acrobat DC and PDFMaker. You cannot embed FLV and FV4
files using either Acrobat DC or PDFMaker. However, if a document has already FLV or FV4 files embedded (for example,
a PowerPoint presentation or a Word file), it will still be converted to PDFs.
For a list of supported multimedia file formats, see this Te chNote .
1 Open the PDF.
2 Choose To o ls > Rich Media, and then select the Add Video , the Add Sound , or the Add SWF tool.