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Multimedia and 3D models
Last updated 4/7/2015
Playing video, audio, and multimedia formats in PDFs
Play multimedia in PDFs
Using the Hand tool or the Select tool, click the play area of the video or sound file. When the pointer is positioned over
the play area, it changes to the play mode icon
.
Supported video, audio, and interactive formats
You can play the following types of multimedia in PDFs created using Adobe Acrobat DC or Adobe Acrobat Reader
DC or earlier:
Interactive multimedia Includes SWF files.
Video Includes MOV, M4V, 3GP, and 3G2 video files that use H.264 compression. It also includes FLV, F4V, MP3, and
MP4 files. You must have H.264 codecs installed on your computer to play files that use H.264 compression.
Audio Includes audio files, such as MP3 and MP4
You can play these files on a page or activate them from a link, bookmark, form field, or page action. Each multimedia
file includes a play area from which the media can be activated. The play area typically appears on the PDF page as an
image or a rectangle, but can also be invisible.
Acrobat and Reader also let you play legacy multimedia files created using an earlier version of Acrobat. These include
QuickTime, MPEG, ASF, RAM, and Windows® Media files. However, Acrobat and Reader X do not provide a way to
create legacy multimedia files.
To help protect your computer from viruses, Acrobat asks you if you want to play multimedia files from unverified
sources. You can change this default behavior in the Multimedia Trust preferences.
❖ Using the Hand tool or the Select tool, click the play area of the video or sound file. When the pointer is positioned
over the play area, it changes to the play mode icon
.
Multimedia preferences (legacy)
Two types of PDF files require you to set multimedia preferences:
• PDF files created in Acrobat 8 and earlier.
• PDF files containing multimedia content that needs a plug-in or external player to play, rather than the built-in
media player.
These files require you to identify an additional media player with which to run the multimedia.
Open the Preferences dialog box, and then select Multimedia (Legacy) from the left side of the dialog box.
Player Options Choose the format in which you want to run legacy media content: QuickTime, Flash, Windows Media,
or Windows built-in player.
Accessibility Options Specify if you want special features (if available) to appear when media plays, such as subtitles
and dubbed audio. Specify the preferred language for the media, in case multiple languages are available.