Hi again, grthumongous...
According to this PDF file from Adobe (Lesson 5, on adding
Multimedia):
"Acrobat 6 and later support these movie ?le formats: AVI, M1V,
MP2, MPA, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPV2, ASF, ASX, IVF, WM, WMP, WMV,
WMX, WVX, SPL, SWF."
It also notes:
"...you can enhance the document with sound (AIFF or WAV ?les)
or movie clips (generally, any ?le that a program like Apple®
QuickTime, Flash Player, Windows® Media Player, Windows Built-
In Player, or RealOne can play). Adding multimedia is a feature
available in Adobe Acrobat Professional, 6.0 and later."
"Note that you will need to have the appropriate media player
program installed on your computer so you can test your movie
clip. If necessary, you can indicate whether your movie clip
will be available in Acrobat 5.0 or earlier. These movies can
only be in the MOV, MPG, or AVI format viewable by QuickTime
and must be linked to your PDF ?le rather than embedded. The
person reading your EDT will need the appropriate media player
installed as well. If you are uncertain if your audience will
have a current version of Acrobat, it?s probably best to save
your movie clip as a QuickTime MOV or MPG ?le."
Though the above paragraph talks about linking only, the images
in the PDF file indicate how to embed files.
More in the file:
http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/etd/etd_lesson5.pdf
Roxxio can create the following audio outputs:
"MP3, WMA, OGG, and WAV files"
http://www.roxio.com/en/products/emc75/features_music.jhtml
...and supports mpeg and Quicktime video formats:
"Smart MPEG Editing & Rendering: The ability to edit and
render MPEG files with increased speed and limited loss
in video quality. This is done by re-encoding only the
frames that have been changed."
"New Format Support: DivX, QuickTime, and Dolby Digital
support"
http://www.roxio.com/en/products/emc75/faq.jhtml#Photovideo
The last line suggests it would support Quicktime audio
as well, and Quicktime supports aiff, au, wav, and more,
and doesn't have a proprietary sound extension of its own,
that I know of.
So it seems to come down to your intended audience as to
whether you'll want to use Windows (.mpg & .avi) or Quicktime
(.mpg, .avi & .mov) video formats. Mac users will have Quicktime,
and Windows users will use Windows Media Player (though many of
them will also have Quicktime, as a free version is available to
Windows users). MPEG or .mpg is probably your safest bet for
cross-platform users.
Another thing to note, from the Adobe Reader Help PDF, is:
"Note: If you have not downloaded the full version of Adobe
Reader, you cannot play media clips."
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/pdfs/acrruserguide.pdf
So, if your audience is only using the free version of Adobe
Reader, as are the majority of casual users, this will limit
your range. If you are targeting business users who are likely
to have paid for the full version of Adobe, you're set to go.
Please do not rate this answer until you are satisfied that
the answer cannot be improved upon by way of a dialog
established through the "Request for Clarification" process.
sublime1-ga
Additional information may be found from an exploration of
the links resulting from the Google searches outlined below.
Searches done, via Google:
"Adobe Acrobat Professional" site:www.adobe.com
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Adobe+Acrobat+Professional%22+site%3Awww.adobe.com
"Adobe Acrobat Professional" multimedia sound site:www.adobe.com
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Adobe+Acrobat+Professional%22+multimedia+sound+site%3Awww.adobe.com
"Adobe Acrobat Professional" embed video site:www.adobe.com
://www.google.com/search?q=%22Adobe+Acrobat+Professional%22+embed+video+site%3Awww.adobe.com
Roxio Easy Media Creator v7.5
://www.google.com/search?q=Roxio+Easy+Media+Creator+v7.5 |
