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Trouble with viewing SWF in a PDF

Posted: 10-21-2008, 09:45 PM
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1st set-up:
Mac OS X 10.4.11
Adobe CS3 Premium (ID CS3 & Flash CS3)
QuickTime 7.5
Acrobat 8 Pro
Acrobat Reader 8

On this system I created a PDF in InDesign CS3 adding in a swf file as an intro. I edited the PDF and created some functionality for the iPDF (interactive PDF) in Acrobat 8 Pro. The iPDF plays great and I'm happy. BUT... then I transferred the same iPDF to my other system.

2nd set-up:
Mac OS X 10.5.5
Adobe CS3 Premium (ID CS3 & Flash CS3)
QuickTime Pro 7.5.5
Acrobat 8 Pro
Acrobat Reader 9

On this system, when the iPDF is viewed, the embedded swf intro appears to load, but the status bar just says, "buffering". The swf doesn't play. I changed the settings for the file to use the flash player instead of QuickTime but nothing changes. I tried this again with a different file with a different embedded swf file with the same results. My coworker had the same problem when he upgraded systems. He could view the iPDF before but not after his upgrade.

I checked quite a few resources and this forum but have not come across anyone with the same issue. Does anyone here know of the issue and maybe a work-around or possibly a solution?

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks
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Michael Kazlow
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Re: Trouble with viewing SWF in a PDF
Posted: 10-21-2008, 11:22 PM
Embedded swf files using what Acrobat 9 calls the legacy format is
broken under the current Mac OS. You can manually embed the files in
Acrobat or use the new methods available in Acrobat 9. The newer method
uses the embeded Flash player in Acrobat 9/Reader 9.

Mike
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Re: Trouble with viewing SWF in a PDF
Posted: 10-22-2008, 03:01 PM
What do I do if I don't have Acrobat 9 Pro? What do you mean by "broken."

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Re: Trouble with viewing SWF in a PDF
Posted: 10-23-2008, 02:37 AM
Acrobat 8 and earlier depend on QuickTime to handle SWF files. But QuickTime now only supports very old versions of Flash. Hence SWF support is broken.

However, Acrobat 9 and Reader 9 use Flash Runtime and handle SWF and FLV files natively. They don't require QuickTime to handle these formats.
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Re: Trouble with viewing SWF in a PDF
Posted: 10-24-2008, 09:42 PM
Should it help to change the preferred media player for the embedded swf files in the Acrobat 8 Pro PDF from QuickTime to Flash? Because I'm getting the same results in Acrobat Reader 9 on the system with Mac OS X 10.5.5.
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