The replacement package is available on CTAN. It is called media9
and documented on CTAN.
Use the MiKTeX or TeXLive package managers for installation.
A simple example embedding an SWF would be
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{media9}
%\usepackage[dvipdfmx]{media9} % only for latex->dvipdfmx
\begin{document}
\includemedia[
activate=pageopen,
width=200pt,height=150pt,
]{}{myexample.swf}
\end{document}
A minimal example for embedding a video file, using the video player component VPlayer.swf
shipping with media9
and using the pdflatex
, lualatex
, latex
-->dvips
-->ps2pdf
or latex->dvipdfmx
/xelatex
work-flows would be
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{media9}
%\usepackage[dvipdfmx]{media9} % only for latex->dvipdfmx
\begin{document}
\includemedia[
activate=pageopen,
width=200pt,height=150pt,
addresource=Sample.mp4,
flashvars={%
source=Sample.mp4% same path as in addresource!
% &autoPlay=true% % optional configuration
% &loop=true% % variables
}
]{}{VPlayer.swf}
\end{document}
Video files must be in the MP4
format. Videos in other formats must be converted to MP4
, or recreated from the raw material. The H.264
codec gives high quality video at stunningly small file size. With ffmpeg
, video files can be created easily.
From an existing video file, such as Sample.avi
, re-encoded with 30 frames (entered on a single command line):
ffmpeg -i Sample.avi -vf scale="trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2"
-c:v libx264 -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p
-g 30 -r 30 video.mp4
From a numbered sequence of bitmaps, such as frame-0.png
, frame-1.png
, ... :
ffmpeg -i frame-%d.png -vf scale="trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2"
-c:v libx264 -profile:v high -pix_fmt yuv420p
-g 30 -r 30 Sample.mp4