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Can't embed H.264 videos in Acrobat X Pro

May 25, 2012 1:37 AM

Categories: Windows Tags: #acrobat #video #h.264 #mp4 #embed

Adobe Acrobat X Pro won't let me embed a video file which I created as

"MPEG4: iPhone H.264 (640x480)" in Corel Video Studio.

The video file plays fine in Windows Media Player, QuickTime, Corel Video Studio, and

Final Cut Express (on a Mac, which also displays "H.264 compression" in properties for the file).

Here's an analysis of the file from MediaInfo:

Format: MPEG-4; Format profile: Sony PSP;

Codec ID: MSNV; File size: 110 MiB; Duration: 6mn 0s;

Overall bit rate mode: Variable ; Overall bit rate: 2 556 Kbps; Video ID: 1;

Format: AVC; Format/Info: Advanced Video Codec; Format profile: Baseline@L3.0;

Format settings, CABAC: No; Format settings, ReFrames: 2 frames; Format settings, GOP: M=1, N=15;

Codec ID: avc1; Codec ID/Info: Advanced Video Coding;

Bit rate mode: Variable; Bit rate: 2 393 Kbps; Maximum bit rate: 2 500 Kbps;

Width: 640 pixels; Height: 480 pixels; Display aspect ratio: 4:3;

Original display aspect ratio: 4:3; Frame rate mode: Constant; Frame rate: 30.000 fps;

Standard: NTSC; Color space: YUV; Chroma subsampling: 4:2:0; Bit depth: 8 bits;

Scan type: Progressive; Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 0.260; Stream size: 103 MiB (94%);

Color primaries: BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177;

Transfer characteristics: BT.709-5, BT.1361;

Matrix coefficients: BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

I only have Adobe Acrobat X Pro CS5.5 and DreamWeaver CS5.5 (Educational/Academic versions),

and it seems I can't get Adobe Media Encoder separately. I have to get Adobe Acrobat X Suite or something similar.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Ivan Brown

University Lecturer

790 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: Ivan in Joetsu, May 28, 2012 12:31 AM

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1. Dave Merchant,

May 25, 2012 2:56 PM in reply to Ivan in Joetsu

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The Sony PSP codec profile is the issue - that's proprietary and isn't supported in Flash Player.

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2. Ivan in Joetsu,

May 27, 2012 9:28 PM in reply to Dave Merchant

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OK. Thanks for that. I'll try to find a way of saving as H.264 that isn't Sony PSP.
There was no way of knowing it was Sony PSP from within Corel Video Studio, but I guess that's an issue for a Corel VS forum...

One point, though: Adobe Acrobat X Pro does let me embed another video clip created in Corel Video Studio:
"MPEG4: iPod H.264" (320x240), and MediaFile also identifies this as Sony PSP (see below).
(But I want 640x480 resolution).

Complete name                            : G:\Documents\Research\学内研究プロジェクト\Short prog A Westminster\2010-2011\Grp1\ひな祭り\2011 ShortprogA iPod 320x240.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Sony PSP
Codec ID                                 : MSNV
File size                                : 12.4 MiB
Duration                                 : 1mn 52s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 920 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L1.3
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=15
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 1mn 52s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 789 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 768 Kbps
Width                                    : 320 pixels
Height                                   : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 30.000 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.342
Stream size                              : 10.6 MiB (86%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55
Color primaries                          : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 1mn 52s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.73 MiB (14%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55
Tagged date                              : UTC 2012-01-12 08:36:55

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3. Ivan in Joetsu,

May 28, 2012 12:31 AM in reply to Ivan in Joetsu

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Actually, I've found some FLV output options in Corel Video Studio, including 640x480.
There's some loss in sound resolution (48kHz to 22kHz) and it means doing a lot of video rendering work over again,
but it seems to work in Acrobat.

Thanks for your help, anyway.

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