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1. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
Dave Merchant Jan 11, 2013 5:47 AM (in response to A. Grahn)An annotation with a /rect of zero size is nonsensical in the PDF standard - you should always create something with a width and height, even if they are very small.
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2. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
A. Grahn Jan 11, 2013 7:17 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)Well, zero size RMAs formerly used to work. And they made sense at places, such as sounds. So my question still holds, was it on purpose to disable them?
BTW, a zero size audio player flash, embedded in HTML, still works . Using FlashPlayer 11.5.31.137.
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3. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
Dave Merchant Jan 11, 2013 7:53 AM (in response to A. Grahn)Everything on a page has to have some presence. It was just lucky that what you've been doing up to now worked. Now it doesn't, and the reasons for code changes are not discussed with the general public. If you feel this change should be reversed, file a feature request at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I can't see any justification for a zero-size SWF - even if the sound is controlled by scripting you (and a reader) must have access to a page region to open the context menus. If you don't want any visible playhead, the correct workflow is to create a completely-transparent audio player in Flash that works as a play/stop button, so Flash Player has somewhere to hang its context menu.
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4. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
A. Grahn Jan 11, 2013 8:05 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)Dave Merchant wrote:
If you feel this change should be reversed, file a feature request at http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Thanks for this pointer.
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5. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
njulius0814 Feb 19, 2013 2:29 PM (in response to A. Grahn)I've had this happen with one of my projects now as well. I "hid" my audio files that were opened by a separate button by making them 1px by 1px in InDesign. When the files were exported as an interactive PDF, I left the poster as it was, and the scrubber was too small to show up unless you were zoomed in to 3000% or more. Worked great until a recent update, now none of those file are functional. Hoping it gets un-done in the next software update, although will need to rework an alternate set of files to sell until the software issue is resolved.
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6. Re: Reader doesn't play zero size (width x height) RMA, e. g. sound, anymore
A. Grahn Feb 20, 2013 4:24 AM (in response to njulius0814)As a work-around you may consider using my transparent "APlayer.swf" (http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/media9/players/APlayer.swf) in a non-zero sized RMA.
The audio source (embedded mp3 or URL) is set via FlashVar "source=...", the progess bar is made invisible using FlashVar "hideBar=true". In order to start playback with a separate button, use the multimedia operation "play" or "playPause" (produces toggle button) instead of "multimedia_play". The RMA background should be set to "transparent".



