By default, renditions are assigned to the Mouse up action, which means Right PDF plays the rendition after you click and release the mouse. Mouse up action is the most common trigger type in that it gives the user one last chance to drag the pointer off the button and not activate the action.

Users are allowed to assign different renditions to different actions.

  1. Using the Sound tool, Movie tool or Select tool, double-click the play area.

  2. In the Multimedia Properties dialog box, on the Settings tab, click Add…, and choose one of the following options from the menu. Click OK:

    • Using a File.... Select a file you want to add to the rendition list and click Open. In the Add a New File as Rendition dialog box, the content type is selected automatically.

    • Using a URL…. In the Add a New URL as Rendition dialog box, type in the URL that links to the rendition and choose a content type.

    • Copying an Existing Rendition…. In the Copy Rendition dialog box, select the rendition you want to copy.

  1. Select the rendition and click Edit…. In the Rendition Settings dialog box, configure the playback settings to differentiate it from other renditions.

  2. Add and edit as many renditions as needed.

  3. When you finish adding and editing renditions, click Close.

Rendition settings

Click on the Edit… button on the Settings tab of the Multimedia Properties dialog box to show the Rendition Settings dialog box.

 

Media Settings. This tab has options for adjusting the general properties of the video:

  • Rendition Name. Type in the name for the rendition, which will appear in the list of renditions.

  • Description. Type in the description of the rendition.

  • Media Clip Location. Type in or click Browse… to navigate to the clip. Once you specify the clip location, the content type will be set automatically. Please note that changing the content type settings my cause problems playing the media.

  • Content Type. It shows the type of the rendition.

  • Allow Temp File. Specify whether writing a temp file is allowed and when. Disallow the creation of temp files if you don’t want users to copy the media content in a protected document. However, some media players write temp files while playing a video clip, and disallowing it may therefore prevent the video from being played by media players that require the use of temp files.

 

Playback Settings

  • Keep player open. Decide whether you want the player to be left open forever or for the number of seconds you specify, or close once it plays the video clip to the end.

  • Volume. Specify how loud the video is played.

  • Show player controls. If selected, a controller bar will display at the bottom of the play area which lets users stop, pause and play. The bar will not appear if Hidden is selected at Playback Location on the Playback Location tab.

  • Repeat. Play the clip continuously, or twice or more times.

  • Player List. Click Add… to specify a player and set it is preferred, required, or disallowed to play the video clip. Select the name of the player from the Name menu and determine the minimum version number of the player. Then specify the Status of the player Preferred, Required, or Disallowed. If there are more than one player that is set Required, only one of the required players can be used to play the rendition. Note that players set Preferred are selected over non-preferred players, and players set Disallowed will not be used to play the rendition.

 

Playback Location

  • Playback Location. Determine whether a video clip is played in a Floating Window, Full Screen, in the PDF, or remains hidden while played (recommended for sounds).

  • Floating Window Settings. This section is available only when Floating Window is selected at Playback Location. You can add a window title, set the window position, and decide whether to let the user resize the window. The window position is determined relative to Document window, Application window, Virtual desktop (for dual-monitor configuration) or Document monitor.

  • Specify the window width and height of the floating window. You can click the Get From Media button to get the dimensions of the video clip (if available) and edit it as needed.

 

System Requirements. Use this tab to specify the minimum system requirements. Under Client system Requirements, you can demand that a user must have at least 512 kbps download speed, and 1152-by-864 screen resolution to play the video clip. For Show subtitles, Play dubbed audio, Show audio/video description and Show supplemental text captions, you can choose Either, Disabled, or Enabled. If you select Either, you refer to the settings in the user’s Multimedia panel of the Preferences dialog box. If you select either Disabled or Enabled, the corresponding settings in the Preferences > Multimedia must allow the rendition to be used. For example, if the Show supplemental text captions is Enabled, the Show supplemental text captions when available preference option must be selected as well to make the rendition work.

 

Playback Requirements. Settings from other tabs are listed on this tab where you can indicate which ones are required for the rendition to be played. For example, if the volume is set to 70% of the volume of the content in the Playback Settings tab, and you check the box next to Volume, the rendition will not be played unless this volume level can be used.

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