On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:10 AM, stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 6:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> Can I start a short mp4 movie from within a beamer presentation? I use >> Debian. >> >> > > > In theory, yes (look at chapter 14 of Beamer documentation). In practice, I > was never able to get it to work. I think it is a more an issue with pdf > readers on linux than with beamer itself. In other words, a > beamer-on-Debian-produced pdf file run on a windows/mac installation of > acrobat reader (or other pdf viewer) might work (I haven't tried). > But in my experience, linux-produced and linux-consumed beamer presentations > with video do not work. > YMMV,
I've experienced the same thing as Stefano on Ubuntu. Even using the Linux version of Adobe Acrobat did not work. My last try was a couple of years ago though so it's possible the newest version has improved in this aspect. Best, Scott
