CHAPTER 9
9
Multimedia Features
This chapter describes those features of PDF that support embedding and playing
multimedia content. It contains the following sections:
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bilities that were introduced in PDF 1.5.
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been supported since PDF 1.2.
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introduced in PDF 1.4.
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sional graphics in a document, introduced in PDF 1.6.
9.1 Multimedia
PDF 1.5 introduces a comprehensive set of language constructs to enable the fol-
lowing capabilities:
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Arbitrary media types can be embedded in PDF files. (See implementation
with Acrobat 6.0 viewers).
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Embedded media, as well as referenced media outside a PDF file, can be played
with a variety of player software. (In some situations, the player software may
be the viewer application itself.)
Note:
The term
playing
can be used with a wide variety of media, and is not re-
stricted to audio or video. For example, it may be applied to static images such as
JPEGs.
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