[Tex/LaTex] beamer : embedded video (.avi) in presentation

Question

It's the first time that I'm using beamer to prepare my defense presentation. This is the beamer template that I'm using : template (pdflatex version). In fact, I need to include several videos (.avi) in my presentation. I've already tried the different ways proposed in this question. None of them worked :

\begin{frame}{test.video}
 \includemedia[activate=pageopen,
 width=200pt,height=150pt]{}{resources/video.avi}
 \end{frame}

or

\begin{frame}{test.video}
\movie[width=8cm,height=4.5cm]{play the video}{video.avi}
\end{frame}

or

\begin{frame}{test.video}
\includemedia[
  width=0.4\linewidth,
  totalheight=0.225\linewidth,
  activate=pageopen,
  passcontext,  %show VPlayer's right-click menu
  addresource=video.avi,
  flashvars={
    %important: same path as in `addresource'
    source=video.avi
  }
]{\fbox{Click!}}{VPlayer.swf}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{test.video}
\includemedia[
  activate=pageopen,
  width=200pt,height=150pt,
  addresource=video.avi,
  flashvars={%
     source=video.avi% same path as in addresource!
%   &autoPlay=true%    % optional configuration
%   &loop=true%        % variables
  }
  ]{}{VPlayer.swf}
\end{frame}

and the last one that I tried and was unsuccessful :

\begin{frame}{test.video}
\includemovie{.85\textheight}{.85\textheight}{video.mp4}%
\end{frame}

They all create a white empty box that does not do anything. I have converted the videos to .mp4, this did not help either. I have installed flash-player for adobe (version 2019.010.20091). My operating system is : macOS High Sierra V. 10.13.6. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You mentioned in a comment that you generated the video from a series of images. Instead of trying to include the video, I would simply include the images directly.

A short example:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{xmpmulti}
\begin{document}

    %asuming you images are called "something-0.png" up to "something-16.png" 
    \begin{frame}
        \transduration<0-16>{0}
        \multiinclude[<+->][format=png, graphics={width=\textwidth}]{something}
    \end{frame}

\end{document}