[Tex/LaTex] Beamer – mp3 – file does not play

beamermedia9

For a presentation I need to add a mp3 file. I already followed all steps in the Q&A at How to include multimedia files in beamer. My followed MMW does compile but do not deliver any sound at all. Maybe someone can help me.

Latest Flash Player and VLC Player version is installed. Adobe Acrobat Reader is used as viewer.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{media9}
\usetheme{default}
\usecolortheme{wolverine}
\title{Title}
\author{K.}
\subtitle{Subtitle}
\begin{document}
        \begin{frame}[plain]
    \maketitle
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{embedded files}
\includemedia[
width=0.4\linewidth,
totalheight=0.225\linewidth,
activate=pageopen,
passcontext,  %show VPlayer's right-click menu
addresource=Woodpecker.mp3,
flashvars={
source=Woodpecker.mp3
}
]{\fbox{Click!}}{VPlayer.swf}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Replace VPlayer.swf with APlayer.swf.

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First of all you need your video files in MP4 format with H.264 compression. See section 1 of the media9 documentation on how to recode existing video files / how to recreate them from bitmaps. AVI format is not supported.

To start two or more videos at once, a media button can be inserted that controls them all. Looping the videos is enabled by adding loop=true to the Flash variables:

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\usepackage{media9}

\begin{document}
\includemedia[
  label=vidA,
  addresource=results1.mp4,
  activate=pageopen,
  width=5cm, height=4cm,
  flashvars={
     source=results1.mp4
    &loop=true
  }
]{}{VPlayer.swf}

\includemedia[
  label=vidB,
  addresource=results2.mp4,
  activate=pageopen,
  width=5cm, height=4cm,
  flashvars={
     source=results2.mp4
    &loop=true
  }
]{}{VPlayer.swf}

\mediabutton[
  mediacommand=vidA:playPause,
  mediacommand=vidB:playPause
]{\fbox{Play/Pause}}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] \includemedia does not play video but remains blank

Your video file seems to be corrupt/using the wrong video codec. I successfully tried your example with file random.mp4 (h.264 codec) from the media9 package.

Note, that with the current configuration, on clicking once, VPlayer.swf will be activated only. To have the video start playing after one click, you must append &autoPlay=true to the flashvars option. Alternatively, you could put activate=pageopen to the options list of \inlcudemedia. Then, VPlayer.swf will be automatically activated showing the first frame of the video file and obscuring the embedded poster graphics file. The first click will start playback.

Further note that one of the width options (\includegraphics or \inlcudemedia) is redundant.

The label option is only needed if you want to refer to this media inclusion from a \PushButton with JavaScript or a \medialink (soon to come).

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