Border on Video in iBooks

Hi guys,
I noticed there is a slight light grey border around the edges of my videos when I play it on my iPad. The border is on the edges of the video itself and not the actual box/wrapper the video is going into. I ensured the video has no border when exporting it.  I go between two video formats - .mp4 and .mov and both videos has the border.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Thank you so much for your help.
I am now working in Adobe Acrobat X Pro and have embedded the same video. The borders have disappeared.
I have set the video activation settings to enable when "The page containing the content is opened". When the page is opened, I am now seeing a grey box (the size of the video) flash before the video is played. Do you know of a way to not have the grey box appear before the video plays? Or is there even a way to edit the color of this box so it is a less noticeable transition in my documet? I assume this is some sort of default setting to be displayed when the video loads. Any suggestions regarding this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Similar Messages

  • How do you add visual video controls to widget video in ibooks author?

    How do you add video controls to video using ibooks author?

    I have the same question as VideoImage. I would like the controls to appear in some of my videos so that the reader can speed them up or slow them down. This would save me having to run them through iMovie at 4X say and saving them that way. As far as I can see, the video fast forward, fast reverse, go to end, go to beginning controls only appear in the Widget inspector. What is their purpose then? 

  • Embedding video in iBooks Author

    After embedding a video in iBooks Author, the screen on the iPad stays all black after playing, without showing any steering tools. I need to tip again the screen to get play, rewind, finishing etc. Is there a setting I miss?

    I have had the same problem. But when I go to the Inspector, Widget and move the slider for Poster Frame, the Inspector does not allow it to stay there. It goes back to the beginning of the slider, and nothing is then displayed when the video is seen on an iBooks page when the iBooks is either previewed or exported to display on an iPad. Any suggestions?

  • How do I un-embed a video? I deleted the youtube video from ibooks author on my iMac, but it won't delete from the ipad ibook view. It shows up in my book as a blank bar until I tap it, then it plays the video.

    How do I un-embed a youtube video? I deleted the youtube video from ibooks author on my iMac, but it won't delete from the ipad ibook view. It shows up in my book as a blank bar until I tap it, then it plays the video. I made a new page after deleting the original page in which I inserted the video; it still shows up. Only the advertisement from the video plays.

    delete the media widget in Author
    re-preview to your iPad
    hope this helps...

  • Thin Black Border on Video in Interactive PDF (Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional)

    Hi
    I am having issues with embedded video in an interactive pdf (currently using Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional).
    I have placed my media mp4 file in the pdf. I would like the video to have no border, so I proceeded to Multimedia Properties to edit the Appearance and set the Border Type to Invisible Rectangle. I also editted the Playback settings for the Rendition to keep the player open "Forever once activated." But every time I view pages in my interactive pdf with video there is still a thin black border surrounding the videos on initial play. If I have already viewed the video and come back to the page, the border dissapears.
    Is there a way to ensure the thin black border/outline never appears in the pdf, even when first opening and viewing the file? Does this have to do with the Acrobat 8 in particular? Please let me know if you are also encountering this problem or have a solution.

    Thank you so much for your help.
    I am now working in Adobe Acrobat X Pro and have embedded the same video. The borders have disappeared.
    I have set the video activation settings to enable when "The page containing the content is opened". When the page is opened, I am now seeing a grey box (the size of the video) flash before the video is played. Do you know of a way to not have the grey box appear before the video plays? Or is there even a way to edit the color of this box so it is a less noticeable transition in my documet? I assume this is some sort of default setting to be displayed when the video loads. Any suggestions regarding this issue would be greatly appreciated.

  • Adding a youtube video in iBook Author

    I am trying to add a youtube video to my template in iBook Author.  What is the easest way?  Thanks

    I don't have a way at the moment to upload. I tried and had a few others try while watching the video and still the same result. When you go to preview the button is present and does launch a blank lightbox without content(youtube video). The youtube video that was drug into the light box displays all the time unless you select the light box trigger and then the light box pops up over the video. I think what is happening is that the video is not inside the container. I have tried several times selecting the container, button as in video and inserting the <iframe embed code but still have the same result.

  • How do you use a photo as a placeholder for a video in ibooks author?

    I am having trouble in ibooks author, I am trying to use a still photo as the place holder for a video, so what I want to do is when you click on the picture, a video will start playing. If anyone knows how to do it, please let me know, thanks!

    iBooks Author lets you use an image, such as a .PNG (even one with transparency) as a poster image for your video. When tapped, this image will open your video in full-screen mode.
    To do this, first drag your video file onto the page in iBooks Author to create a video widget. Select the widget and, in the Inspector panel under the Widget options, choose the Interaction tab, and check "Full-screen only" (Note: Using a separate image as a placeholder will only work if this option is checked).
    Next, simply find the photo file you'd like to use as your poster image—it can be any file, not necessarily a frame from your video—and drag it over the video widget on the page until you see the edges highlighted in blue, and release. That image is now the placeholder for the video, and when tapped it will launch your video in full-screen mode.

  • Black border around video!

    I want to upload my video to youtube but it has a massive black border around it. Can someone explain step by step how to get rid of this please. I know it has something to do with the scale but i am relatively new using cs5 and have no idea! please help

    Welcome to the forum.
    Black borders are usually caused by a mis-match with the Source Footage and the Sequence, or with the Export settings.
    Can you please let us know the full details of your Source Footage, and your Sequence Frame Size, and also your Ecport settings?
    Good luck, and thank you for that info.
    Hunt

  • Blue border around text in iBooks Author

    Hello everyone - I have a question that I believe is a stupid setting I can't remember how to deselect.
    I have a Blue border around all text in my ibooks author file. It looks like this:
    PLEASE tell me how to get rid of it - if not, what it IS!!!
    Thanks!!
    ~Thomas

    Just means linked/flowing - did you study the hits on the right, under 'More Like This' yet?

  • Full screen video crashes iBooks

    just updated iPad 2 to iOS6.
    Now, when I play a video full screen within an iBook-Authored book viewed in iBooks, and then close the video, the entire ibooks display is offset about 50 pixels down from the top of the iPad (horizontally) and I cannot pinch to close a chapter or make the menu appear.
    Other times, I can close the video but it disappears from its position in the layout until I play another video. Seems to be a refresh issue.
    Mike Cohen

    Is in nokia asha 311 videos of smaller size be maximized?

  • Videos in iBook Author

    I am putting together an iBook that will include a large number of self-recorded videos of presentations I have made. I'm a bit nervious about the file size limitation of 2 gig but I don't know how to estimate the size of the book. Any suggestions/advice?

    640 x 480 video looks decent on an iPad and works out to about 10 MB per minute. You can estimate the total size of your videos for that. For 720p video, it'll be larger. Just encode your video at the resolution you want and look at the file size to get an idea of the amount of space per minute.
    Michi.

  • Converting and compressing mp4 video for iBook Author

    I'm working on an iBook on Propaganda in WW II and would like to include loads of videos.
    The Internet Archive has a great collection:
    Example: "Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line (1942)" 
    http://archive.org/details/OutOfTheFryingPanIntoTheFiringLine
    Most are in mp4 format.  I have tried bringing the mp4 into QT or iMovie and both seem to do about the same job of converting. Plus they increase file size by about 50%
    Primary question
    I'm targeting my iBook as a free resource for schools. File size is an issue for school iPads that might be 16 GB. Is there anyway to reduce file size, without losing quality? I saw some discussions about Compressor, but that seems to be designed for Final Cut Pro and I'm not a video expert.
    Secondary question:
    Is there any way to improve the quality of these old videos. Perhaps there are some settings I'm missing in QT or iMovie??
    I'm an instructional design guy - not a video guy. Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated ... especially in  laymen's terms.
    Thanks

    I'm keeping a "Working with IBA" collection at Scoop.it. 
    http://www.scoop.it/t/publishing-with-ibooks-author
    I posted a link to this discussion ... and I received a comment (at Scoop.it) from Frank Lowney that's interesting. I don't have Pages, but I may get it try this out. (cheaper than Compressor!)
    Frank comments:
    "Strange but apparently true. I downloaded a 320x240 *.mp4 file from the Internet Archive and compressed it with the latest version of Handbrake using the iPhone/iPod touch preset. The result was 2.6 MB smaller that what I had downloaded. As predicted, iBooks Author rejected it suggesting I use QuickTime X Player. I did that using the iPod touch/iPhone 3GS preset but the result was a whopping 21.9 MB larger!
    Let's remember that the sole target of what iBooks Author outputs is iBooks on the iPad, nothing else.
    Next, I use Pages to create an *.epub file with the Handbrake encoded movie in it. Guess what? It plays just fine in iBooks!
    So something is fishy here."

  • Safari 4, choppy video on iBook G4

    Hi,
    Videos played in Safari are choppy on my iBook G4. Sound plays OK. Everything was fine last week, the only thing I did is to delete my girlfriend's account and create a new account for me since she's not using the computer anymore. When I did that I was asked to upgrade Safari to version 4.1.2 (or something like that, I know for sure it's version 4) and since then, I can't look at Youtube videos or any other videos site. It's not a network problem since the video is downloaded faster than it plays. My girlfriend says she had no problem before I did the upgrade, I can't figure out wich Safari version was installed before I upgraded it. What should I do, go back to version 3.??? or is there something I should try before attempting to revert to version 3.
    thanks for your help

    solution use flash player 9 because it is it is better for ppc macs and set your ibook for the highest in the system prefs if yo go to energy settings<power adapter or battery<options<highest and also use camino which helps w/ flash video, also be adviced not so many websites work w/ flash player 9 butit should do
    Camino:
    http://caminobrowser.org/
    Flash Player 9:
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406791.html
    just go down where it says mac os x ppc
    hope it plays better

  • Not able to add video to iBooks Author

    A few weeks ago I started tinkering with iBooks Author. I really like it, very easy to work with. I'd also tried to add some movies and that's where it is getting frustrating... I simply cannot add movies. Whatever I try...
    Of course I read the help page, browsed Apple support and apparently all I need to do is open a video with Quicktime X, choose export, select iPad and hit the button, but, it simply doesn't work. Whatever I try, I get the message "The media file "test.m4v" wasn't added. One or more video tracks are unsupported."
    Here's what I tried so far:
    - Youtube video (mp4) -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice : Not working
    - Youtube video (mp4) -> Quicktime 7 -> export to mov -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice : Not working
    - Youtube video (flv) -> Quicktime 7 -> export to mov -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice : Not working
    - Youtube video (flv) -> Handbrake -> export to iPad -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice : Not working
    - iPhone 4S video (mov) -> Quicktime X -> export to iPad : Not working
    - iPhone 4S video (mov) -> Quicktime 7 -> export with different settings -> Quicktime X -> export to iPad : Not working
    - Part from a DVD rip by handbrake -> Quicktime X -> export to iPad : Not working
    - Part from a DVD rip by handbrake -> Quicktime 7 -> export with different settings -> Quicktime X -> export to iPad : Not working
    - New video in iMovie -> export to mobile -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice: Not working
    - New video in iMovie -> export to iTunes -> Quicktime X -> export to iDevice: Not working
    - New video from within Quicktime X  -> export to iDevice: Not working
    What the **** am I doing wrong here? Am I missing something? Is it simple too easy for me to see?
    In general, Quicktime X poops out the following:
    These are settings from a newly created video with my iSight camera. Nothing fancy...
    Anyone have an idea on how to proceed?
    /edit: to add: I normally have Perian running, but for the sake of testing disabled it. The non-youtube tests are done without it...

    David,
    I know you've already solved your problem, but just in case you need to add in some of those components back for some reason....
    I had a similar issue, but once I used Apple's "Compressor" app it solved all my problems.  It did require paying for "Compressor" but it was worth it, as I needed to keep some of the other components for other work. 
    And by using "Compressor" I was sure all my files were as tiny as possible.  "Compressed" to the maximum so to speak. 
    Our book had tons of video: it's an American Sign Language (video on every page) and English (audio and text on every page).  So making sure our files were as small as possible was important. 
    Thanks for sharing your solution.
    If anyone is curious, here is our American Sign Language & English book, using Compressor, here it is:
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/strollin-little-baby-owen/id550867985?ls=1

  • Cannot play embedded video in ibook

    Hi All
    I downloaded an iBook - the latest Max Hastings - that includes embedded videos.  However on my iPad2 although the book is readable where there should be videos to play it is replaced with text saying 'Your device does not support this embedded video'  I have tried deleting and downloading again and it is also the same on my iPhone5. However, someone else on the iTunes website has said it plays fine on his device.   I am going to wait for ios7 to see if it works with this.  Any other ideas?  Anyone experienced this before with iBooks?
    Thank you

    Just noticed that iTunes have updated the book and it now works as advertised.

Maybe you are looking for