Inserting flv's in a pdf

I posted this question a while ago, but did not get an answer. I am hoping I will be more successful this time.
How do I insert flv/swf's in my pdf so that they come in at 100%? They are always too small, which negatively affects the quality.
I have tried exporting a files as swf from inDesign, setting the dimensions (A4 or 596 x 842 pixel) when exporting, and then opening that in Acrobat and it still doesn't open at 100% size.
It would be highly appreciated if I were to get some sort of feedback here.
Thanks in advance,
G Helyar

It's been asked a number of times both here and on the AcrobatUsers forums, and I've always tried to respond - sorry if I missed yours.
The simple answer is that in a PDF there is no concept of "100%" when you talk about pixels. PDF pages have physical measurements for everything, including embedded SWF and video content, so if it's playing on a page in the normal widget, it will never be pixel-perfect. Setting the page zoom to 100% in Acrobat or Reader means "make a Letter-format page to be 8.5 inches wide on the monitor, or as close as you can get". It does not mean "show one content pixel per screen pixel" as the 100% scale in Photoshop does, and the accuracy of that "8.5 inches wide" zoom factor depends on the way your operating system is configured and the size of your display, so it's also never perfect.
If you set the rich media annotation to play in a floating window, it will display at 100% as that window uses pixel dimensions rather than page dimensions.
If you want the content to play in the page, you need to either re-write your SWF to handle the stage scaling internally, or if you're embedding video use a new version of the playback widget that respects absolute scaling by default.

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Why is it that when I insert an flv into my PDFs, they are not inserted at the original size. I double click using the Multimedia flv tool, then select the flv and I don't want it to open in a new window. The flv comes in very pixely, I assume because PDF changes the size.
I have created a PDF with the same dimensions as the flv I want to use and it still doesn't place the flv properly.
Is there any way I can prevent this? It is very frustrating.
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