Video in indesign to PDF

I'm trying to export a file to pdf from indesign that has video with type placed over the top. After exporting and viewing in acrobat, I can view the video but not the type. Can anyone tell me what I'm might be doing wrong?

Bob is correct. As I understand it, interactive objects like video exist on a higher "level" in the PDF than the page content.
They can't be mixed together like you can in InDesign.

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One thing I have noticed is that the tutorials say to choose "Object>Interactive>Movie Options.
When I open the Interactive menu, no such options appear; only references to buttons. I have tried it in different workspaces: Interactive, Advanced, and Interactive For PDF. Same result in all of them.
I have the latest Indesign and Quicktime. I have tried embedding both H.264 and flash videos. Same result for all. I also tried exporting as "Interactive PDF" which is worse — even the poster frames don't appear.
What am I missing?

You need to export as PDF (Interactive) and you also need to view the PDF in Reader or Acrobat 9 or later.
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Hi there, I am looking for a way to embed a vimeo.com Video into my C.V.
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I'm getting an error message of "The URL must reference a file that is compliant with flash player when trying to incorporate a linked video into Indesign CS 5.5. Why am I getting this error message? I would like to export the file as an interactive pdf.
Thanks.

So it sounds like you're trying to stream a video stored on a server, correct?
Here's the way the URL must be written:
"The URL must point to a file that ends in the appropriate file extension; for example, http://www.fakeURL.com/videos/Intro_Video.f4v for a file on a web server. Use rtmp:// in the URL for a video on the Flash Media Server or Flash Streaming Service."
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What are the steps after you make the video to place the video into a web page in InDesign CS5.5?

InDesign cannot place a video into a web page. You might do that in Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe's premiere program for handling HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
InDesign CAN place a video into an interactive PDF file or a SWF (Flash Player) file.
You can create video in many applications including Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and many more applications.

Embedded video in Indesign won't play

Hi all,
I've been playing with InDesign for the last 8+ hours on trying to figure this out and hoping somebody here on this forum is smarter than me. I have embedded a video (it's a flash video) in my InDesign file - a magazine. I'm testing the page to make it work before exporting the whole file, but so far am stuck on this one problem.
I save the spread as a flash file and when the file opens from my C: the movie plays and everything is copacetic.
When I go to load the file to my FTP, not only is the movie not playing, but it's not even loading. I placed the video in Indesign at 100% and as I mentioned, when I open the file locally, it works fine. The minute I try to import it online .. zip.
Here is the link for the test page: http://www.bakidsmagazine.com/page19.swf.
I appreciate any and all help you can give me on this. I've looked online for answers but couldn't find it.
My e-mail is [email protected] if you need me to send you any files.

InDesign does not embedd videos... when you export your SWF, ID creates a Resources folder for all the media assets. You have to upload that folder to your server too. If you don´t, Flash Player doesn´t find your videos, sounds or places SWFs...
Here´s a screenshot from Safari´s activity window:
It seems that you are publishing a magazine. If you want to get some extra features like zooming for instance, check out http://www.edocker.com

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GoodReader ($4.99), ezPDF Reader ($2.99) and PDF Expert ($9.99) are well rated and support many more features.
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To: Michele DeFilippo <[email protected]>
Subject: InDesign to PDF - Client wants clickable ads
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In exporting a file from InDesign to PDF for Illustrator, my main background image comes up small and in the upper-left side of the PDF, normally it fills the page when viewed in InDesign. I am using ID v5. I have run into this before, and the problem resolved itself, it is doing it again. I have to get documents to a printer that are for Illustrator. I have tried embedding the image to no avail, removed the tagged option, tried a variety of methods to no avail. Help!

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