Videos in ePub for iPad

Videos work (horizontal or vertical) in regular xhtml files declared in spine. But when I try putting them in a 'linear="no"' declaration, they are only positioned correctly in landscape.
Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have a solution (other than not using a 'linear="no"' declaration)?
Thanks

Some things to consider:
1. Centering and space above and below your div can be accomplished in CSS with:
div.group {
width:50% !important;
margin-top: 1.0em;
margin-bottom: 1.0em;text-align: center;}
There might be other and better ways to accomplish this. I'm not expert in CSS or HTML; I only know what has worked for me in previous projects.
2. In iBooks, there is a bug (or "feature") that causes iBooks to ignore text-align for some elements (such as <p>) if iBooks' preferences are set to Full Justification = ON. Instead of being centered, those elements will be left-aligned (or maybe justified? I haven't tested.) This is the default setting, so most users likely leave it that way. (<h> elements are not affected by this bug.)
This is detailed in one of Liz Castro's blog posts and also on Walt Shiel's blog:
http://www.pigsgourdsandwikis.com/2010/06/beating-ibooks-bugs.html
http://waltshiel.com/2010/06/23/one-solution-to-ibooks-1-1-centering-problem/
One fix is to wrap the text inside such an element in empty <span> tags.
3. I don't know what your intended audience is, but keep in mind that iBooks is way behind Amazon and BN.com in terms of sales volume. Kindle and Nook don't support resizing images (yet, anyway), so unless your book depends on this photo treatment to deliver its message, you might be putting a lot of time and effort into a feature that few readers (yet, anyway) can take advantage of.
4. If you use Twitter, you might want to follow the hashtag #eprdctn -- it's used by a small community of ebook designers to exchange information about the constantly changing ebook design world.
5. Other good sources of info:
http://ebookarchitects.com/
http://www.kindleformatting.com/ (I know it's not iBooks-related, but it's full of good info)

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