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pete5609 · 05-30-2014, 09:49 AM

Client is a trade publisher but not on the scale of Random House. Testing goes like this: Take fully-functioning .epub with videos embedded (epub 3 verified), run it through Kindle Previewer to convert to mobi. Check in 3 versions of Kindle Fire using the Previewer. Also upload to iPad, check in Kindle App. Videos are just ... gone.

*kind of* got it working when using H264 .mp4 files. Videos at least appear in the Kindle App with play button. Really slow to play though.

Works fine in Calibre's .mobi viewer, in fact looks far better than any Kindle version.

Have also prepared a version that simply links out to youtube... seems a lot easier. Not sure why they are insisting on embedded videos. File sizes are huge.

So what's this about not allowing videos at KDP? That isn't in the KP guidelines.

05-30-2014, 09:49 AM	#5
pete5609 petebooks Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: iPad	Client is a trade publisher but not on the scale of Random House. Testing goes like this: Take fully-functioning .epub with videos embedded (epub 3 verified), run it through Kindle Previewer to convert to mobi. Check in 3 versions of Kindle Fire using the Previewer. Also upload to iPad, check in Kindle App. Videos are just ... gone. kind of got it working when using H264 .mp4 files. Videos at least appear in the Kindle App with play button. Really slow to play though. Works fine in Calibre's .mobi viewer, in fact looks far better than any Kindle version. Have also prepared a version that simply links out to youtube... seems a lot easier. Not sure why they are insisting on embedded videos. File sizes are huge. So what's this about not allowing videos at KDP? That isn't in the KP guidelines.