Audio or Video files into an eBook using calibre
 

I am trying to convert the eBook with audio and video files, so is it possible to import audio or video files in the ePub through Calibre. Please advice.

Thanks in advance.

I'm also interested in how to deal with audio and image files. Hope someone answers this. I'm new too, so can't help you much.
jedson303

You can import any type of file from File ==> Import.

calibre will sort it according to type in the file browser.

You may have to manually tweak the opf and stuff, as calibre does not understand EPUB3-specific stuff. Some automated tools, like Check book, will throw errors on valid EPUB3 stuff.

Edit: just to clarify, this involves using the ebook editor. ;)

And most ePub reading software won't work with these audio and video files.

Ergo some ePub reading software will work with these audio and video files.

BR

Let's change some to most as most won't work with audio and video files.

Wouldn't it be more helpful to say "you will have to use x reading software, in order to have support for these EPUB3 features"?

Not really. If I did that, I'd have to mention iBooks which I find a horrid little app.

I have Luciefox for EPUB3 (one of the big consultancies produces the odd EPUB3 for all singing and dancing multimedia reports). Readium is said to be good but I didn't like it, works best on Safari I suspect, didn't like it on Chrome not tried it on Android.

There's a list at Mathjax, it includes calibre viewer - on account of its MathML support

I did read/hear that EPUB3 is getting some traction in the specialist edu market, children with learning difficulties, autism etc.

BR

There is no day I come on here and fail to learn something.

EPub3. Interesting.

If one has to go to software to read an ePub (whatever version) then why would one try to use it in the first place. For computers there are thousands of programs and formats that can embed music and videos - even MS Word can do this. Why bother with ePub?

ePub was designed for portable eReaders. While the first generations could play also MP3 (usable eg with audio books), most if not all newer generations dropped the audio support. So embedding audio won't work as intended on these newer devices. And at the refresh rates of eInk a video will be displayed like hell.

Think tablets or smartphones

They can display HTML (because they understand the internet), and HTML allows embedding of music and videos, and it's extremely close to epub but it's not, in the sense that one can use same HTML editing tools as for epub, without being restricted to epub requirements.

I still believe ePub should be kept for eReaders, and those that want to read on a computer should use a file format better suited for them.

Uh, score one for the e-ink snobs, I guess?

So, we have fragmentation for the sake of fragmentation. Oh well.

(I thought that "better" format was EPUB3. After all, it's basically whatever Apple wants it to be...)

EPUB allows you to view content on OTHER than a ereader :thumbsup:

Why is it folk have to morph a define purpose format into another that already exists (rich HTML content) ?