audio/video in mobi?

georg3200 · 11-12-2013, 08:50 AM

hi there,
I know that there have been different threads with the topic audio/video, but now the things getting real and I need some help.

we delivered a epub with audio to a customer two years agog and now the tell us that they would like to deliver it to amazon.
As I understand they deliver it via bookwire. bookwire has send them an error message from amazon:

"the audio has not been embedded according to our specifications..."

Please embed the audio according to that scheme:

Code:

<audio src="name.mp3" controls="true"  tabindex="0">
        <p class="Audio2" style="padding-left: 55px; width: 200px">
Your device does not support audio...
        </p>
    </audio>

Please see: AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf
http://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/Am...Guidelines.pdf
6 Audio and Video Guidelines

Now I tried the following:
- I changed the html-code to match it to amazons code.
- I moved the audio-files to a folder /audiovideo/
The epubs is fine and has no errors.

- I dropped it to the newest version of kindlepreviewer.
- I copied the resulting mobi to our Kindle Fire HD

Of course it did not work. I see the dummy-text: Your device does not support audio...

Did anyone ever produce a mobi with a working audio or video?

I even downloaded a preview book from Amazon with embedded video to our kinlde fire hd. But it does not play and says something like: cannot play...

Doitsu · 11-12-2013, 11:18 AM

According to this thread, only big publishing houses that don't use the KDP platform can upload books with video and audio files in them.

susan_cassidy · 11-12-2013, 11:35 AM

And, .mobi does not support audio/video. Only the kf8 (azw3) format would.

JSWolf · 11-12-2013, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

And, .mobi does not support audio/video. Only the kf8 (azw3) format would.

Actually, Mobi sort of does support audio. I don't think it supports video. Nate posted a sample that does play sound when used with the current version of Mobipocket Reader.

georg3200 · 11-12-2013, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

According to this thread, only big publishing houses that don't use the KDP platform can upload books with video and audio files in them.

As I wrote the book is delivered by Bookwire. Not by us through KDP.
So I assume, they have the right to deliver such files.

Quote:

Actually, Mobi sort of does support audio. I don't think it supports video. Nate posted a sample that does play sound when used with the current version of Mobipocket Reader.

Who is Nate? And where can I find that sample?

This whole story is a bit tricky for us, because we do not deliver .mobi or .azw or .prc
We deliver a Epub to our customer who delivers it to Bookwire and they deliver it to Amazon. So the conversion to mobi, azw, prc is not our problem.

But at this point I have not seen anything with video or audio on a kindle fire hd. It's like a black box to me

11-12-2013, 08:50 AM	#1
georg3200 Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: none	audio/video in mobi? hi there, I know that there have been different threads with the topic audio/video, but now the things getting real and I need some help. we delivered a epub with audio to a customer two years agog and now the tell us that they would like to deliver it to amazon. As I understand they deliver it via bookwire. bookwire has send them an error message from amazon: "the audio has not been embedded according to our specifications..." Please embed the audio according to that scheme: Code: <audio src="name.mp3" controls="true" tabindex="0"> <p class="Audio2" style="padding-left: 55px; width: 200px"> Your device does not support audio... </p> </audio> Please see: AmazonKindlePublishingGuidelines.pdf http://kindlegen.s3.amazonaws.com/Am...Guidelines.pdf 6 Audio and Video Guidelines Now I tried the following: - I changed the html-code to match it to amazons code. - I moved the audio-files to a folder /audiovideo/ The epubs is fine and has no errors. - I dropped it to the newest version of kindlepreviewer. - I copied the resulting mobi to our Kindle Fire HD Of course it did not work. I see the dummy-text: Your device does not support audio... Did anyone ever produce a mobi with a working audio or video? I even downloaded a preview book from Amazon with embedded video to our kinlde fire hd. But it does not play and says something like: cannot play... Last edited by georg3200; 11-12-2013 at 08:52 AM. Reason: typo

11-12-2013, 11:18 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,727 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	According to this thread, only big publishing houses that don't use the KDP platform can upload books with video and audio files in them.

11-12-2013, 11:35 AM	#3
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	And, .mobi does not support audio/video. Only the kf8 (azw3) format would.

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