running ebooks with video

cykwon · 09-21-2011, 04:15 PM

Hi guys, I'm trying to develop a book that allows videos embedded but when i run the epub book of alkido it doesnt even show up. do i have to convert it to mobi or something?

DaleDe · 09-21-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cykwon

Hi guys, I'm trying to develop a book that allows videos embedded but when i run the epub book of alkido it doesnt even show up. do i have to convert it to mobi or something?

Video support is not in the current ePub specification and not supported. It is in the not yet released ePub version 3.0 spec which is based on HTML5. Currently the iBook application on iOS is the only ePub I know that uses HTML5 and thus could support this.

Dale

cykwon · 09-21-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

Video support is not in the current ePub specification and not supported. It is in the not yet released ePub version 3.0 spec which is based on HTML5. Currently the iBook application on iOS is the only ePub I know that uses HTML5 and thus could support this.

Dale

oh crap really? yeah it works great on ipad. im trying to get it run on the android but you know when it will be supported or if it will be?

what about other formats like mobi or im not sure if the book stores sell pdf's?

as long as the book plays the videos thats the key and if it could be sold on barnes and nobles or amazon and especially android market is what i am trying to do. so far Itunes is a success

DaleDe · 09-21-2011, 09:53 PM

B&N has some quirky stuff for their textbooks and childrens books. Some of that stuff might support animation but it would be non standard. As with all standards there is no predicting when it will get approved and when it will get adopted with hardware. I have no idea if and when some app will get written for Android, but Chrome OS will like support it soon.

You might be able to go the reverse route where you use a movie viewer to show the book.

Dale

09-21-2011, 04:15 PM	#1
cykwon Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: ipad	running ebooks with video Hi guys, I'm trying to develop a book that allows videos embedded but when i run the epub book of alkido it doesnt even show up. do i have to convert it to mobi or something?

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09-21-2011, 09:53 PM	#4
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	B&N has some quirky stuff for their textbooks and childrens books. Some of that stuff might support animation but it would be non standard. As with all standards there is no predicting when it will get approved and when it will get adopted with hardware. I have no idea if and when some app will get written for Android, but Chrome OS will like support it soon. You might be able to go the reverse route where you use a movie viewer to show the book. Dale