OT: iPad Output?

[Norman Willis]

I’m thinkin’ that is for “other-than-shared-video” (YouTube, Vimeo) sites. Is that correct?

[Norman Willis]

OK, it turns out I do need to output for iPad, because I have to embed the audio files in a .pdf. Is it possible to output for iPad in Sony Vegas?
Thanks.

[Norman Willis]

Also, how can I output to Flash? Sorry for all the posts.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org

[Stephen Mann]

You have to use a third-party program to generate flash files, but even Adobe is not supporting flash on portable devices any more. MP4 is much more universally accepted, including Pad:

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Rofrano]

[Norman Willis] “Can’t iPad users watch YouTube videos? Or is this just a gimmick? I thought you guys would know best.”

Yes, there is a YouTube viewer that is shipped with the iPad.

[Norman Willis] “OK, it turns out I do need to output for iPad, because I have to embed the audio files in a .pdf. Is it possible to output for iPad in Sony Vegas?”

I have no idea why you think you need a PDF file but the iPad can play MP4 videos. I’ve transferred MP4 videos from Vegas Pro using the Internet HD 720p template to my iPad and they play fine.

[Norman Willis] “Also, how can I output to Flash?”

Flash is dead (ask Adobe). Flash does not play on any Apple mobile device (iPad/iPod/iPhone). Mobile devices are quickly outpacing PC’s for internet access so you don’t want to ignore this market because they will be the predominant market of Internet users in just a few years. Don’t use Flash!

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Stephen Mann]

[John Rofrano] “Yes, there is a YouTube viewer that is shipped with the iPad.”

Where?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Norman Willis]

[Stephen Mann] “Where?”

There is a YouTube app on my iPhone, and I think I can even watch it through the browser (Safari). Since iPad is basically a big iPhone (without the phone) I am 100% certain you can watch YouTube on an iPad as well. I am not sure what YouTube does for encoding, but apparently they figured something out.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

[John Rofrano] “I have no idea why you think you need a PDF file but the iPad can play MP4 videos.”

I don’t mean to be OT, but you guys’ support is priceless. So just to explain, we are all about the first century assembly, right down to the songs. A lot of people want to learn the songs, but they meet in all sorts of different places all around the world, and many of them do not have an internet connection where they meet.

I put together a PowerPoint of some of the more popular songs, with the English on the left, and the Hebrew/Aramaic on the right. I am not Pavarotti, but my first thought was to record myself singing these songs with Camtasia, edit in Sony Vegas, and then upload to YouTube, and embed to our website. But then I realized people need to be able to play this in their assemblies, and because Hebrew is foreign, many of them won’t sing unless they have someone to sing along with. They might also want to repeat the song a few times (either to learn it, or to sing and dance along with it). I don’t know if YouTube has an interactive menu like that, but what I thought was, “You know, what would be really great is if I could just do a PDF, so people could play it wherever, on whatever device, and then sing along with me singing.” So I checked it out, and you can embed audio files in Acrobat. It is really easy. The help files were way easier than the instructions on the internet.

It turned out to be 45MB, which is not real big, so I don’t think it will put us over on bandwidth – and now people can download it once, and play it wherever they are, whenever they want. I realize it is kind of low-tech, but it works.

https://www.nazareneisrael.org/AudioMP3/FunHebrewSongsPDFwithAudio.aspx

That’s just a starter. There is a lot more I can do in Vegas, if I can ever get the time….

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org

[John Rofrano]

[Stephen Mann] “Where?”

Here: 😉

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Norman Willis]

[John Rofrano] “Flash is dead (ask Adobe). Flash does not play on any Apple mobile device (iPad/iPod/iPhone). Mobile devices are quickly outpacing PC’s for internet access so you don’t want to ignore this market because they will be the predominant market of Internet users in just a few years. Don’t use Flash!”

Okay, that is good information. Thanks! We have a flash header on our website. What kind of file do I want to re-encode that for?

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org