HT203740: iBooks Author: Audio and video files don't play when document and widget filenames have special characters

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baloy
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Q: How to extract/get video(s) from an .iba file?

Good day! Is there an option to extract videos from an .iba file created using iBooks Author?

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Posted on Jul 25, 2013 10:41 AM

by K T,Solvedanswer
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If it's your book, don't you have the original assets used to make it?

 

An .iba file is just a zip - make a copy, change the suffix, choose to unpack, then drill down inside.

Posted on Jul 25, 2013 11:36 AM

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Q: How to extract/get video(s) from an .iba file?

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  • by K T,Solvedanswer

    K T K T Jul 25, 2013 11:36 AM in response to baloy
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    Jul 25, 2013 11:36 AM in response to baloy

    If it's your book, don't you have the original assets used to make it?

     

    An .iba file is just a zip - make a copy, change the suffix, choose to unpack, then drill down inside.

  • by baloy,

    baloy baloy Jul 25, 2013 11:42 AM in response to K T
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    Jul 25, 2013 11:42 AM in response to K T

    It's a client's file. We're both a "newbie" when it comes to MACs.

     

    Will try that zip trick. Thanks K!

  • by baloy,

    baloy baloy Jul 25, 2013 12:01 PM in response to K T
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    Jul 25, 2013 12:01 PM in response to K T

    Oh wow! It worked! I just renamed the extension to .zip! Can I hug and kiss you K?! lol. Just kidding.

     

    Thanks a lot man! Have a good one.

  • by Frank Lowney,

    Frank Lowney Frank Lowney Dec 23, 2014 11:32 AM in response to K T
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    Dec 23, 2014 11:32 AM in response to K T

    Although the author might have the original video, iBA's video optimizer has likely changed it and not always for the better. Investigating this kind of issue requires being able to unzip the *.ibooks file (I use "The Unarchiver" which does this well) in order to understand what the video optimizer has done. Very often, one will find an unnecessary increase in bit rate and consequent increase in file size.