iBa information says to use video files only as .mp4 However, iBa 2 'what's new' indicates that any file that QuickTime can read is usable. QT can read .m4v
Will there be a problem with the use of video files extentions of .m4v or not?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Are you talking about videos used with the media widget or videos used in an html widget?
See:
I intend to use the media widget. I will have about a half dozen videos to include in a picture book.
Do you have any questions after reviewing that link?
The iBooks Author support does not clarify video file extension requirements. Both .mp4 and .m4v would be QuickTime compatible by the link to QuickTimes list of acceptable files. However, iBA negates part of this by rejecting .m4v files. As I have the files in.m4v I would like to use them as such. It would be helpful to know if they are usable or not. As before, I will be using media widgets.
That document breaks discussion out between those two widget types versus video format and seem clear enough to me.
If you're still not satisfied, you should take time out to test your specific content in all the ways you intent do use it in your books.
Remember too that their definition of compatible encompasses both files that will be optimized when added and files that are usable as-is. Using QT as the base definition goes back a long ways in therms of file types.
I would work to establish a recipe for my own content in that case, and then batch convert first, bringing them all forward to iPad compatibility and only then use them in iBA.
The dual file information is inconsistent. Are all QuickTime files compatible in iBA as indicated?
I am unfamiliar with "widget types" as opposed to video file types. What are the distinctions?
Bringing videos to iPad compatibility is the problem. The information for iPad/iBookAuthor says practically any file that Quicktime can read is good for iBook Author. It is important for me to get this right as I have only basic software tools (iMovie, Quicktime). I think Compressor (if it is available to buy) would be more than I could digest and use.
Here is the answer:
iBooks Author 2.0 or later can import video files that are supported by Quicktime. The exception is files that already contain DRM encryption.
iBooks Author will automatically optimize video files that meet the requirement for video on the iPad. Files that already meet the requirements will not need to be re-optimized.
For a list of supported Quicktime formats, check out the following link:
Inconsistent iBa video file info..file extension?
