Is it possible to import videos into a book or embed YouTube videos?

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Hi Tim,
Not yet, though this is something that testers have requested. The developers will have to respond as to whether or not it is in the plans for future builds.

Anna

Hi Tim and Anna, yes it's definitely in our near term plans! We'll be able to share some sense of timing for v2 in the coming weeks. Books in time for Christmas with videos would be nice....

yeh!

Trust me, this is a feature I've been salivating about for months; it's one of the main reason I chose to get involved with Composer since I am by profession a video producer. I'm currently creating instructional videos about Composer which you can find on the Demibooks.com website. I think they will add support for .mp4 videos soon. The iPad currently doesn't like .mov files; you have to convert videos to .mp4 before it will play them. I have been converting my videos to .mp4, then creating a special folder in my Photos folder on my Mac, then setting that as a watch folder to sync to in my iPad settings. This gets my videos into the iPad in my Photos folder. From there, right now I can import them into Keynote for iPad or Pages for iPad projects, but even though you can import Photos from your Camera Roll into Composer, you cannot currently import those video mp4 files.

My advice is to get proficient with Composer and build your books with Photos from the Camera roll or an image file that you can use as a proxy and then your book will be ready to go except for the video files. Please contact me if you have any questions about video on the iPad, I'd be glad to help answer your questions; this is one of the main reasons I bought an iPad to begin with.

Hi there. I'm keen to use Composer to build an interactive learning tool. Can i 'link out' of the app to a web page or web app to allow for implementation of answers, scoring or other learning integration? What is currently possible.

I know I can link through to appstore but that's all I've managed to see on other's apps. Great platform and looking forward to working more on it.

Thanks
John

Hi

@1Tim Street Add movies yes, Embed Youtube videos no.

@John Bustard Link out as in open a web page in Safari is something we are looking at doing. Or do you mean something else?

Thanks Dan,

I would like to be able to add movies (which format - .m4v or other)

Also - linking to safari browser from within the app would be great. I know it's feasable to jump to the app store but wondered on the likely time frame for safari and movies implementation - it's critical to whether we can use the platform for this current project. Thanks so much for your prompt and speedy reply!

Will full page video be possible? Is there a file size or resolution limitation?

The input frame size of the video will be limited to 640x480( limitation set by Apple ). But that can be stretched to full screen on a page, and you can enable it to do the standard iOS behaviour of expand into the fullscreen mode with fullscreen controls on a pinch gesture, like in Safari or other applications that use video on the iPad. File size is limited by the fact an app for iOS can not be bigger than 2GB. I have tested it with 400MB movie files and it runs fine.

I too am interested in using your product when you are able to have html links that open safari. When will this feature be out? When is version 2?