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I'm trying to embed a link to a .mov file in a beamer presentation. As I've read in similar posts I used the following code:

For an image:

href{run: ./graficas/quantumbeating.mov}{
\includegraphics[scale=0.25]
{./graficas/video1.png}}\\

For text link:

\href{run: ./graficas/quantumbeating.mov}{video}

I also tried with: 

\href{run:/usr/bin/vlc -fs ./graficas/quantumbeating.mov}{video}

None of these alternatives actually worked (the code compiles, but nothing happens when the link is pressed). I would like Quicktime or VLC to open when the link is hit.

LaRiFaRi
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Alejandro D. Somoza
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  • You are missing a \ in your first line in front of href. The first two examples don't have a command for the media player, you want to use. Does you vlc exist in /usr/bin/vlc? If yes, please give us a complete minimal working example to try fixing your problem. – LaRiFaRi Apr 07 '14 at 14:36
  • What happens if you type /usr/bin/vlc -fs ./graficas/quantumbeating.mov into a command line? – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Apr 07 '14 at 14:55
  • In Acrobat Reader, the first solution works. – gbernardi Dec 08 '16 at 13:47

2 Answers2

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Workaround

Based on the answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/125443/36296 you could - rather than play the video directly - open a shell script, which plays the video

\begin{filecontents*}{shell.command}
#!/usr/bin/env sh
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -f ~/Desktop/test.mov
\end{filecontents*}

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
    \href{run:shell.command}{here}
\end{frame}
\end{document}
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samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz
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the run: protocol handling depends on the viewer. you could give a try at Présentation.app. the page describes how to integrate videos in the slides using this macro:

\documentclass{beamer}
\newcommand{\pdfmovie}[4]{\href{run:#1}{\framebox{\parbox[c][#3][c]{#2}{\center #4}}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\pdfmovie{720p25_pedestrian.mov}{6cm}{4cm}{H.264 avi}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

it will add the first frame of the macro on the slide and play the video fullscreen when clicked.

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