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Embed video into PDF

%% filename: embed-video.tex
%%
%% 1. Compile TeX source with pdflatex.
%% 2. Put a video file (e.g. sample.avi) in the same directory
%%    with the PDF file.
%% 3. View PDF with Acrobat Reader.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multimedia}
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{frame title}

text

\movie[label=s1,width=160pt,height=120pt,poster]{sample}{sample.avi}
\hyperlinkmovie[start=2s,duration=10s]{s1}{\beamerbutton{show 2--12s}}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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Generate letter size PostScript from DVI

After using latex to get an dvi file, you should run these commands:

dvips -Ppdf -G0 myfile.dvi
ps2pdf myfile.ps

If the generated pdf file has very small top margin, it means dvips generated A4 size but you expected letter size. Thus you should use dvips like this:

dvips -t letterSize -Ppdf -G0 myfile

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A locked post

I'm sorry, this post has been locked for personal reasons.

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epstopdf 90 rotate: a ghostscript bug

The epstopdf command coming from your TeX distrubution can convert eps to pdf. However, due to a bug in GhostScript, the image is rotated by 90 degrees sometimes. Thus you should use this command to do the conversion. Of course you want to replace my.eps and my.pdf with the file name of your images.

egrep -v "^%%Orientation:" my.eps | epstopdf --filter --outfile=my.pdf

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A locked post

I'm sorry, this post has been locked for personal reasons.

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A locked post

I'm sorry, this post has been locked for personal reasons.

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Delayed emails

Just minutes ago, I received two emails, both were sent two days ago, I wish no email were lost.

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SDF mail delayed sometimes!

Probably for reasons of UUCP, the recent emails to my SDF account might have been delayed. Hence I couldn't receive some emails instantly sometimes. If you haven't received my reply in a few weeks, please forward to my alternative email address: <liyi@ustc.edu>. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!

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