Extract Video from PDF Files [MP4, MOV, FLV or Any Other]

The PDF file format is used on a large scale for reading, presenting, and many other purposes. It has a fixed layout regardless of what device, OS, or screen size of the reader is used. Adding videos, sound and other interactive contents in it transforms the PDF into a multidimensional communication tool. That increases users’ interest and document engagement. However, sometimes people want to extract video from PDF files so that it can be used further for any purpose. Therefore, in this write-up, we have described two solutions that will help users to save video from PDF documents.

• Why do users demand to extract videos from PDF files?
• Save video from PDF file using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC?
• How to extract embedded video from PDF by using professional software?
• Step by step process to export videos from PDF
• Concluding lines
• Frequently Asked Questions

Why Users Want to Extract Video from PDF Files

“Some of my PDF files contain training lecture videos in AVI format. I need to extract embedded videos from PDFs. Although I searched online solutions for the same but none of them found to be reliable. So, I decided to use offline tools for this task. Can anyone help me in suggesting a good solution that is both trustworthy and reliable? Please suggest!”

“Hello everyone, I am having a large number of PDF documents that include many video clips of different formats. I want to use these embedded videos in my presentation video. So I need to batch extract video from PDF documents. Is there any way that can be used to extract embedded video clips from PDF files in bulk? Please suggest any reliable solution to easily download video from a PDF file.”

How to Manually Save Videos from PDF Documents

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is an application software that lets users to perform many tasks. This program does not provide a direct option to extract embedded video from PDF files. But, it lets the user save them by manual selection.

Adobe Acrobat to Extract Video from PDF File

• Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
• Click on the Attachments icons & view attached PDF videos.
• Select the video from it and click on the Save button.
• Lastly, save the video at the chosen location.

Limitations of Manual Solution

• The user must have the subscription of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
• At a time videos from a single PDF document can be extracted.
• Does not support to extract from restricted or password-protected PDF.
• Moreover, there is no filter option to extract video of particular size limit.

Best way to Extract Video from PDF Files

PDF Extractor Tool is the most prominent solution to extract any type of videos from PDF files. Any MP4, MOV, FLV, or any kind of video can be easily extracted. Along with the video extraction the utility support to extract embedded files from PDF documents. It gives Add Files/ Add Folder option to insert  multiple PDF files or folder for the extraction process.

Moreover, it supports extracting inline images from Adobe PDF files. If the user wants they can also save the extracted images in Adobe PDF, PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc. The utility has a very simple and streamlined interface that makes the process much simple.

Another great feature offered by this software is that it also allows users to extract text / data from PDF documents. The tool extracts text by maintaining formatting. Also, it provides the option to maintain page number at top or bottom on extracted text file.

Other than above mentioned components, this tool extracts bookmarks, hyperlinks, comments, highlighted text, rich media, and metadata.

However, whether the file is password protected or restricted the software support both for the extraction process. But, for the password secured PDF documents users must know the required PDF password.

Steps to Extract Video from Adobe PDF Documents

Follow these simple steps to save embedded video from PDF files:

1. Run the tool & click on Add Files / Add Folder.

2. Click on the Change button to select the destination.

3. Now, check the Item type as “Portfolio/ Attachments” if the videos are attached to the file. Check the item “Rich Media” if the video is embedded in the PDF.

4. Select the desired filter.

5. Click on the Extract button to save embedded video from PDF.

6. Lastly, the process completion message will be displayed.

7. Finally, navigate towards the destination location and view extracted videos.

Conclusion

This blog post describes the two solutions to extract videos from PDF files. However, manually i.e. by using Adobe Acrobat, we can’t export video from Adobe PDF files. User has to save them by opening each document one by one, which is a very time-consuming task. Moreover, the manual approach is good if the user doesn’t want to n save video from PDF ibatch. But, if they want to extract embedded video from PDF files in bulk then it is recommended to opt for the professional tool. Users can perform this process via the free trial version of the software and easily download video from PDF document. Upon satisfaction, they can choose the license version of the tool.

Frequently Asked Questions