PDF Import Setup (Poppler)

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Configure Paths in the App
• Windows Setup
• macOS Setup
• Linux Setup
• Troubleshooting

Overview

This guide explains how to install Poppler and configure the Add Media plugin so PDF pages can be imported as slides.

Configure Paths in the App

If the popplerpdf plugin is enabled and includes a bundled Poppler payload, these values are auto-filled for Add Media on startup.

Otherwise, configure manually:

1. Open the app Settings window.
2. Go to the Plugins section.
3. Find the Add Media plugin.
4. Fill in:

• pdftoppmPath
• pdfinfoPath

5. Save settings and restart the app.

Use full binary paths.

Automatic Windows Setup

1. Download and install the popplerpdf-windows-XXXX.zip plugin from the releases page https://github.com/fiforms/revelation-electron-wrapper/releases
2. Install the plugin: Open the software, on the menu click "Plugins" -> "Install Plugin from ZIP..." and select the downloaded file
3. Enable the Plugin: navigate to "Settings" scroll down to "Plugin Manager" and check the box next to popplerpdf.

Manual Windows Setup

(Only use this if you already have poppler or if you don't want to use the plugin option above on Windows)

1. Download Poppler for Windows: https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases
2. Unzip to a local folder (for example C:\Tools\poppler).
3. Locate binaries (example):

<unzipped>\poppler-<version>\Library\bin\pdftoppm.exe
<unzipped>\poppler-<version>\Library\bin\pdfinfo.exe

4. Paste those full paths into Add Media plugin settings.

Example:

pdftoppmPath = C:\Tools\poppler\poppler-24.08.0\Library\bin\pdftoppm.exe
pdfinfoPath  = C:\Tools\poppler\poppler-24.08.0\Library\bin\pdfinfo.exe

macOS Setup

brew install poppler
which pdftoppm
which pdfinfo

Use the resulting paths in plugin settings. On Apple Silicon this is often:

/opt/homebrew/bin/pdftoppm
/opt/homebrew/bin/pdfinfo

Linux Setup

Install Poppler with your package manager:

sudo apt install poppler-utils
sudo dnf install poppler-utils
sudo pacman -S poppler

Then find paths:

which pdftoppm
which pdfinfo

Typical paths:

/usr/bin/pdftoppm
/usr/bin/pdfinfo

Troubleshooting

• If PDF import cannot run Poppler, verify both paths and restart the app.
• Ensure both binaries exist and are executable.

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