On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 19:39:07 -0300 Ariel Constenla-Haile <arie...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Rory, > > On 03/02/17 16:56, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > Before I raise an issue on Bugzilla, I would like confirmation of the > > following problem: > > > > Using AOO 4.1.3 running on Xubuntu 16.04.1 I am not able to get Impress to > > play embedded videos. Any attempt to embed an .avi or an .mpg file is > > blocked by "The format of the selected file is not supported" message and > > the file will not insert on the slide. The .avi and .mpg files play > > perfectly using the system video player (Parole) or VLC. From memory this > > problem occurred with AOO 4.0.0 - I have older presentations prepared in > > 2008 in which these embeddings worked correctly, but such presentations do > > not play in current AOO 4.1.3. I have tried a number of different .avi and > > .mpg files, all to no avail within Impress. > > > > I have checked using the same multimedia files on AOO 4,1.3 running on > > Windows XP - they work correctly > > > > My workaround is to insert a hyperlink to the .avi/.mpg files, which calls > > the system video player. This is a bit clunky, but at least the videos get > > shown. > > > > Would other users please confirm if this problem shows up on other linux > > versions (please indicate linux distro and version) so that I can post as > > detailed an issue as possible on Bugzilla. > > > > On Linux, OpenOffice uses gstreamer (on Fedora there are tow packages > for the older gstreamer API and the newer gstreamer1 API), besides > installing gstreamer you need to install the plugins, they may have > names like gstreamer-plugins-bad, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free, > gstreamer-plugins-ugly, etc. > > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina > I'm fairly sure I have these installed; it is too late in my day for detailed work, so I'll check tomorrow that they are definitely installed. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
