Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, whereas such files usually work on Windows

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, whereas such files usually work on Windows

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-29 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > stefano franchi wrote: > I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. > Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, > whereas such files usually work on

Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual seems to imply that

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. How are you doing that? Have you tried the 'movie15' package? Liviu The file compiles without any issue, but

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. How are you doing that? Have you

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
Thanks Jurgen, that's what I feared. I'll try compiling my presentation on Linux and playing it on Win/Mac to see if I am doing things correctly. Cheers, Stefano On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert  short

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Olivier Ripoll
On 28.10.2011 17:56, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, whereas such files usually work on Windows

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts sound and video playback capabilities via MPlayer [2]. Never tried it for video

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday, October 28, 2011 11:58:34 AM stefano franchi wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter,

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jens Nöckel
On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:19 PM, stefano franchi wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com

Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual seems to imply that

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. How are you doing that? Have you tried the 'movie15' package? Liviu The file compiles without any issue, but

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. How are you doing that? Have you

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
Thanks Jurgen, that's what I feared. I'll try compiling my presentation on Linux and playing it on Win/Mac to see if I am doing things correctly. Cheers, Stefano On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert  short

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Olivier Ripoll
On 28.10.2011 17:56, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, whereas such files usually work on Windows

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts sound and video playback capabilities via MPlayer [2]. Never tried it for video

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday, October 28, 2011 11:58:34 AM stefano franchi wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter,

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jens Nöckel
On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:19 PM, stefano franchi wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com

Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer manual seems to imply that

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer > presentation with no luck at all. > How are you doing that? Have you tried the 'movie15' package? Liviu > The file compiles without any issue,

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
stefano franchi wrote: > I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer > presentation with no luck at all. > The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the > inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. > Is anyone having luck with this issue? The Beamer

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi > wrote: >> I am trying to insert  short clips and sound files in a Beamer >> presentation with no luck at all. >> > How are you doing

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
Thanks Jurgen, that's what I feared. I'll try compiling my presentation on Linux and playing it on Win/Mac to see if I am doing things correctly. Cheers, Stefano On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > stefano franchi wrote: >> I am trying to insert  

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Olivier Ripoll
On 28.10.2011 17:56, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: stefano franchi wrote: I am trying to insert short clips and sound files in a Beamer presentation with no luck at all. The file compiles without any issue, but nothing corresponding to the inserted files/clips appears in the pdf file. Is anyone

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > stefano franchi wrote: > I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. > Particularly, Adobe Reader for Linux does not provide a suitable media player, > whereas such files usually work on

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >> stefano franchi wrote: >> I think none of the existing PDF readers on Linux can play embedded movies. >> Particularly, Adobe Reader for

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] > should be able to do that. It is cross-platform, and boasts sound and > video playback capabilities via MPlayer [2]. Never tried it for video >

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday, October 28, 2011 11:58:34 AM stefano franchi wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:27 PM, stefano franchi > > > > wrote: > >> I am trying to insert short clips and sound

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic > wrote: > >> Not a PDF reader proper, more of a PDF presenter, but Impressive [1] >> should be able to do that. It is cross-platform,

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread stefano franchi
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi > wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic >> wrote: >> >>> Not a PDF reader proper, more of a

Re: Anyone having luck with playing movies and sounds in Beamer?

2011-10-28 Thread Jens Nöckel
On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:19 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Liviu Andronic > wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:40 PM, stefano franchi >> wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Liviu Andronic