Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Tom Davies 
Hi :)
It might be good to have a few other programs as portable apps.  I think
VLC, Firefox and Chrome are all available.  You probably don';t want the
distraction of having web-browsers tho.

There are a few other systems doing portable apps.  I'm not sure there is a
huge amount of difference between them for what you need at the moment.

It's probably still a good idea to have your presentations in both ppt and
odt formats until you've seen the portable apps thing work.

Having videos outside of the presentation is probably always going to be a
good idea.  If you are expecting it and prepared for it then it's hopefully
fairly easy to get it running.  The problem with embedding such things is
they weigh down an app quite a bit without making it that much easier to
run.  It depends on personal preference though rather than any technical
reasoning.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)





On 9 June 2017 at 10:30, Keith Bates  wrote:

> Thanks.
>
> I might give it a go.
>
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> On 09/06/17 18:48, Rob Jasper wrote:
>
>> For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable
>> app.
>>
>> This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/
>> office/libreoffice_portable
>>
>> I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versions played
>> tricks on me displaying black characters on black background.
>>
>> Rob Jasper
>>
>>
>> On 9 jun. 2017, at 03:50, Keith Bates wrote:
>>
>> Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use
>>> in a school classroom (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has
>>> personal knowledge of their set-up). I am using Libre Office 5.3 and Ubuntu
>>> 17.04.
>>>
>>>
>>> I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I saved it
>>> in .ppt format onto a USB stick with the video file, "just in case". This
>>> turned out to be a good thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> The classroom has an old version of MS Office (2010, I think I saw), a
>>> projector and a smart board. I don't know what version of Windows they are
>>> running.
>>>
>>>
>>> When I ran the presentation, everything went as expected. Touching the
>>> white board progressed the slides as expected. However I couldn't get the
>>> video to work from within the presentation, and had to run it from the
>>> media player.
>>>
>>>
>>> It's not a big problem, and I can work around it, but when you have a
>>> classroom of Year 4 and 5 kids, you don't want to get too distracted by the
>>> technology.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access
>>> to their computer outside of my lesson time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Keith Bates
>>> Narrabri NSW
>>>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Keith Bates 

Thanks.

I might give it a go.


Keith


On 09/06/17 18:48, Rob Jasper wrote:

For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable app.

This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable

I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versions played tricks 
on me displaying black characters on black background.

Rob Jasper


On 9 jun. 2017, at 03:50, Keith Bates wrote:


Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use in a 
school classroom (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has  personal 
knowledge of their set-up). I am using Libre Office 5.3 and Ubuntu 17.04.


I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I saved it in .ppt format 
onto a USB stick with the video file, "just in case". This turned out to be a 
good thing.


The classroom has an old version of MS Office (2010, I think I saw), a 
projector and a smart board. I don't know what version of Windows they are 
running.


When I ran the presentation, everything went as expected. Touching the white 
board progressed the slides as expected. However I couldn't get the video to 
work from within the presentation, and had to run it from the media player.


It's not a big problem, and I can work around it, but when you have a classroom 
of Year 4 and 5 kids, you don't want to get too distracted by the technology.


Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access to 
their computer outside of my lesson time.


Thanks.


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God bless you
Keith Bates
Narrabri NSW

Jesus is the Way
the Truth and the Life


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Rob Jasper 
For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable app.

This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable 

I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versions played tricks 
on me displaying black characters on black background.

Rob Jasper


On 9 jun. 2017, at 03:50, Keith Bates wrote:

> Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use in a 
> school classroom (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has  personal 
> knowledge of their set-up). I am using Libre Office 5.3 and Ubuntu 17.04.
> 
> 
> I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I saved it in 
> .ppt format onto a USB stick with the video file, "just in case". This turned 
> out to be a good thing.
> 
> 
> The classroom has an old version of MS Office (2010, I think I saw), a 
> projector and a smart board. I don't know what version of Windows they are 
> running.
> 
> 
> When I ran the presentation, everything went as expected. Touching the white 
> board progressed the slides as expected. However I couldn't get the video to 
> work from within the presentation, and had to run it from the media player.
> 
> 
> It's not a big problem, and I can work around it, but when you have a 
> classroom of Year 4 and 5 kids, you don't want to get too distracted by the 
> technology.
> 
> 
> Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access to 
> their computer outside of my lesson time.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> God bless you
> Keith Bates
> Narrabri NSW
> 
> Jesus is the Way
> the Truth and the Life
> 
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Cley Faye 
2017-06-09 3:50 GMT+02:00 Keith Bates :

> Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access to
> their computer outside of my lesson time.


​Saving to .ppt will only work with a basic set of features (and I doubt
embedding video is part of it).
There's also the issue of having the mean of reading the video itself
(software like VLC will happily read anything you throw at it, WMP not so
much).

​Without more details about the installation, it's hard to say, but a good
way to make sure it works would be to:
- Install LibreOffice Portable on a USB stick (when I say "install", it
mostly means "copy over")
- Save your file as .odt to keep all of your presentation

Assuming you can start software from the USB stick (some places restrict
that), it should provide you a mostly sure way of reading presentations on
a Windows machine.
However, video embedding is always tricky; it'd be better if you could
check that your file (container, codec, etc.) works fine on said machine.
If it works once, it'll always work, but it might depends on the Windows
version. From this

old internet post, on Windows it uses DirectShow, which might or might not
support some video formats.

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[libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-08 Thread Keith Bates 
Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use 
in a school classroom (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has  
personal knowledge of their set-up). I am using Libre Office 5.3 and 
Ubuntu 17.04.



I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I saved it 
in .ppt format onto a USB stick with the video file, "just in case". 
This turned out to be a good thing.



The classroom has an old version of MS Office (2010, I think I saw), a 
projector and a smart board. I don't know what version of Windows they 
are running.



When I ran the presentation, everything went as expected. Touching the 
white board progressed the slides as expected. However I couldn't get 
the video to work from within the presentation, and had to run it from 
the media player.



It's not a big problem, and I can work around it, but when you have a 
classroom of Year 4 and 5 kids, you don't want to get too distracted by 
the technology.



Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access 
to their computer outside of my lesson time.



Thanks.


--
God bless you
Keith Bates
Narrabri NSW

Jesus is the Way
the Truth and the Life


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