Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > Hi Keith, > > On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:02:17PM -0400, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >>> Please some native English speaker add this item in the Known Issues >>> section of the 4.1 Release Notes >>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124800 >> >> I will gladly update the release notes, but first let me make sure >> that I understand the issue. If I follow all your links back it >> appears that the problem is directly related to the Quicktime API >> having been removed in the MacOSX SDK 10.7 which is now the base for >> AOO. Is this essentially correct? If it is then just some words around >> further investigation needed for a fix. > > Herbert sure can explain the technical details, what I could understand > is that the Quicktime API (QTKit framework) has been deprecated in favor > of the AV Foundation framework, see > https://developer.apple.com/quicktime/ > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2300/_index.html > Deprecated does not mean removed, may be the plug-in can still be built; > but anyway let's keep it simple for the users, and don't give the > technical explanation why the feature has been removed, but explain the > consequences (the known issues): > > - existing documents containing audio and/or video: the media cannot be > played; the "Media Playback" toolbar appears when you select the > media, but pressing the Play button does nothing > - it is imposible to insert new audio and/or video, you don't even get > the grey image-placeholder > - logically, the sounds from the Gallery cannot be played nor inserted > > In short, there is no support for inserting/playing back video/audio in > MacOSX with 4.1.0. > > > Regards > Hi Ariel;
As usual your explanations are both succinct and cogent. The nuts and bolts technical details I am sure would be far beyond my pay grade. As I am not a programmer I just wanted to double check my reading of all the links. I am off to the c-wiki to start a hopefully simple and understanding statement of the problem. Regards Keith
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