https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62408
--- Comment #58 from NamelessGO <avl.estuda...@protonmail.com> --- If this holds true: ...on Windows we use DirectShow... https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Media_Support Shouldn't this be the problem? The fact that LO uses a legacy framework to handle multimedia, it can lead to potential security vulnerabilities as well DirectShow was replaced by Media Foundation back in Windows Vista and is still being used in Windows 11 https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Media_Foundation DirectShow don't support MP4 officially, only via third party app/codec K-lite. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/DirectShow Expecting users to install this codec just to import mp4 isn't viable, because users already have mp4 support in their media player, which is derived from Media Foundation as well If you want to test out, just play any .mp4 video in Windows 10/11, the codec is not the problem, it's the framework There isn't a problem in Mac because LO replaced the old framework QuickTime to the modern AVFoundation On Linux, the GStreamer is still receiving updates, which provides the necessary code to support newer formats What is holding this decade old issue back? Is LO looking to get a phoronix blog post about this? https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-0253814508491313:1305299758&ie=UTF-8&q=decade+old+bug&sa=Search&ref=duckduckgo.com/ Why we're shipping code which has not being maintained since <2005 MS recommends the use of MF instead of DS https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/directshow/directshow https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/audio-and-video This problem will persist until this legacy framework is replaced by the modern one, or an open source one — VLC or FFmpeg Sorry about this rant, appreciate all the volunteer work that is done on LO. It is sad to see users not being able to do something simple as importing a video/sound which is a basic feature on all Office apps. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
