Re: Impress problem on linux?

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 19:39:07 -0300
Ariel Constenla-Haile  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 

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Re: Impress problem on linux?

[Ariel Constenla-Haile]

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



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Re: Impress problem on linux?

[Marcus]

Am 03.02.2017 um 20:56 schrieb Rory O'Farrell:

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.


https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=30776

IMHO it's the old Java Media Framework issue. In former Sun times the 
JMF [1] was choosen for Linux-based OS to manage multimedia files. Maybe 
it was decided to use a Java-based implementation instead of a 
Linux-native one like gstreamer. But at the end I don't know why. At the 
moment it is as it is.


I don't know if the JMF functions are still part of a current JRE. If 
not then we have a possible root cause that it is no longer working.


PS:
If you want to know, I'm working on Fedora 25 and AOO 4.1.3.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Media_Framework

Marcus


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Re: Impress problem on linux?

[Hagar Delest]

Hi,

Confirmed with AOO 4.1.3 on Xubuntu 16.10.
Tried with a .mpg.

Hagar


Le 03/02/2017 à 20:56, Rory O'Farrell a écrit :

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.




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Impress problem on linux?

[Rory O'Farrell]

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.

-- 
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Re: Booked for FOSDEM

[Peter Kovacs]

+1
:)

Matthias Seidel  schrieb am Do., 2. Feb. 2017,
23:19:

> Hi Andrea,
>
> Looking forward to meeting you (and Raphael, Peter, Michael and
> Mechtilde...)
>
> I plan to be at the devroom to see your talk. We will find a place...
>
> Kind regards, Matthias
>
>
> Am 02.02.2017 um 09:20 schrieb Andrea Pescetti:
> > On 09/01/2017 Matthias Seidel wrote:
> >> I will be there on Saturday about 10:00 a.m. and have to go about
> >> 6:00 p.m.
> >
> > I'll be at FOSDEM too. Last year I had to cancel participation after
> > already booking and packing, but this time it will hopefully work better.
> >
> > I expect to be around on Saturday, mostly in the Open Document Editors
> > devroom, and maybe on Sunday morning.
> >
> > Since the venue is busy it may be good to schedule a group meeting on
> > Saturday afternoon, after the talk by Imacat. Like Saturday at 2PM
> > just out of the devroom? There is not much space around, but we will
> > manage to find a place. I'm looking forward to seeing some of the new
> > committers in person!
> >
> > Regards,
> >   Andrea.
> >
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> >
>
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