Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-02 Thread Francisco Ares
2013/1/1 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: On 2013-01-01, Stroller wrote: On 30 December 2012, at 11:39, Nuno J. Silva wrote: ... The AVI container has been used by windows for a long time, so I'd say chances are

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-02 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2013-01-02, Stroller wrote: On 1 January 2013, at 15:22, Francisco Ares wrote: ... I've heard (or read) that before, to me it seems quite strange that one of the main products from MS to be so outdated in this area. AVI has been around a long time. It is inevitably prone to bitrot,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-01 Thread Francisco Ares
2012/12/31 Kevin Chadwick ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:35:52 -0200 Francisco Ares fra...@gmail.com wrote: If my colleagues would at least be kind enough to have OpenOffice installed on their machines also... Will they let you boot a usb? I don't think so. Most of them

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-01 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2012-12-31, Francisco Ares wrote: 2012/12/30 Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt On 2012-12-30, Francisco Ares wrote: [...] Keep in mind that the support for videos in powerpoint presentations will vary greatly across different powerpoint versions, windows versions and even across

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-01 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2013-01-01, Stroller wrote: On 30 December 2012, at 11:39, Nuno J. Silva wrote: ... The AVI container has been used by windows for a long time, so I'd say chances are that it will work on more systems, but I can't say for sure. But h264 in an AVI is invalid. AVI is dated and just plain

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-01 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013 13:16:25 -0200 Francisco Ares fra...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think so. Most of them are very basic level users, and they just have to have the same software, and it's gotta be from M$ - nothing out of main stream. But what is your point? Boot an OS with office that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2013-01-01 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt wrote: On 2013-01-01, Stroller wrote: On 30 December 2012, at 11:39, Nuno J. Silva wrote: ... The AVI container has been used by windows for a long time, so I'd say chances are that it will work on more systems, but I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2012-12-31 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:35:52 -0200 Francisco Ares fra...@gmail.com wrote: If my colleagues would at least be kind enough to have OpenOffice installed on their machines also... Will they let you boot a usb?

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2012-12-30 Thread Nuno J. Silva
On 2012-12-30, Francisco Ares wrote: Hello All, I know this is WAY off- topic, but I have seen topics in many different areas, probably some gentooers will be glad to share experiences. I am trying to create some videos for a M$ Office presentation. Some are from recordmydesktop, which

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2012-12-30 Thread Francisco Ares
2012/12/30 Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt On 2012-12-30, Francisco Ares wrote: Hello All, ... Keep in mind that the support for videos in powerpoint presentations will vary greatly across different powerpoint versions, windows versions and even across different installs of the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation

2012-12-30 Thread Francisco Ares
2012/12/30 Nuno J. Silva nunojsi...@ist.utl.pt On 2012-12-30, Francisco Ares wrote: Hello All, ... Keep in mind that the support for videos in powerpoint presentations will vary greatly across different powerpoint versions, windows versions and even across different installs of the