Harold Fuchs wrote: > On 14/12/2008 04:59, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: >> Laurent Duperval wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there any way to play videos on Linux (64 bit). Any format I try >>> (flv, avi, mpg, mp4) I get an error saying the format is not supported. >>> >> I don't think this is the best place to ask this question, as it has >> nothing to do with OpenOffice.org. That said, the problem is most >> likely that you have not installed the codecs. Since many of these >> are proprietary (i.e. not free), they tend not to be installed on >> most Linux distros by default. Check with your distro to see if they >> have a repository for restricted or non-free software, and that would >> probably get you going. And you should probably follow up by going to >> a forum for your distro if you have any more questions about this. >> >> Regards, >> > OpenOffice Writer has (on Windows XP Pro at least) a menu option: > Insert>Movie and Sound but I don't know if it's even available on > Linux let alone if it works. >
That option is also in the Linux version, but I've never had occasion to use it. I'm running 64 bit OOo on Linux. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
