On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:18:01 -0500 James Knott <[email protected]> dijo:
> Harold Fuchs wrote: > > On 14/12/2008 04:59, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote: > >> Laurent Duperval wrote: > >>> 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. > > 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. Last June I had to play a video in an Impress file for a class. At the time I was unable to get my Linux computer to connect properly to the beamer in the classroom, so I had to use the university's classroom computer. Fortunately, the university has OOo on all university computers. But even on the Windows version of OOo I could not get the video to play in Impress. Luckily the university also had VLC installed on the classroom computer, and that did the trick. It got me by, and no one in the class said anything about the fact that I had to switch to a different program to play the video. Still, it was annoying. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
