-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michele Zarri wrote: > [snip] >> >> I would like to embed a music file that plays while the presentation >> progresses... the mp3 has a song and the next few slides have the words >> to the song which the kids then sing. >> >> I tried to do this but for some reason I got an error message saying >> that the particular format, mp3, could not be attached to the >> presentation in the linux version. Is there any way around this? I've >> got the various codecs etc installed and can play mp3s, so it seems to >> be a decision by OOo developers to restrict the formats depending on the >> OS. That sort of undermines the cross-platform credentials just a tad. > > > Hello, > > Indeed it is a bit tricky to have an mp3 song to play in Impress under Linux > and you will need to spend some time configuring your system. > > All the information on how to install JMF can be found on this page of the > Wiki [1]: > Once you have done that you need an additional step to enable MP3s (also > explained in [1]). > > When the machine has been configured, you are a step closer to do what you > want, but not quite there yet. > In order to have a song play across multiple slides you will have to > instruct Impress to use the song as a transition sound. Somewhat detailed > instructions can be found here [2]. > Note that [2] is currently being reviewed so you may want to check in a > month or so to see if it has been updated. In general, in case you find the > user guide not easy to follow (or even wrong!), please let me know as I am > one of the contributors to writing that chapter and user feedback is very > welcome. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > > Michele > > [1] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java/Java_Media_Framework > [2] > http://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide3/impress3/published/0509IG3-SlideShowsTransitionsAnimations.pdf >
(Having never done this, yet) Is this to say that ogg files will "work out of the box"? Thanks, John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmlPz4ACgkQh55XlAYb/Qgk+wCfSqUhSag/XdpZKHJcUT4f3iXu tR8AoJPZf8H7xpDiqL+PYiW7D2DfCrpE =ZLaI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
