On 02/25/2009 02:36 PM, Keith Bates wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 13:16 -0800, NoOp wrote:
>> >> After you've installed JMF & the MP3 plugin & find it limited (doesn't >> play oog's etc), I'd recommend that you go and download either the go-oo >> build or the OxygenOffice builds. Both use the gstreamer patches and >> both play sound and video out of the box (including ogg's): >> >> http://go-oo.org/ >> http://go-oo.org/discover/ >> >> http://ooop.wiki.sourceforge.net/ >> >> You may already have the go-oo build with your distribution of linux. >> Post what distro you are using and someone can adivse. Note that go-oo >> and OxygenOffice are also available for Windows. Also see: >> >> http://go-oo.org/download/ >> for derivatives, and >> http://katana.oooninja.com/w/editions_of_openoffice.org >> [dated but useful] >> > > Thanks NoOp > > I'll take a look at it, as it sounds a bit more useful than the JMF. > > I wouldn't be able to install any version of OO at the school- I only go > there for a half-hour lesson each week and I don't think I should get > into messing with their system for my convenience. > > I'm not suggesting that you install on the school's computers (although it would be a very good idea to do so), I'm suggesting that you do this on your computer. That way you'll be able to reasonably work with sound and video in OOo from your system without the mess/limitations of Sun's very rudimentary JMF. Again, if you advise what linux version you are using, then perhaps you may already have an OOo distro version with gstreamer support already installed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
