On Tuesday 28 December 2010, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > Hello bill, > > On Tuesday 28 December 2010, 18:14, bill purvis wrote: > > I'm running under Linux, and used ffmpeg to convert from .mov to .avi. > > The resulting file is much smaller, but shows up OK with mediaPlayer. > > However, when I try to insert it into my Impress file I still get > > > > The format of the selected file is not supported. > > > > I have extracted the following details of the file: > > > > CRM01.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 1280 x 720, 30.00 fps, video: > > FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 1 or 2 (stereo, 16000 Hz) > > > > Any suggestions as to where I go from here? > > I guess you are using OOo downloaded for www.openoffice.org and not from > your distro's repositories. Yes,
> This version uses Java Media Framework > see http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java/Java_Media_Framework > Is that relevant? > Latest OOo source comes with a Gstreamer plugin; but AFAIK this is not > included in OOo 3.3 vid. > http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.3/index.html > > According to > http://development.openoffice.org/releases/DEV300m95_snapshot.html the > current Developer Snapshot should include it > I can't find any reference to gstreamer or video on that page. Even if it did, I'd rather not install a development snapshot without a very strong recommendation. Looks like I'll have to switch from Impress to Media Player for the video clips... :-( Bill -- +---------------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis, Model Engineer | | email: [email protected] | +---------------------------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
