On Sunday June 10 2007 4:26 pm, NoOp wrote: > On 06/10/2007 01:53 PM, NoOp wrote: > > Interestingly enough I am working on an old PPT presentation that > > I've imported into Impress & resaved as a OOo presentation. The > > document uses WAV files for each slide via Slide Transitions. > > Unfortunately I can't get it to play any WAV files. > > > > Under Slide Transition|Modify transtion|Sound and I then select > > "Other Sound", then select the WAV file, then select the Play > > button while still in the selection box the sound plays loud and > > clear. I then select "Open" and the sound name appears next to > > the Sound box in the Slide Transition|Modify transition box. > > > > However, when I click Play in the Slide Transition box, or when I > > do Slide Show there is no sound, zero, nada. > > > > OOo 2.2.1(rc2) linux. I thought perhaps it might be because I am > > using an rc, so I tried in StarOffice8 and a standard 2.2.0 > > version w/same results. So then I tried inserting via > > Insert|Movie and Sound - comes back as "The format of the > > selected file is not supported". Odd, since WAVE Audio clearly > > shows up as a valid selection option under the Insert Movie and > > Sound File type dropdown. > > As an added note: I *can* play all of the WAVs in the OOo > presentation that has been saved as a .ppt presention when I use an > MS PPT viewer installed on linux using WINE.
Do you have jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.bin installed. It is available from www.sun.com. The download is proably jmf-2_1_1e-linux-i586.tz or something similar to it. There is also likely a later version. This is require for OOo to play sounds even in slide trasitions on Linux. (See the User Guide.) Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
