On 06/10/2007 02:35 PM, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Sunday June 10 2007 4:26 pm, NoOp wrote:
>> > >> > 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 Un friggin believable! Userguide takes from page 490 to 496 on how to install JMF and get sound working on linux. Thank for the info... I will install it and test. But that brings up a couple of simple questions: 1. Why isn't something like this already embedded in OOo? 2. What are others supposed to do once I've created my presentation? There seems to be no method to embed the sound in the presentation, and even if it were, it appears that they would have to go through the JMF (I can think of other meanings for those initials...) nonsense as well in order to get the presentation to play on their system as well. I wonder if this would call under http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=24969 or if a new/other bug is appropriate. Most linux systems already have alternate sound players installed: mplayer, totem, realplayer, gstream, etc., etc., etc. And now OOo requires JMF simply to play a simple WAV file in an Impress presentation? Sorry, not ranting at you... I just find it incredulous that this problem still exists in OOo. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
