Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding Videos to Impress Presentation Not Possible

Dear Harald,

Thank you for trying to help! I just took a look at the links you sent me. It seems like Libre 
Office shouldn't have a problem playing videos if gstreamer is installed. I've checked and the 
gstreamer packages are available (I've also luckily never had any issues with displaying videos, so 
I don't think that's the problem).

I also just noticed that my original email didn't format the way I intended it to (there were 
bullet points/lists). I reformatted it below, hopefully it's readable now:


> > Here's what happens:
> >
> > 1. I go to slide where I want the video to appear in
> > 2. Select Insert
> > 3. Select Video
> > 4. [File Navigator opens] I navigate to the video file and select Open
> > 5. Nothing happens, not even an error message is displayed :(
> >
> > What I've tried to fix it:
> >
> > 1. Drag-and-drop
> > Dropping a .mp4 file into the slide displays a square with a music note in it, not the actual 
> > video. Nothing happens when starting the presentation.
> >
> > 2. Create OLE object from file
> > After selecting the video file, two error messages appear (finally!)
> > "Permission to [path of file] denied"
> > This confuses me, because inserting images, for example, works just fine (also true for images 
> > located in the same folder where the videos are located)
> > "Object from file [path of file] couldn't be inserted"
> >
> > 3. The folder I'm using is actually a syslink, so I tried copying the video file to my desktop 
> > first and then inserting it into the presentation
> >
> > 4. Different file formats (mp4, m4v, webm)
> >
> > Inserting GIFs results in only one frame of them being shown (nothing happens when starting the 
> > presentation either), although I'm not sure if Impress has the capability to display GIFs.
> >
> > I'm running...
> > - Linux Mint 20.3 (with Cinnamon 5.2.7)
> > - Linux Kernel: 5.4.0-109-generic
Let me know if there's anything I can do to make identifying the problem easier.

Enjoy your weekend!
6. Mai 2022, 18:42 von LO.Harald.Berger_at_t-online.de_7mrbka4b@duck.com:

> Hello,
>
> please have a look at this discriptions, maybe it can help you:
>
> https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/what-video-formats-does-libreoffice-impress-support/291/8?u=hrbrgr
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Media_Support
>
> https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-GB/text/shared/01/moviesound.html
>
> Kind regards
> Harald
>
> Am 06.05.2022 um 17:40 schrieb 7mrbka4b@duck.com:
>
> > Hi everyone!
> >
> > I've migrated to Linux a couple months ago and have continued to enjoy Libre Office :)
> >
> > However, I can't figure out why Impress won't let me add videos to my presentation. I couldn't 
> > find a solution to the problem by looking it up.
> >
> > Here's what happens:
> > I go to slide where I want the video to appear in
> > Select Insert
> > Select Video
> > [File Navigator opens] I navigate to the video file and select Open
> > Nothing happens, not even an error message is displayed :(
> > What I've tried to fix it:
> > Drag-and-drop
> > Dropping a .mp4 file into the slide displays a square with a music note in it, not the actual 
> > video. Nothing happens when starting the presentation.Create OLE object from file
> > After selecting the video file, two error messages appear (finally!)
> > "Permission to [path of file] denied"
> > This confuses me, because inserting images, for example, works just fine (also true for images 
> > located in the same folder where the videos are located)
> > "Object from file [path of file] couldn't be inserted"The folder I'm using is actually a 
> > syslink, so I tried copying the video file to my desktop first and then inserting it into the 
> > presentation
> > Different file formats (mp4, m4v, webm)
> > Inserting GIFs results in only one frame of them being shown (nothing happens when starting the 
> > presentation either), although I'm not sure if Impress has the capability to display GIFs.
> > I'm running...- Linux Mint 20.3 (with Cinnamon 5.2.7)
> > - Linux Kernel: 5.4.0-109-generic
> >
> > Thank you for trying to help!
>
>
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