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

The image Mike linked to is also what I see when I drag/drop video files into Impress, so it seems 
like we have a similar problem... Before inserting the mp4 file, I ticked the executable 
permission, but that didn't solve the problem.

I also made one change to the Libre Office Impress file permissions (under usr/share/applications), 
although I don't think there's a point in doing that. I attached a picture of that as well.

So in a quest to prove how desperate I am, I put the video file into usr/share/applications (I hope 
I'm not breaking anything, because it required elevated privileges) and inserting the video from 
there works! :D The same goes for GIFs. By saving them in usr/share/applications, they now display 
properly.

Of course, this isn't a smooth solution, but I'm grateful anyway!

7. Mai 2022, 19:35 von john.iliffe_at_iliffe.ca_7mrbka4b@duck.com:

> I have no experience with this problem but the error "Permission to ..."
> suggests that the system is blocking things.  Is the permission for the file
> executable?  Reason I ask is that there must be some sort of a driver to play
> the file.  Read permission would probably let you load it and look at the first
> frame.
>
> Good luck!
>
> John
> =============
> On Sat, 2022-05-07 at 06:45 -0500, Mike Flannigan wrote:
>
> > With mine I need to do Insert - Audio or Video.
> > Then it places the video on the slide, but I have no way to play it.
> > http://www.mflan.com/temp/vid.png
> >
> > So inserting an image works fine, but not a video.
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On 5/6/22 23:08, users+help@global.libreoffice.org wrote:
> > > Subject:
> > > [libreoffice-users] Adding Videos to Impress Presentation Not Possible
> > > From:
> > > 7mrbka4b@duck.com
> > > Date:
> > > 5/6/22, 10:40
> > >
> > > To:
> > > users@global.libreoffice.org
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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