Hello Uwe, On Wednesday 21 January 2009 07:05, Uwe Fischer wrote: > Hi, > > Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > Hello Jean, > > > > On Tuesday 20 January 2009 22:33, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > >> Uwe Fischer wrote: > >>> in theory, all movie and sound files that your default browser can play > >>> should also be playable in Draw and Impress. > >> > >> I think you mean default media player, not default browser? > > > > this menu uses the Mozilla plug-ins, acording to > > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=215 > >9761 it seems it needs to be fixed, and testing it on a DEV300_m39, on > > Linux, no plug- in works for me. > > in theory, most Mozilla plugins (aka Firefox add-ons) should be > automatically recognized by OOo to play media files. As Mathias wrote, > this is a nice way to re-use the good work that was already done by > others in the FOSS world. > Some plugins may not work because they expect a real browser environment > to run, or because they ask for other dependencies than OOo. > > >> I have another question. In the Help, a note in the Media Player topic > >> says: > >> > >> --------------- > >> On UNIX systems, the Media Player requires the Java Media Framework API > >> (JMF). Download and install the JMF files, and add the path to the > >> installed jmf.jar to the class path in Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org > >> - Java. > >> --------------- > >> > >> Minor issue: Is "UNIX" the best term to use here? I assume it includes > >> Linux, but I'm not sure that all the newbie Linux users (of which I am > >> one) equate "UNIX" with "Linux". > > yes, I changed that to read "Linux or Solaris" and included a link to > the JMF page at java.sun.com. > > >> Real question: is there somewhere with good, clear, easy-to-follow (for > >> us Linux newbies) instructions on where to get and how to install JMF, > >> specifically on Ubuntu? (I'm not suggesting that info should be in the > >> Help, but I want to know for my own use.) I had a look through Synaptic > >> but didn't find anything I recognised as being JMF or JMF-related. > > > > you have to download the "JMF Performance Pack for Linux" from Sun: > > http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jmf/2.1.1/download. > >html > > > > Setting this up can be very simple, or an odyssey (no middle term). First > > time I tried on other system it was very easy, now on Fedora 10 the file > > coulnd't even be installed due to an issue in the installer, so I had to > > edit the binary in vim and modify a line. > > Ariel, can you please post the very easy way of setting up the JMF to > the Wiki? May be as a How-to or as a FAQ at > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/General
started http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Java/Java_Media_Framework it can then be moved where you like it. > I won't recomment to post the hacking tips though, because this might be > dangerous foe normal users. > > > And the supported formats are very little, even if you download the mp3 > > plug- in > > (http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jmf/mp3/download.h > >tml). I download and compile the Fobs4JMF, which is a JMF wrapper for > > ffmpeg (that means, you can play almost *anything*), see > > http://fobs.sourceforge.net . > > > > Any way, I'd suggest you give it a try (otherwise you have no other > > option to use that fork, that comes with native gstreamer support - > > something I strongly discourage! IMHO for a few features you get lots of > > issues). > > > > I download the file. Extract it in my home dir. > > I don't follow the instructions for the mp3 plug-in, but unzip it and > > copy it in the JMF (JMF-2.1.1e/lib). > > Then as su I move the JMF-2.1.1e to /opt, create a simlink /opt/JMF so I > > can update easyly (well, "update" is just a word here, as this is very > > unmantained by Sun). > > Then I solve every class path and library search path problem by > > creating/editing /etc/profile.d/java.sh (in Fedora and Ubuntu I had to > > create it), that looks like this: > > > > export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk > > export JMFHOME=/opt/JMF > > export CLASSPATH=$JMFHOME/lib/jmf.jar:$JMFHOME/lib/mp3plugin.jar: > > $JMFHOME/lib/fobs4jmf.jar:$CLASSPATH > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JMFHOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH > > export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JMFHOME/bin:$PATH > > > > Add the $JMFHOME/lib/jmf.jar to OOo classpath (menu Tools - Options - > > Java), and reboot. > > Then as su, run the JMStudio and add the mp3 plug-in. > > > > Building Fobs4JMF, the JMF wrapper for ffmpeg, requires some knowledge on > > building (and programming: I had to correct some errors in five files to > > compile). They have a deb pkg for Ubuntu but it's old. > > > > Regards > > Uwe Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina "Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens - Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich härter." Nietzsche Götzendämmerung, Sprüche und Pfeile, 8. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
