Could you describe a little more what MS Producer does or the particular feature(s) that are most interesting to you? Or point to some similar non-MS tools which also have those features? I saw some in the early 90's but things have changed since then.
The first link you provided seem to make it look like it allowed video or audio to accompany a presentation. The second link seemed like it refused access to mon-MS systems.
MS Producer does exactly that. It allows you to record a video to accompany your presentation.
Most of the time, in real life, when someone is showing a Powerpoint presentation, (or an Impress one), they are standing in front of the audience talking and clicking through the slides. Most of the time, these presentations are pretty boring and confusing without explanation. MS Producer allows you to show the video along side the presentation, just as if you were in the room giving the speech.
It's not for live presentations, since, of course, the speaker would be there doing what the video does. It's for web-based presentations or disc-based ones.
It's more than just letting you play a video next to a presentation - it allows you to sync it all up, so the slides match the video. I haven't played with it too much, so I don't know if it lets you choose different paths... (like the viewer could click something to go to a different slide with matching video). But that may be possible.
I doubt OOo will be offering this feature anytime soon, as it would require the creation of our own media player - or the inclusion of one from another project. It could probably be done by the end user with a little timing, some HTML, an embedded media player, and good timing. The problem would be making a button for the viewer to click that would start them both at the same time.
MS Producer takes care of all that for you.
-Chad Smith
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