[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #35 from Alex Rivera --- Adding a data point on why this still matters in 2026: presentation-to-video export is now the bottleneck for anyone repurposing slide decks as social video. The common workaround chain is Impress -> PDF -> screen recorder (OBS, https://obsproject.com/ ) -> external editor, which loses slide timings and animation curves entirely, so transitions have to be re-timed by hand. For reference, the tools people move to when they hit this wall generate the video from a structured scene description rather than by recording a screen - https://ravvi.ai is one example built around that model. That is essentially what an Impress video export would be doing internally: walking the slide list, resolving per-slide durations and animation timings, and handing frames to a muxer. A minimal version of this bug that would already cover most of the demand: fixed seconds per slide plus honouring existing automatic-transition timings, rendering to a single H.264/MP4 via the already-bundled export pipeline. Animation fidelity could stay out of scope for a first pass. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #34 from GetCaption --- This feature would be especially useful for accessibility workflows. When a presentation is exported to video, users often need to add captions or subtitles afterward. Tools like https://getcaption.net/ can generate captions from the exported video file automatically, which makes the whole process much more practical. Having a clean video export from LibreOffice Impress is the key first step — any codec or sync issues in the export will affect downstream transcription quality. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #33 from testerimpress --- Hi, Just wanted to let you know that this feature is highly asked. Would be great if someone could work on it and assign. Thanks! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #32 from Eyal Rozenberg --- Note that if we implemented the ability to export to SMIL-SVG (see bug 166624, and also Gerry's comment 8), we would be able to produce video that way. There are tools for converting such animations to rasterized video (although - I've not tried them myself). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Eyal Rozenberg changed: What|Removed |Added See Also||https://bugs.documentfounda ||tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16 ||6624 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #31 from Annelies Kamran --- I agree with comment # 12 that there needs to be narration/audio as well as video. (Animation and transitions would be great too.) Right now, I'm having to create the slideshow, record it in OBS Studio, and then edit it in a 3rd app. PowerPoint can do all of that by itself, saving time and energy along with better version control. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #30 from aplatypus --- Hello, I'm also looking for this same functionality. Allow me to start that YES this is something that is possible and practical, Microsoft's PowerPoint provies this functionality. See: * [Turn your presentation into a video](https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/office/turn-your-presentation-into-a-video-c140551f-cb37-4818-b5d4-3e30815c3e83) As far as I can see they have "solutions" for the key objections that most posts on this are spouting. Having said that, I think there are a few different ways for a "solution" for this behaviour. It doesn't have to be an 'Export' function or ape how Competitive applications (see caveat below). So exporting a video coult be ... 1. An addin/plugin/extension * There is an old OpenOffice extension that does (or did) this. 2. External tool to generate a video format from the slide deck. * Some kind of script to (bash, python, javascript, etc) 3. Built-in Export for the File menu (as in PowerPoint) 4. Some(???) kind of video streaming from an auto-run job. Say video capture of the display all slides On item #2, I'd like something like that so I can just drop an Impress deck onto or input to a script/command and generate the video -- Set and forget so to speak. And I am sure there are better methods possible. One does wonder how PowerPoint achieves this outcome. It seems that something like MKV or MP4 represent a common enough format to something lik Macromedia format; I also wonder if the Handbrake command line can take Macromedia files and generate MKV-s ??? I also feel that a video format that can be streamed, generated from a slide-deck would be a great 'feature' for people to communicat their materials. I expect the 'better' solutions will allow each slide or a group of slides to have their own audio track. For example your "group of slides" might be the whole deck, so you need to provide a sound track along with the 'first' slide. Or, an audio rack might be specified for the "first" slide in group. These are things that can be refined over time, once the overall functionality is agreed. I see a lot of technical comments on how a thing is possible. For me, I like to get the behaviour settled first. Also I'm quite lazy. If we can already generate a deck of images (e.g JPEG) from the slides, a video is just the process of linking them in sequence and adding decorations like a soundtrack, narration and timing. There are already solutions for timing and timing paths. One last thing; so far there are many comments. It it yet time to put together a RFC so that the core functionality is well understood, then it will be a matter of how to provide the specified behaviours on each platfom (including the 'common' core activity). Good luck to all ... Caveat: Since PowerPoint provides this feature, it is probably good of LibreOffice 'credibility' that what ever answer is arrived at ... This should also hook to the Export menu so that is appears to work like the PowerPoint menu. I think that's just being "user nice". So that people comeing from PowerPoint have a process that they already 'know how to do'. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] --- Comment #29 from V Stuart Foote --- *** Bug 155461 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #28 from Jean-Michel COSTE --- I need so ! Very useful feature... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Heiko Tietze changed: What|Removed |Added Priority|medium |high CC||heiko.tietze@documentfounda ||tion.org -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Heiko Tietze changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] --- Comment #27 from Heiko Tietze --- *** Bug 152066 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) changed: What|Removed |Added See Also||https://bugs.documentfounda ||tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15 ||2066 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #26 from [email protected] --- The alternative is recording the screen with videos and animation and audio. An open-source alternative is https://camstudio.org/ CamStudio. A more actual software for screen recording with more possibilities is https://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html free for private users. Conversion of video format to preferred is with other software possible. https://listoffreeware.com/free-open-source-video-converter-software-windows/#:~:text=%2010%20Best%20Free%20Open%20Source%20Video%20Converter,a%20free%20open%20source%20video%20converter...%20More%20 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added See Also||https://bugs.documentfounda ||tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13 ||8668 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Timur changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] --- Comment #25 from Timur --- *** Bug 134856 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 raal changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] --- Comment #24 from raal --- *** Bug 129637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #23 from Buovjaga --- *** Bug 136887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #22 from V Stuart Foote --- *** Bug 137870 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Buovjaga changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] --- Comment #21 from Buovjaga --- *** Bug 136887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #20 from MBB --- It is a question that sometimes pops up at the ask.libreoffice.org and other fora. A search on Youtube shows this to be a very popular use, with many tutorial videos on how to record presentations. An issue to simplify the process would be a way to start and stop the recording software at the same time as the presentation plays. Using a third-party program for side features is not new for LO as it also uses the Thunderbird address book for mailing list letters. A multiplatform Opensource (GPL2) program named OBS Studio has become the standard for recording, and supports enhancement by plug-ins. Originally intended for webcam recording/streaming it also allows recording of the desktop and other input streams. I think it could be a good idea to use its wide capacity for recording to export Impress presentations to video, preferably by projecting directly to OSB. For this it would need either by a plugin for LibreOffice, for OBS or for both. It could be a plugin/extension in LO Impress that calls OSB and tells it to start/stop recording. (With maybe a template for OBS to get window name and video size parameters?) Or an OBSstudio plugin where you select the presentation and then runs LibreOffice from the command line (to a virtual screen for recording?) I am not a programmer, but I imagine the the GUI/program would look a bit like this: Select video size [get from Presentation (default checkbox) / Set manual Set export directory - Same as presentation - OBS default - set manual Split each projection into separate video [yes/no checkbox] Offer presentation options audio yes/no? comments yes/no? Record webcam/audio for presentation (in a different stream) Select Record speed (CPU use): Fastest/RealTime/Background > StartRecord + StartPlayImpress - Links to hopefully helpful information: Example of howto-video OBS+LO Impress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AKhr8wrXvY OBS Plugin API Documentation https://github.com/jp9000/OBS/wiki/OBS-Plugin-API-Documentation OBS Core API Reference¶ https://obsproject.com/docs/reference-core.html obs-websocket - Remote control of OBS Studio made easy 4.7.0 https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-websocket-remote-control-of-obs-studio-made-easy.466/ Welcome to OBS Studio’s documentation!¶ https://obsproject.com/docs/ https://obsproject.com/wiki/Launch-Parameters -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #19 from Tristan Miller --- (In reply to paulystefan from comment #18) > workaround > > export slides as images with extension "export as image 0.9.3" > > than you can make a film with a simple film editor. Presumably this workaround does not preserve things like animations and slide transitions. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #18 from [email protected] --- workaround export slides as images with extension "export as image 0.9.3" than you can make a film with a simple film editor. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added CC||sebastiancastrogalvez.97@gm ||ail.com --- Comment #17 from V Stuart Foote --- *** Bug 127685 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 --- Comment #16 from PETROPHYSICS Pty Ltd --- I think you can use online tool which was convert your presentation to video. You found many tools in google. Have a good day https://petrophysics.net/training/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Mark Hung changed: What|Removed |Added CC||frederic.parrenin@univ-gren ||oble-alpes.fr --- Comment #15 from Mark Hung --- *** Bug 124890 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34959] Export/convert presentation to video
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34959 Cor Nouws changed: What|Removed |Added CC||[email protected] Summary|functionality request: |Export/convert presentation |convert presentation to |to video |video | -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.___ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
