[libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-22 Thread Marc Grober
On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding video. It would appear the ability to embed via URL to a remote source is not available, and I was able to embed an .mov and mp4 file but not an .flv file (format not supported.) Download of a google doc presentation

Re: [libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-22 Thread John Meyer
Have you tried converting the flv to mov or mp4? On 11/22/2013 9:21 AM, Marc Grober wrote: On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of embedding video. It would appear the ability to embed via URL to a remote source is not available, and I was able to embed an .mov a

Re: [libreoffice-users] embedding video

2013-11-23 Thread Marc Grober
As the original post indicates, inserting mov oe mp4 files is not the issue. On 11/22/13, 7:28 AM, John Meyer wrote: > Have you tried converting the flv to mov or mp4? > > On 11/22/2013 9:21 AM, Marc Grober wrote: >> On LO 4.1.2.3 on OSX 10.9 I am exploring the various possibilities of >> embeddin

[libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-08 Thread Keith Bates
Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use in a school classroom (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has personal knowledge of their set-up). I am using Libre Office 5.3 and Ubuntu 17.04. I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I sa

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Cley Faye
2017-06-09 3:50 GMT+02:00 Keith Bates : > Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access to > their computer outside of my lesson time. ​Saving to .ppt will only work with a basic set of features (and I doubt embedding video is part of it). There's also the issue of havi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Rob Jasper
For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable app. This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versions played tricks on me displaying black characters on black background. Rob

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Keith Bates
Thanks. I might give it a go. Keith On 09/06/17 18:48, Rob Jasper wrote: For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable app. This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versi

Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

2017-06-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It might be good to have a few other programs as portable apps. I think VLC, Firefox and Chrome are all available. You probably don';t want the distraction of having web-browsers tho. There are a few other systems doing portable apps. I'm not sure there is a huge amount of difference betw