On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:09 -0700 David Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> On May 20, 2008, at 17:48 , John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Are there any licensing entanglements with Quicktime that might upset > > the university? > For a corporate/closed source program, Quicktime is one of the least > intrusive i've seen. Then again, they might not have installed it > over bandwidth rather than licensing issues. Or, maybe it just never > occurred to them... I have the video in .mov, .flv, .avi, and .wmv formats. Of these OOo Impress can insert only the .mov and .avi formats. And, while both play fine in Impress on my Ubuntu laptop, on the Windows XP computer in the classroom the .avi file plays only the sound and the .mov file doesn't play at all. I did contact the persons responsible for software on university computers and asked them to upgrade the OOo 2.2 on the classroom computer to the latest, and to install Quicktime. I was told that they would put it on their list, but that software upgrades were only done during between term breaks. I have some connections, so I'm going to see if I can get them to make an exception. But having said that, the problem is not the old version 2.2 of OOo. The university also has a practice room at the library where you can try out your presentation. It has OOo 2.4 and I get the same results. The strange thing is that the classroom is in a building that the university leased just a few months ago. All the equipment looks brand new. They must have cloned the computer from an older one somewhere else. As for bandwidth, the university has awesome connections, plus they are a mirror for several Linux distros (mirrors.cat.pdx.edu), and I think they have OOo somewhere also, so the files are right on the university network. I know it is university policy to have OOo on all computers. I also tried to connect my laptop to the overhead projector, but my screen is 1680 x 1050 and Ubuntu sees the projector as only 640 x 480. The classroom computer is running at 1280 x 1024 and its screen is completely displayed, so Ubuntu must be wrong. Anyway, all I can display is a small portion of my screen. I'm going to find a time when the classroom is not in use and try an Ubuntu live CD just for kicks. Or maybe I'll just buy my own projector. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
