[Upstream] Impress inserted video does not play

Hi,
Can you please provide me with information regarding your graphics card and version of OpenOffice?
Code of conduct is also worth following as some members of the community may have found your choice of language offensive.

Thanks a lot,

Hi,

as of the language, the video is quite useless by the means of presentation (if only I wouldn't wish to torped out the presented thing ;-)
so I assume the term "crappy" is technically allright, however if someone finds it offending, I don't object the changes.

As of information, it is Compaq nx6310 with Intel 945 graphics. OpenOffice.org is of version 2.3 (distributional).

I see your point - and it'd have to be quite a sensitive person to be offended, but its probably better to stay on the most family safe side possible if it doesn't disguise the meaning too much.

Back on topic I'll see if I can reproduce the bug next time I get a moment, then I will be able to confirm.

Thanks for your bug and continued responsiveness.
Elliot

Do you still have this problem on Ubuntu hardy with openoffice.org 1:2.4.0~rc2-1ubuntu3?

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Sorry, the attachment is for other issue. Please delete.

Starting from CD, Ubuntu Hardy 8.04b is even worse. The video is not even shown in editation mode, and in presentation mode, it kinda visibly "zoomz" from initial size to the specified size, and then exists immediately.

Other words, the VIDEO DOSEN'T PLAY infact, only the first frame is being shown for some 1/2 sec.

Can you attach an example presentation with this problem? Playing video for me works perfectly on Ubuntu hardy

Thanks,

Chris Cheney

Follows the presentation (ordinary empty, You can create Yourselve also) and the video to place into (save into the same location as presentation)

I believe that this bug has been corrected in Ubuntu 8.04 that is currently available. I can't reproduce this bug and looking at the video itself in totem, it has no anti aliasing on the fonts which may be the problem you are speaking of?

With Ubuntu 10.10, video is not even shown in editation mode, just a grey rectangle is displayed. In presentation mode, video dosen't play either.

In Ubuntu 10.10, downloaded https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/172262/+attachment/250365/+files/test.odp and opened in libreoffice-impress, does not show the movie either in editing mode or Slide Show. Downloaded video https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/172262/+attachment/250368/+files/instalacia.ogg and played fine in totem. Opened blank libreoffice-impress file, inserted video file, does not play in editing mode or Slide Show.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy totem
totem:
  Installed: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress
libreoffice-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"

2.6.35-26-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Sun Jan 30 08:10:51 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

I cannot reproduce on Ubuntu's OOo:
$ cat /usr/lib/openoffice/program/versionrc
[Version]
AllLanguages=en-US
BuildVersion=ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
buildid=320m19(Build:9505)
ExtensionUpdateURL=http://updateext.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Update
OOOBaseVersion=3.2
ProductBuildid=9505
ProductMajor=320
ProductMinor=19
ProductSource=OOO320
UpdateID=OpenOffice.org_3_en-US
UpdateURL=
UpdateUserAgent=<PRODUCT> (${buildid}; ${_OS}; ${_ARCH};
BundledLanguages=${AllLanguages})
Vendor=Debian and Ubuntu
$ apt-cache policy openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main i386
Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main i386
Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages

Also created another test presentation: testNoOp.odp (attached). Note that instalacia.ogg must be in
the same folder as test.odp or testNoOp.odp to work properly.

@Christopher: you are using a PPA version of LibreOffice (500
http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386), please
file a bug against that PPA version and that package.

<quote>
Note that instalacia.ogg must be in
the same folder as test.odp or testNoOp.odp to work properly.
</quote>

Correction: instalacia.ogg can be in another folder _if_ the link in the presentation is modified and updated (Edit|Links|Modify|Update).

NoOp, thank you for working together on this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. I confirmed your workaround via the following tests:

In Ubuntu 10.10, in both libreoffice-impress & openoffice.org-impress at the Terminal:

cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/172262/+attachment/1827497/+files/testNoOp.odp && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/172262/+attachment/250368/+files/instalacia.ogg && soffice -impress testNoOp.odp

A popup box notes: Update all Links? -> clicked Yes button -> clicked on the grey box with a question mark -> Play button, first time it played for a second then stopped. Second and subsequent times did not play at all. However, pressed F5 and the video was displayed in it's entirety. Closed the file. At the Terminal:

mv instalacia.ogg ~/ && soffice -impress testNoOp.odp

A popup box notes Update all Links? -> clicked Yes button -> grey box with a question is now a grey box with a speaker & waves coming out. Clicking Play button or F5 does not show the video. Clicked Edit -> Links -> Modify button -> instalacia.ogg -> Open button -> Close button -> Play button did not play at all. However, pressed F5 and the video was displayed in it's entirety.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress
libreoffice-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1maverick1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.0-1maverick1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Regarding your comment:

> @Christopher: you are using a PPA version of LibreOffice (500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386), please file a bug against that PPA version and that package.

It is known a PPA is being used & the bug against it is this bug. ;) Following the directions as per http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport#Reporting_Ubuntu_bugs this bug was tagged with lo33. As well, this bug addresses the same problem (& workaround) in both openoffice.org-impress & libreoffice-impress, triangulating the efforts of the Ubuntu, LibreOffice, & OOo communities. Thank you for your understanding.

Confirmed same problem (& workaround) in Ubuntu 11.04, libreoffice-impress.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-impress
libreoffice-impress:
  Installed: 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I'm afraid that you've misunderstood; this is not a workaround. OOo has never "embeded" a video into the impress file (with the possible exception of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660807 - which is an anomaly and different issue - not a duplicate) and has always been the case. The tests that I performed were not 'workarounds' but instead demontrating that this issue is invalid/fixed.

If you wish to have video files "embeded" into an .odp, then please file a wishlist bug requesting that 'enhancement'. Please also be sure to file the bug under the proper package (OOo or LO).

Further, if you are going to throw libreoffice into the mix (this bug was/is filed under openoffice.org) please do so at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice, or with the PPA maintainers where you obtained your LO packages. Please do not intermix OOo bugs with LO bugs - they are not the same. Please also do the same for the "upstream" http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33860 that you filed.

As an added note: I've tested the same .odp/.ogg files in Natty using LibreOffice 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1 using the test .odp w/.ogg files - works in that version as well.

Also tested in Lucid 10.04:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS"
lucid@lucid-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux lucid-desktop 2.6.32-28-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 10 21:21:01 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
lucid@lucid-desktop:~$ cat /usr/lib/openoffice/program/versionrc
[Version]
AllLanguages=en-US
BuildVersion=ooo-build 3.2.0.10, Debian 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2, Wed Jan 26 22:22:24 UTC 2011
buildid=320m12(Build:9483)
ExtensionUpdateURL=http://updateext.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Update
OOOBaseVersion=3.2
ProductBuildid=9483
ProductMajor=320
ProductMinor=12
ProductSource=OOO320
UpdateID=OpenOffice.org_3_en-US
UpdateURL=
UpdateUserAgent=<PRODUCT> (${buildid}; ${_OS}; ${_ARCH}; BundledLanguages=${AllLanguages})
Vendor=Debian and Ubuntu

test files work.
Marked this bug as fixed.

NoOp, thank you for continuing to work on this bug and helping make Ubuntu better. Regarding your comments:

> I'm afraid that you've misunderstood; this is not a workaround.

As I have migrated over to LibreOffice personally and professionally (Fortune 500 company with current mass deployment of OOo, looking to migrate to LibreOffice), your marking this issue Fixed Released for OOo will not be challenged by me. I have added upstream OOo link for embedding enhancement as context only http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=81753 for it's anticipated resolution has an impact on path dependent video quality playback.

> OOo has never "embeded" a video into the impress file...

Agreed.

> ...(with the possible exception of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/660807 - which is an anomaly and different issue - not a duplicate) and has always been the case.

I found the path dependence issues of bug 660807, and anticipated resolution, highly related but if you insist that it's not a duplicate I will not re-dup it to this bug, no big deal.

> The tests that I performed were not 'workarounds' but instead demontrating that this issue is invalid/fixed.

Regarding OOo, agreed.

> If you wish to have video files "embeded" into an .odp, then please file a wishlist bug requesting that 'enhancement'. Please also be sure to file the bug under the proper package (OOo or LO).

Again, this bug is exactly that. That is the beauty of Launchpad.

> Further, if you are going to throw libreoffice into the mix (this bug was/is filed under openoffice.org) please do so at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice, or with the PPA maintainers where you obtained your LO packages. Please do not intermix OOo bugs with LO bugs - they are not the same.

Viewing OOo & LibreOffice as drastically different is myopic and not constructive as the source for both are 90%+ similar. As well, not finding where the two communities can work together on the same problem(s) is wasteful. In the future, should the code bases drastically diverge then this argument holds water.

Thank you for your continued understanding and effort.

This bug is NOT fixed - at all.

Using LO 3.3 final on Lucid from the PPA. The "update links" is greyed out for newly created impress files. Files created with OO 3.2 and OO 3.1 can have links updated.

- CH

Updating LO upstream bug link.

Marking back to Confirmed as NoOp was mistaken in marking this Fix Released. This issue is still open upstream.

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There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

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This is:
- a clearcut upstream issue
- wishlist/feature request unlikely to be fixable with a simple patch
- wont be fixed in libreoffice packaging
Resolving as WONTFIX in libreoffice packaging. This does not mean the issue will not be cared about, but if it is cared about (even by Ubuntu/Canonical contributors), it is done upstream at LibreOffice.