It used to be possible to adjust video viewing size in Impress, but since version 5 it's not anymore. The "View" dropdown is disabled, resizing the video on the slide has no effect. Tried various types of videos - same issue. Embedding or linking isn't changing anything either.
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Steps: go to Tools > Media Player, open video file in Media Player. Video plays fine, but "View" dropdown is not available to change the viewing size.
I confirm, but not on Windows. Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5 Version: 5.4.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: d69e6321fbb2c9f5b4d30890074a230ee6b39d2d CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.10; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Built on April 17th 2016 Version: 5.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: 193f8966135064a32164c9da08d01dab9c1fc15d CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.19; UI render: default; TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2017-03-25_02:08:45 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: group
I can reproduce the problem in Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha2+ Build ID: d273a60bfdbf9bb7623bed38667ec0647753157c Locale: ca_ES Do you remember in which version it worked for you ?
It stopped working since version 5; still not working in Version: 5.3.1.2.
Changing back to the earliest affected version
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 in a VM. I tested the bug with the LibreOffice version shipped with it, 3.5.7. It seems this has never worked on Linux. Kara: if you disagree, you have to prove it by installing an older version and testing with it.
I am absolutely positive it has worked before, albeit I wouldn't be too sure in which 4er version exactly. I am using Impress professionally, and the media player was used in my presentations (I now have a workaround), and my OS is Ubuntu since ages ago. But I won't be installing virtual environments and testing old versions to pinpoint where exactly it stopped working. It would be nice if it worked in the latest version on Linux. My reporting pertained to this not being the case, which seems by now confirmed. I rest my case.
(In reply to Kara from comment #8) > I am absolutely positive it has worked before, albeit I wouldn't be too sure > in which 4er version exactly. I am using Impress professionally, and the > media player was used in my presentations (I now have a workaround), and my > OS is Ubuntu since ages ago. But I won't be installing virtual environments > and testing old versions to pinpoint where exactly it stopped working. It > would be nice if it worked in the latest version on Linux. My reporting > pertained to this not being the case, which seems by now confirmed. I rest > my case. Well, then you could install some not-so-ancient version on your system. As you said the problem appeared in version 5, you could try 4.4, which should work with your system packages (hopefully): https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel/Linux I installed the old Ubuntu VM, because I didn't want to start messing with duplicate gstreamer packages..
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I do not understand the bug. Or it has been resolved in the mean time (testing is 63-master on Linux 64 bits) I can insert a video; resize with dragging by the mouse, or dialog Position and Size. And with playing the presentation, the video has the size that I gave it. Can you please explain what I miss? thanks - Cor Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 17b25fd3df237a64d6a28fbc57b869e080963193 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: GL; VCL: gtk3; TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@86-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2019-03-13_20:42:25 Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #11) > I can insert a video; either by Insert > Video or by Tools > Media player
Created attachment 150014 [details] Screenshot of working dropdown in Windows Cor: on Linux, are you able to use the dropdown as seen in the screenshot?
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #13) > Cor: on Linux, are you able to use the dropdown as seen in the screenshot? Ah, that one.. no! (In reply to Kara from comment #0) > ..... "View" dropdown is disabled, resizing the > video on the slide has no effect. That definitely is not a problem for me.
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Thanks for following up! Hadn't used videos in Impress for ages, but just tested, and everything works as expected, so it appears this is resolved.
(In reply to Kara from comment #16) > Thanks for following up! Hadn't used videos in Impress for ages, but just > tested, and everything works as expected, so it appears this is resolved. Nope, the View dropdown is still not available on any of the Linux VCL backends Arch Linux 64-bit Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 5800a15e0f2d668b844f73072dc146fd0e4237bb CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.11; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Built on 11 March 2021
True, but I can now freely resize the video, and it plays at the exact size, so while the dropdown is still missing, the functionality is restored (at least for me).
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