Bug 108395 - Links to media files function differently if they are in TEXT or BUTTON form
Summary: Links to media files function differently if they are in TEXT or BUTTON form
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.5.0 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Hyperlink-Calc
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Reported: 2017-06-07 16:29 UTC by david_ashworth
Modified: 2024-10-28 03:12 UTC (History)
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Description david_ashworth 2017-06-07 16:29:00 UTC
Description:
Wanting to add a hyperlink to an audio file (.wav or .mp3) in Calc (and writer).
 
If the link is a TEXT type then exercising the link spawns the preferred sound app for the extension type and the sound plays. All good.

If the same files are linked using a BUTTON link then exercising the link results in:
a) for .wav files: some internal LO process runs and plays the file with no visible controls and continues to play after LO is closed(!); and
b) for .mp3 files:  LO crashes (Win 10 32bit) or opens the file as a text file (Linux - openSUSE 64bit).

I think the behaviours need to be consistent and that the TEXT link behaviour is to be preferred.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create calc or writer document
2. Insert 2 links to a .way file, one as text and one as button.
3. Insert 2 links to a .mp3 file, one as text and one as button.
4. Save file and close.
5. Re-open document and exercise the links.

Actual Results:  
TEXT links work as expected spawning the preferred audio app to play the file.

Button links do not work as expected.
If the file is .wav then some internal LO SW plays the file.
If the file is .mp3 & OS=WIN10 (32bit) then LO crashes and exits
If the file is .mp3 & OS=openSUSE (64bit) then LO displays the file as a text file.
                          

Expected Results:
BUTTON links should operate in the same way as TEXT links do.


Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Tested on an old 32 bit nettop (Atom N270) running WIN10 and on an i3 desktop running 64 bit openSUSE both running LO 5.3


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Comment 1 raal 2017-06-10 06:28:49 UTC
If the file is .mp3 then LO displays the file as a text file.

I can confirm with LO 3.5 and Version: 5.5.0.0.alpha0+, Linux
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2018-06-11 02:34:30 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2020-10-27 04:24:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 david_ashworth 2020-10-27 13:13:13 UTC
Retried as requested in LO 7.0.2

In general the same behaviour applies, text hyperlinks open the preferred app to play the media, button hyperlinks don't.

Minor changes:
A button hyperlink to an mp3 file now reports a corrupted file rather than opening it as a text file. This occurs on both Linux (openSuse15.1 64 bit) and Windows 10 (2004 32 bit).


One discovered fun behaviour concerns button hyperlinks to wav files on at least LO 7.0.2 and 6.2. Button hyperlink opens internal LO player as recorded previously. If you hit the spacebar while the file is playing for each press of the spacebar it starts another play stream of the same file.
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2022-10-28 03:32:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2024-10-28 03:12:39 UTC
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