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| Re: vfw for idl [message #35367 is a reply to message #35287] |
Thu, 05 June 2003 10:37  |
R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998
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Rick Towler wrote:
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> "Reimar Bauer" wrote in message ...
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>> some of us have to submit powerpoint files.
>> It's easy to run powerpoint in wine on a linux box.
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>> May be someone has much more experience in this as I am.
>> Who knows a really simple way to convert images or mpeg1 files
>> to video for windows on linux.
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> What do you mean by "video for windows"? AFAIK VFW is a "multimedia
> enabling technology" and not a file specification so I don't think you can
> convert anything to VFW.
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> PP plays media files by embedding an instance of Windows Media Player in
> your slide. WMP uses VFW to play media files but you need to have the
> correct codecs installed to do so. I have never used WINE so I don't know
> that much about it but I can imagine that this could be a sticky
> situation.
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> Why do you want to convert these files? What problem(s) are you
> experiencing?
I tried writing mpeg1 by linux idl and playing these files in windows
powerpoint.
But the files could not be loaded. So I googled a lot and surely I
misunderstood VFW as a codec. Did you know which codec windows powerpoint
needs.
I need a solution which does not need additional installed codecs on the
windows platforms.
Reimar
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> -Rick
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