Impress stops playing MP4

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Starman
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Impress stops playing MP4

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Hello folks,

New here... I looked for this question that had an existing answer and couldn't find one. If it's out there somewhere forgive me for repeating the question.

I am in process of adding a 2.5 minute MP4 video to an Impress slide presentation, latest AOO, latest Windows 10 (64 bit I believe). It stops after several seconds, always at the same spot. Ideas anyone?

I've thought about video file size limitation, but can't find any info on if there's a limit in Impress. Also thought about hardware limitations (RAM, etc), but decided to check in here first to see if there are known issues.

Thanks very much in advance!
Starman
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Re: Impress stops playing MP4

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My suggestion is to convert it to .mpg or .avi and use that instead.
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Starman
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Re: Impress stops playing MP4

Post by Starman »

Hi RoryOF,

Thanks much for the quick reply!

I converted it to .avi and got a message that the filetype wasn't supported when I tried to add it. Haven't tried .mpg, I'll report back ASAP.

Thanks again...
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