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Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple screens

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 4:51 pm
by dragonslumber
Hey everyone.

I'm trying to embed a video on my presentation which I'm doing on a platform with three monitors. The embed technically works well, I can get some videos to play with sound, but they display on the wrong screen (off kilter on the "next frame" screen), and the main screen displaying the presentation has a black rectangle where the video should be. I've tried downloading new codecs, changing videos, changing the monitor where everything is displayed, nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

I appreciate the help in advance.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:35 am
by Bidouille
Hello,
dragonslumber wrote:I'm trying to embed a video on my presentation
Which format is used for this document?

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:40 pm
by dragonslumber
I've tried wmv, avi and mp4, from different videos made at different times, and I also tried on 2 separate computers (though both running Windows 10).

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:01 am
by RoryOF
Format of the presentation file was what was requested - is it .odp or .ppt?

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 4:38 pm
by dragonslumber
I tried with both, although it was natively created with Impress. Either way, if I create a new document, add a page then add the video to that second page, go back to the first and play the Slide Show, I get the same issue.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:51 pm
by RoryOF
Can you pull the wandering video back to the desired window? If so, it will probably stay there.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:57 am
by dragonslumber
https://dragonslumber.com/img/impress_video.jpg

I couldn't move or affect the video. This is how it displays on my two screens, where it displays and where it should appear. Also doesn't matter if I try to switch screens or anything of the sort.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:21 pm
by Bidouille
Your picture returns a 403 error

Attach directly this file on the forum

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:03 pm
by dragonslumber
If you click on the link and refresh when it gives the 403, it should reload correctly. The trick can work well in some instances with Google images as well.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:09 pm
by Bidouille
Twice:
Bidouille wrote:Attach directly this file on the forum

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:14 am
by dragonslumber
Very sorry, I completely missed it the first time around. Here it is:
impress_video.jpg

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:11 am
by RoryOF
A workaround, which may not suit you to use:

I run my computers on Xubuntu and always found difficulty (read: impossible) to get video to play on a slide using the Impress insert video method. My workaround is to place on a slide a hyperlink to the video, or sometimes a command line to the system video player, incorporating any necessary parameters for full screen and termination of the video player. This is admittedly clunky, but my video clips will usually be several minutes long and the clunkiness passes unnoticed/uncommented by a friendly audience.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:33 am
by RoryOF
@dragonslumber: if you use a single screen output, does the video show correctly positioned on the slide?

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:34 am
by dragonslumber
I got it to run on my laptop with a single screen (also Windows 10), but really if I can't get it to work on multiple screens there's unfortunately no point for me. I ended up coding my own thing in Unity instead which only took about an hour. Thanks for the attempt at the assist though, this wasn't the first time I had these issues with Impress and since I do a lot of presentations, online and off, I need to make sure I have the right degree of flexibility.

Re: Unable to get videos to play correctly with multiple scr

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 11:29 am
by Mr.Dandy
Reproduced, this issue comes from presenter-console extension.
This OXT has been embedded in AOO since a couple of versions.