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Hi There,

Recently, I was sent a pptx presentation with embedded movies and gifs. I opened it successfully in Impress, and I was able to start the slide show. When I got to a slide with multiple objects (big movie side by side a gif), A.O.O. crashed. I tried to reopen it, and I was unable to do so (caught in a loop trying to recover and crashing again). I then tried to open an existing odp presentation with an embedded mp4 file that I generated previous (and I know works), and it crashed in the same way.

I have been troubleshooting this a bit. I have followed helpful advise on the forum to clear my user profile (removed Library/Application Support/OpenOffice/4/user). I also have removed the Library/Saved Application State/org.openoffice.script.savedState files. I have looked for hidden locked files
(files including .~lock.*) and removed them. I have trashed my A.O.O. install (put A.O.O. found in my Application Folder in the Trash, emptied Trash, and rebooted my MacBook Pro). I have downloaded a clean version of A.O.O., reinstalled, and generated a new user profile. I then start a brand new Impress Presentation. If I try to insert a movie (mp4 or mpg) into a new presentation, it instantly crashes. Likewise, I cannot open any existing odp files with movies; they all crash immediately.

I have also installed LibreOffice. It will open and play existing odp files. However, I am used to working in A.O.O. instead of LibreOffice, and I would prefer to fix my A.O.O. install rather than adapting to LibreOffice. Any ideas or suggestions of what I can do to fix the problem I am having?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

sloebman wrote:Recently, I was sent a pptx presentation with embedded movies and gifs.

OpenOffice was created to make a high quality office suite available as open source software. It is not intended to be a clone of Microsnot's office suite. If you need to work reliably with Powerpoint presentations, use Powerpoint Online.

sloebman wrote:If I try to insert a movie (mp4 or mpg) into a new presentation, it instantly crashes. Likewise, I cannot open any existing odp files with movies; they all crash immediately.

There are numerous topics in this forum about movies in Impress. You should review them to determine if any address your situation.
[Tutorial] Which video formats does AOO support?
You could try to reproduce the difficulty on the Guest User though this is less likely to resolve the problem if it occurs with a new profile. [Tutorial] Mac FAQ Q28/A28

If this solved your problem please go to your first post use the Edit button and add [Solved] to the start of the title. You can select the green checkmark icon at the same time.

MrProgrammer wrote:OpenOffice was created to make a high quality office suite available as open source software. It is not intended to be a clone of Microsnot's office suite. If you need to work reliably with Powerpoint presentations, use Powerpoint Online.

Fair enough. I mention the pptx file because it was a trigger for the ongoing problem I have now (I do not intend to open pptx files with Impress in the future).

MrProgrammer wrote:There are numerous topics in this forum about movies in Impress. You should review them to determine if any address your situation.
[Tutorial] Which video formats does AOO support?

I have read through the forum discussions on movies in Impress; unfortunately, I cannot find a thread on this particular issue. That is, if I start an empty Impress presentation with a brand new user profile and try to insert a movie of a known supported type (e.g., a mpg or mov file that is an appropriate resolution and length), the program crashes instantly.

A Guest User account does not appear to resolve the issue. Any other thoughts on what I can do? It is agonizing to have the software cease to function as it did before.

Try to insert this video: https://forum.openoffice.org/fr/forum/d ... p?id=25578
Did the crash occurs?