Sound & Video PP07

[roderakker]

I have a college project in which I have to run powerpoint on a Linux system, preferably with all of the options owrking. Has anyone managed to get sound and video working in PowerPoint 2007? I have installed it using winetricks and am running wine 1.1.3.2 because this is the only version i've been able to get MS Office 2007 running. I'm using the desktop release of Ubuntu 9.10

Thanks!

[dimesio]

I have a college project in which I have to run powerpoint on a Linux system, preferably with all of the options owrking. Has anyone managed to get sound and video working in PowerPoint 2007? I have installed it using winetricks and am running wine 1.1.3.2 because this is the only version i've been able to get MS Office 2007 running. I'm using the desktop release of Ubuntu 9.10

Thanks!

No winetricks are needed to install Office 2007. If you have used any, that may well be the source of your problem. Upgrade to 1.1.40, delete or rename your ~/wine, and reinstall. Once the install is complete, set an override for riched20. Do not install it with winetricks--Office installs its own riched20, but the override needs to be set.

See the Powerpoint AppDB entry for other tweaks, including one you may need to play mp3 sound. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=12813

Inserting video files does not work. For playing video, mpg files are known not to work: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16485

[roderakker]

I have a college project in which I have to run powerpoint on a Linux system, preferably with all of the options owrking. Has anyone managed to get sound and video working in PowerPoint 2007? I have installed it using winetricks and am running wine 1.1.3.2 because this is the only version i've been able to get MS Office 2007 running. I'm using the desktop release of Ubuntu 9.10

Thanks!

No winetricks are needed to install Office 2007. If you have used any, that may well be the source of your problem. Upgrade to 1.1.40, delete or rename your ~/wine, and reinstall. Once the install is complete, set an override for riched20. Do not install it with winetricks--Office installs its own riched20, but the override needs to be set.

See the Powerpoint AppDB entry for other tweaks, including one you may need to play mp3 sound. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=12813

Inserting video files does not work. For playing video, mpg files are known not to work: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16485

Thanks alot! I think I'll just restart with a fresh install for Ubuntu, and try the things you've said. Much appreciated.

[roderakker]

you said winetricks might be the problem why my sound and video doesnt work, now i installed wine 1.1.40 and it works perfectly fine, however, no sound and video. in the appdb they say "Copy l3codeca.acm to the wineprefix's /windows/system32 directory (or use winetricks to install WMP9)", should I use wine or do you suggest using the harder way? thanks.

[roderakker]

i meant if you would suggest winetricks, or the hard way. sorry for my doublepost, why is there no edit button?

[Martin Gregorie]

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 06:13 -0600, roderakker wrote:

Thanks alot! I think I'll just restart with a fresh install for
Ubuntu, and try the things you've said. Much appreciated.

Why on earth do that?

Either you're a masochist or brainwashed by M$. The only reasons to
reinstall Linux are (a) a dead or corrupted disk (usually the result of
a hardware fault), (b) failure of the recovery disk to do anything and
(c) deliberately doing a clean install of the next release of your
distro. - this is usually faster than an upgrade and guaranteed to
work.

Just delete the wine prefix (~/.wine) and start the Office install
again.


Martin

[dimesio]

i meant if you would suggest winetricks, or the hard way. sorry for my doublepost, why is there no edit button?

First make sure sound is working in Wine in general. The workaround in the AppDB is specifically for mp3-crippled distro packages, and assumes your sound is otherwise properly set up.

As for which method to use to install the codec, if you have access to a Windows install, copying the file over is the easier method, as installing WMP9 is a buggy process, even with winetricks. However, since you want video, too, you may need the core WMP9 dlls anyway. I have not tested video embedded in Powerpoint; I do know that Powerpoint relies on the WMP engine, and WMP9 will play wmv files, and xvid avi files (if xvid is installed), but not mpg/mpeg files.

Editing is disabled because the forum is linked to the mailing list, and mailing list users don't get edits.

[roderakker]

thanks,

the reason i use a fresh install is because this is a project i have to do for school, and using a fresh install every time makes it easier for me to write down exactly what i've done.

i will try to copy that stuff and i'll report how it worked. thanks again. i'm such a newbie haha. and yes i've been brainwashed by micro$oft for about 8 years now. =p

[roderakker]

I did just that, but still no sound or video. What I did was I took l3codeca.acm and made a link to it called winemp3.acm, both within the sys32 folder in /.wine which had been one of your tips on another post. I do have the libmpg123 aswell. Also, sound works perfectly fine when testing it in the Wine config, and when playing mp3 & wmv files in any of the default ubuntu video/music programs. I know I'm quite the inexperienced Linux user but I'm really hoping I can fix this. Afterall, I picked this as my asignment to get familiar in Linux... Windows just gets so annoying, and this is quite a challenge. Keeps me entertained, too!

Thanks.

[dimesio]

I did just that, but still no sound or video. What I did was I took l3codeca.acm and made a link to it called winemp3.acm, both within the sys32 folder in /.wine which had been one of your tips on another post. I do have the libmpg123 aswell. Also, sound works perfectly fine when testing it in the Wine config, and when playing mp3 & wmv files in any of the default ubuntu video/music programs. I know I'm quite the inexperienced Linux user but I'm really hoping I can fix this. Afterall, I picked this as my asignment to get familiar in Linux... Windows just gets so annoying, and this is quite a challenge. Keeps me entertained, too!

Thanks.

Does sound work in other Wine apps (not just the test in winecfg)?
Do Powerpoint's bultin sound effects work? (Test by adding a sound effect to the slide transition.)
If the answer to the above two questions is no, sound is not properly set up. Since you're on Ubuntu, the most likely culprit is Pulseaudio. Disable it.
If the answer to the above two questions is yes, are you sure the sound inserted in the file is mp3/wav? That is the only codec/container for inserted sound that I can verify works in Powerpoint in Wine.

Just to be clear, I'm talking about sound only, not sound in a video. I doubt video will work at all.

[roderakker]

I did just that, but still no sound or video. What I did was I took l3codeca.acm and made a link to it called winemp3.acm, both within the sys32 folder in /.wine which had been one of your tips on another post. I do have the libmpg123 aswell. Also, sound works perfectly fine when testing it in the Wine config, and when playing mp3 & wmv files in any of the default ubuntu video/music programs. I know I'm quite the inexperienced Linux user but I'm really hoping I can fix this. Afterall, I picked this as my asignment to get familiar in Linux... Windows just gets so annoying, and this is quite a challenge. Keeps me entertained, too!

Thanks.

Does sound work in other Wine apps (not just the test in winecfg)?
Do Powerpoint's bultin sound effects work? (Test by adding a sound effect to the slide transition.)
If the answer to the above two questions is no, sound is not properly set up. Since you're on Ubuntu, the most likely culprit is Pulseaudio. Disable it.
If the answer to the above two questions is yes, are you sure the sound inserted in the file is mp3/wav? That is the only codec/container for inserted sound that I can verify works in Powerpoint in Wine.

Just to be clear, I'm talking about sound only, not sound in a video. I doubt video will work at all.

how should i disable pulseaudio? the configured audio in wine is ALSA. also, the file is a .mp3 of the song Bleak by Opeth. what program do you suggest testing the sound with? i would like to install a program that does not affect my install of office, and windows media player does affect it. any other tips and steps i could take? i'll get back to it tomorrow, right now it's time to head home. Thanks!

[dimesio]

the file is a .mp3 of the song Bleak by Opeth.

Convert it to a .wav file.

[roderakker]

the file is a .mp3 of the song Bleak by Opeth.

Convert it to a .wav file.

that seems to work! thanks! however, it only plays for about 20 seconds and then it'll crash... finally i made some progress, though! anymore useful tips? thanks alot!

[dimesio]

that seems to work! thanks! however, it only plays for about 20 seconds and then it'll crash... finally i made some progress, though! anymore useful tips? thanks alot!

Post terminal output. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal