Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 128439
Inconsistent results when incorporating mp3 files in a presentation
Last modified: 2021-05-03 20:54:35 UTC
I'm trying to incorporate music in a regular presentation. Most songs are mp3 although some are m4a. Some mp3 files open but other report unsupported although they come from the same source. Why the inconsistency? Why is m4a not supported when you have so many others that the list is too long to display across the screen? Suggestion: when a format is not supported call on the default app of the PC. Also I suggest that wpl is treated this way. Context is similar to 11746. I submitted this bug by email but it doesn't show up.
MP3 can contain ID3Tags. After removing the Tags (on Windows) with ID3Remover [1] I could successfully open such a file in Impress. It looks like we need to implement some code to recognize MP3 with ID3Tags. [1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/id3remover/files/id3remover/v1.2/
The problem seems to be only with ID3Tags v2. Removing them makes AOO load that file. MP3 files with ID3Tag v1 generally should work.
Setting this back to DEFECT since AOO should open MP3 files despite of ID3Tags.
(In reply to Peter Pratten from comment #0) > Context is similar to 11746. Is there a number missing?
Sorry, this was a mistype, ID should be 17446. It was just referring to a similar context of the requirement, not a connection with the bug.
Thanks for the clarification! Regarding m4a: You can always see such files using "all files" (I will add m4a to the list of audio files for the next release) However to get AOO/Windows play these files you need to install additional codecs. I took "K-Lite Codec Pack Basic" and it worked for me on Windows 10 with AOO 4.1.9: http://www.codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_basic.htm
Added m4a to the list of audio files to trunk with: https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commit/6bd6a4b4d1413e677a58562b60ce23f80775d22e Cherry-picked for AOO42X with: https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commit/e455bda57579bd2bf9c2fa917f321d3bc5b97d62
Cherry-picked for AOO41X with: https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commit/1d7a88dc632852af44792ce66d0f5ac7a1569b22
I will close this issue as fixed. The problem with MP3 was solved with installing additional codecs on Windows. M4A was added to the list of audio files now.