Adding a song to an Impress presentation

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#1

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.
Roxy

#2

Hi Roxy,

I don't know the answer to your question with respect to Impress. But something I have done is to make slide shows in my video editing program by using pictures instead of actual video, and then adding narration and background music. It worked quite well.

Don

#3

Don,
This slide presentation will probably be about 100 slides long when I finish it - though it
will never really be finished. It is a listing, if you will, of the deceased alumni from the
small high school where I graduated. It currently starts with the class of 1919 and runs to
the present. In most cases one slide contains each class, though there are some classes that
cover 2 pages. I have 3 or 4 songs I'd like to use while the presentation is running - one
starting when the previous completes. And then starting back with the first one again. I'm
not sure how that would transfer over into a video program.
Roxy

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.
Roxy

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Hi Roxy,

I don't know the answer to your question with respect to Impress. But
something I have done is to make slide shows in my video editing program
by using pictures instead of actual video, and then adding narration and
background music. It worked quite well.

Don

#4

Hi Roxy,

I'm 95% Linux (Ubuntu), but part of the 5% left in windows is my video editing program, which is Ulead. Te current version is called Corel Video Studio I believe. Instead of capturing video to edit, I can just put in pictures from my hard drive. The reason I still do this in Windows is that I have about 300 songs I've purchased over the years from smartsound.com so I can legally use it on the Internet, and it is very easy to integrate the songs into the video. Here is a link for the 2011 Ag Progress Days Slide Show so you can see what it looks like doing it this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJ-xoG0OhU
This will help you know whether this method would work for you. You could use larger pictures than I did. I wanted this to work for people on slow connections also.

Don

#5

Don,
I guess if I had pictures of each slide that would probably be the way I go, but they are
just simple slides I've done within Impress. They all use the same base slide with the names
typed in one the slides.
I did just find some help within Impress that, I think, is what I'm looking to do. Now I
just have to go back and "re-time" each slide, as some where along the way I must have
inadvertently hit the "Apply to All Slides" button on a 4 second slide. So, we live and
learn. I hope I don't do that again.
Roxy

Hi Roxy,

I'm 95% Linux (Ubuntu), but part of the 5% left in windows is my video
editing program, which is Ulead. Te current version is called Corel
Video Studio I believe. Instead of capturing video to edit, I can just
put in pictures from my hard drive. The reason I still do this in
Windows is that I have about 300 songs I've purchased over the years
from smartsound.com so I can legally use it on the Internet, and it is
very easy to integrate the songs into the video. Here is a link for the
2011 Ag Progress Days Slide Show so you can see what it looks like doing
it this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJ-xoG0OhU
This will help you know whether this method would work for you. You
could use larger pictures than I did. I wanted this to work for people
on slow connections also.

Don

Don,
This slide presentation will probably be about 100 slides long when I finish it - though

it

will never really be finished. It is a listing, if you will, of the deceased alumni from

the

small high school where I graduated. It currently starts with the class of 1919 and runs

to

the present. In most cases one slide contains each class, though there are some classes

that

cover 2 pages. I have 3 or 4 songs I'd like to use while the presentation is running - one

starting when the previous completes. And then starting back with the first one again. I'm

not sure how that would transfer over into a video program.
Roxy

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.
Roxy

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Hi Roxy,

I don't know the answer to your question with respect to Impress. But
something I have done is to make slide shows in my video editing program
by using pictures instead of actual video, and then adding narration and
background music. It worked quite well.

Don
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#6

Hi Roxy,

I've used Impress and Power Point very, very little. I'm sorry I couldn't be of better help here. Good Luck!!!!!!!

Don

#7

Hey, thanks anyway. I've used Power Point quite a bit in the past, and in actuality Impress
has a ways to go to get "up to par". Now if I can figure out how to make it transition from
one song to another - which I would think should be easier than trying to figure out how to
get the slides into a video. Although, I think I've seen somewhere where that was done.
I also know that some PP presentations I get sent sometimes don't play the audio/song that I
know is supposed to be there. So there is some obvious differences.
Roxy

Hi Roxy,

I've used Impress and Power Point very, very little. I'm sorry I
couldn't be of better help here. Good Luck!!!!!!!

Don

Don,
I guess if I had pictures of each slide that would probably be the way I go, but they are
just simple slides I've done within Impress. They all use the same base slide with the

names

typed in one the slides.
I did just find some help within Impress that, I think, is what I'm looking to do. Now I
just have to go back and "re-time" each slide, as some where along the way I must have
inadvertently hit the "Apply to All Slides" button on a 4 second slide. So, we live and
learn. I hope I don't do that again.
Roxy

  Hi Roxy,

I'm 95% Linux (Ubuntu), but part of the 5% left in windows is my video
editing program, which is Ulead. Te current version is called Corel
Video Studio I believe. Instead of capturing video to edit, I can just
put in pictures from my hard drive. The reason I still do this in
Windows is that I have about 300 songs I've purchased over the years
from smartsound.com so I can legally use it on the Internet, and it is
very easy to integrate the songs into the video. Here is a link for the
2011 Ag Progress Days Slide Show so you can see what it looks like doing
it this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJ-xoG0OhU
This will help you know whether this method would work for you. You
could use larger pictures than I did. I wanted this to work for people
on slow connections also.

Don

Don,
This slide presentation will probably be about 100 slides long when I finish it - though

it

will never really be finished. It is a listing, if you will, of the deceased alumni from

the

small high school where I graduated. It currently starts with the class of 1919 and runs

to

the present. In most cases one slide contains each class, though there are some classes

that

cover 2 pages. I have 3 or 4 songs I'd like to use while the presentation is running -

one

starting when the previous completes. And then starting back with the first one again.

I'm

not sure how that would transfer over into a video program.
Roxy

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.
Roxy

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Hi Roxy,

I don't know the answer to your question with respect to Impress. But
something I have done is to make slide shows in my video editing program
by using pictures instead of actual video, and then adding narration and
background music. It worked quite well.

Don
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#8

Hi :slight_smile:
I am not sure documentation will help but it might be good to skim through it
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#LibreOffice_Impress_Guide
Sorry i can't really help!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#9

Hello, Tom. I downloaded the complete list of guides from there earlier today. I have at
least got the song so that it will play through rather than restarting with each slide. It
is much better than the included help with the program - by far. Now I just have to figure
out how to insert another couple of songs behind the first one.
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
I am not sure documentation will help but it might be good to skim through it
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#LibreOffice_Impress_Guide

Sorry i can't really help!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

Probably the best idea would be to combine the songs into one mp3
    file-- unless you want to change songs at a particular slide.There is plenty of software out there that will let you do that.KeithOn 06/10/11 14:35, ycor wrote:Hello, Tom. I downloaded the complete list of guides from there earlier today. I have at
least got the song so that it will play through rather than restarting with each slide. It
is much better than the included help with the program - by far. Now I just have to figure
out how to insert another couple of songs behind the first one.
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
I am not sure documentation will help but it might be good to skim through ithttp://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#LibreOffice_Impress_GuideSorry i can't really help!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#11

That's a good suggestion, Keith - Thanks. And I have Media Cope, which I believe will join
several together. Where it changes won't make any difference because the length of the
presentation will grow as new deceased people are added to the presentation.
Roxy

Probably the best idea would be to combine the songs into one mp3
    file-- unless you want to change songs at a particular slide.There is plenty of software
out there that will let you do that.KeithOn 06/10/11 14:35, ycor wrote:Hello, Tom. I
downloaded the complete list of guides from there earlier today. I have at
least got the song so that it will play through rather than restarting with each slide. It
is much better than the included help with the program - by far. Now I just have to figure
out how to insert another couple of songs behind the first one.
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
I am not sure documentation will help but it might be good to skim through
ithttp://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation#LibreOffice_Impress_GuideSorry i can't
really help!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#12

Hi :slight_smile:
The Documentation Team is always quite small and always needs more people.
Getting those guides out was not easy! I think one of the things they want
to do next is the guides for new members of the team but the "to do list" is
quite long.. It's always a relief to see people join the team but not
always easy to help them get started!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#13

Try using different software, such as ambulant smil player
(http://www.ambulantplayer.org/).

Will require knowledge of synchronised multimedia integration
language; search w3 web site.

#14

The capability is within LO, at least according to the documentation files listed online.
Why go outside the program and try to learn something I'm not even familiar with? The
biggest problem was that the included program help file does not describe "how" very well.
Roxy

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.

Try using different software, such as ambulant smil player
(http://www.ambulantplayer.org/).

Will require knowledge of synchronised multimedia integration
language; search w3 web site.

#15

Hi :slight_smile:
Impress is not perfect but it is being worked on so if something is not working now it might well be fixed in a scheduled upgrade.  I don't think this problem is anything like that tho.  I think it's just that we are being a bit hopeless and don't know a good answer yet.  There is a LOT of other software out there especially in Gnu&Linux.  Try a quick search in your package manager and try things out until you find something that doesn't feel too alien.

Hopefully Regina or someone will magically appear and solve it.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#16

Tom,
From what I have found so far, it puts the included help file, at least for what I'm trying
to do, to shame. Maybe those documentation files should be referenced in the help files -
they appear to be more like a book on the program. At least, of course, from what I have
found so far. IMHO, for what I'm trying to do, the included help file is not very helpful.
About like the pdf file that came with my laptop on how to use it.
So I would say "hats off" to the documentation team. Now I can hardly wait 'til they
complete one on the database program!
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
The Documentation Team is always quite small and always needs more people. Getting those
guides out was not easy! I think one of the things they want to do next is the guides for
new members of the team but the "to do list" is quite long.. It's always a relief to see
people join the team but not always easy to help them get started!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:


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#17

That would be a good suggestion if I were a Linux guy, but I'm on Win7. I do have plans for
an added partition for Ubuntu some time in the future. Saw an article the other day M$ is
going to make Win8 incompatible with running another OS side by side. Hmm - M$$$$!
And, I am most appreciative of all the folks that work with LO, as it is an excellent
path/replacement for many $$$ it takes to run M$O!!!
Its too bad the same group is not handling Evolution as from what I can tell it is pretty
much an "Outlook killer". But it is very unstable on Win7 - so much so I would not depend on
it for my email.
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
Impress is not perfect but it is being worked on so if something is not working now it might
well be fixed in a scheduled upgrade.� I don't think this problem is anything like that
tho.� I think it's just that we are being a bit hopeless and don't know a good answer
yet.� There is a LOT of other software out there especially in Gnu&Linux.� Try a quick
search in your package manager and try things out until you find something that doesn't feel
too alien.�

Hopefully Regina or someone will magically appear and solve it.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#18

Hi :slight_smile:
I think Evo has released a new version very recently, maybe last week or last month or something?

Some people prefer to use separate apps to replace Outlook.  Thunderbird/Claws is good for emailing.  Claws is much lighter-weight and good for low-spec machines.  Perhaps try Thunderbird first?  There are a lot of choices out there and we had a discussion here about the different ones a few months ago.  There are good options for calendars too apparently or project management if you want something a bit heftier.

If you are on Windows then a regular search-engine such as google might give you options but be careful to try to prefer OpenSource and/or Free Software rather than FreeWare!  Check it's got a GPL or LGPL or MPL licence or feel free to ask somewhere like
http://www.linuxquestions.org
and just tell them you are trying to be prepared for a slow migration. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#19

Tom,
I have the most recent Evo - had already had a few comments about it crashing on Win7, but I
had to see for myself. There are a couple of "menu options" that every time you select them,
it crashes. One that I remember is Folder>Properties.
I used Courier for a number of years - it came through the older program, Calypso. When
Vista came out it pretty much broke Courier and its programmers worked for over a year
trying to make it run properly in Vista. They finally gave up as they felt it needed to be
completely redone to make it run in the "post Vista" world. So, the owners - Rose City
Software made a deal with PocoMail. The folks there incorporated the most popular parts of
Courier into PocoMail and gave all Courier users 1/2 off if they wanted to move. So I now
use PocoMail, which is a good program - not open source, but all those do not do the one
thing I got spoiled with from Outlook. The ability to edit a received message, plain text or
html, within its own window. This was also available in Courier, and is in Pocomail. I
haven't found a "free" program that does this yet.
I save all the pertinent info from the many newsletters I subscribe to. To me its easy to
edit a received message down to just what I want in it, save those in their mail folder
until I get say 10 or 12 of them and then cut and past that info into their respective "doc"
files.
Since its already on my machine, and it is "free" with the OS, I sometimes use Windows Live
Email and its probably just as good as any of the other freebies. I'm fairly certain I would
probably use Evolution once I start trying Ubuntu. I'm not positive, but it may come on the
Ubuntu CD.
Roxy

Hi :slight_smile:
I think Evo has released a new version very recently, maybe last week or last month or
something?

Some people prefer to use separate apps to replace Outlook.� Thunderbird/Claws is good for
emailing.� Claws is much lighter-weight and good for low-spec machines.� Perhaps try
Thunderbird first?� There are a lot of choices out there and we had a discussion here about
the different ones a few months ago.� There are good options for calendars too apparently
or project management if you want something a bit heftier.

If you are on Windows then a regular search-engine such as google might give you options but
be careful to try to prefer OpenSource and/or Free Software rather than FreeWare!� Check
it's got a GPL or LGPL or MPL licence or feel free to ask somewhere like
http://www.linuxquestions.org
and just tell them you are trying to be prepared for a slow migration.�
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#20

"so you can see what it looks like doing it this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWJ-xoG0OhU"
I could probably do it this way, but I think it would entail taking a screenshot of each
slide and editing it into the "movie". I think I am finally figuring out how to get the song
in, and if nothing else can join all the songs I want to play through the presentation into
one, and then get it to repeat.
Roxy

Don,
This slide presentation will probably be about 100 slides long when I finish it - though

it

will never really be finished. It is a listing, if you will, of the deceased alumni from

the

small high school where I graduated. It currently starts with the class of 1919 and runs

to

the present. In most cases one slide contains each class, though there are some classes

that

cover 2 pages. I have 3 or 4 songs I'd like to use while the presentation is running - one

starting when the previous completes. And then starting back with the first one again. I'm

not sure how that would transfer over into a video program.
Roxy

Is there any way to add a song to the 2nd or 3rd slide of a presentation and
make it play through the rest of the presentation? Or when it gets through
to start playing another song until it gets through? And so on.
Roxy

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Hi Roxy,

I don't know the answer to your question with respect to Impress. But
something I have done is to make slide shows in my video editing program
by using pictures instead of actual video, and then adding narration and
background music. It worked quite well.

Don
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