[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 132071] Impress does not display MP4 files

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132071

--- Comment #8 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to windyplayer from comment #7)
> Interesting about needing codecs. VLC player has no problem playing the MP4
> that I tried to embed in Impress. So not sure why I would need other codecs.
> Doesn't VLC use the same system codecs as LibreOffice would use?

No, VLC comes with its own codecs. There was even a student project many years
ago with the aim of LibreOffice taking advantage of VLC, if it was installed.
Unfortunately the project did not fully reach its goal.

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