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# Audio or Video

Inserts a video or audio file into your document.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Insert - Audio or Video.

#### From the menu bar:

Choose Insert - Media - Audio or Video.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose Insert - Media.

#### From toolbars:

Media / Audio or Video

File dialogs - such as Open, Save As, Insert text and the like - are available in two different ways:

- As native file picker dialogs of the window manager of your operating system.

- As built-in LibreOfficeDev file picker dialogs.

Use LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev - General to shift from one to the other.

### Folder selection

Pick up your preferred folder from the pull-down list or type its path name. Autocomplete function can be used to ease typing.

Connect to a server using the File Services dialog.
Select a parent folder from the folder path with .

Add a subfolder to the current folder with .

## File name

Enter a file name or a path for the file. You can also enter a URL

## File type

Select the file format for the document that you are saving. In the display area, only the documents with this file type are displayed. File types are described in Information on Import and Export Filters.

## To insert a movie or sound file into your document

1. Click where you want to insert the file.

2. Choose Insert - Media - Audio or Video. For LibreOfficeDev Impress, choose Insert - Audio or Video.

3. In the File Open dialog, select the file that you want to insert.

   The file types that are listed in this dialog are not supported by all operating systems.

4. Click the Link box if you want a link to the original file. If it is not checked, the media file will be embedded (not supported with all file formats).

5. Click Open.

Alternatively, you can choose Tools - Media Player to open the Media Player. Use the Media Player to preview all supported media files. Click the Apply button in the Media Player window to insert the current media file into your document.

## To play a movie or sound file

1. Click the object icon for the movie or sound file in your document.

   If the icon is arranged on the background, hold down Command Ctrl while you click.

   The Media Playback toolbar is shown.

2. Click Play on the Media Playback toolbar.

When you show an Impress presentation, the embedded sound or video on the current slide plays automatically until it's over or until you leave the slide.

You can also use the Media Playback bar to pause, to stop, to loop, as well as to adjust the volume or to mute the playback of the file. The current playback position in the file is indicated on the left slider. Use the right slider to adjust the playback volume. For movie files, the bar also contains a list box where you can select the zoom factor for the playback.

## Supported media formats

LibreOfficeDev relies on the operating system's installed media support.

- For Microsoft Windows: LibreOfficeDev can open anything for which DirectShow filters are installed (list of default formats).

- For GNU/Linux: LibreOfficeDev uses gstreamer, so whatever you can play using gstreamer can be used with LibreOfficeDev (list of defined types).

- For Apple macOS: LibreOfficeDev uses QuickTime supported media formats (list of media formats).

Related Topics

Media Player

List of default formats for Microsoft Windows DirectShow.

List of defined types for gstreamer in GNU/Linux.

List of media formats for Apple macOS QuickTime.

"What video formats does Impress support" on Ask