animated powerpoint poor response

[robsmith]

Running on Windows 7 pro/64 bit, with MS Office 2010, and latest download (05/01/2013) of Openlp 2.0

Load a presentation into an order of service, and step through one slide at a time:
Normal Powerpoint presentations step between slides at an acceptable speed.
Repeat, but with animated slides (not timed)
Animated slides however are very slow to respond, taking several seconds to add the next part slide. Obviously this is at best distracting, but at worst can lead to the operator clicking away furiously and so skipping multiple steps of the presentation.

[Jonathan Corwin (j-corwin)]

I'm not sure there is anything we can do about this, we're just making use of the PowerPoint API and do very little ourselves inbetween.

[Jonathan Corwin (j-corwin)]

Please could those with the problem attach an example PowerPoint to this bug report. Thanks.

[Kevin James (enzoaeneas)]

I have experienced the same problem on Linux with libre office and
PowerPoint (2010) files.
On Jan 5, 2013 12:40 PM, "Jonathan Corwin" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I'm not sure there is anything we can do about this, we're just making
> use of the PowerPoint API and do very little ourselves inbetween.
>
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> Title:
> animated powerpoint poor response
>
> Status in OpenLP - Worship Presentation Software:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Running on Windows 7 pro/64 bit, with MS Office 2010, and latest
> download (05/01/2013) of Openlp 2.0
>
> Load a presentation into an order of service, and step through one slide
> at a time:
> Normal Powerpoint presentations step between slides at an acceptable
> speed.
> Repeat, but with animated slides (not timed)
> Animated slides however are very slow to respond, taking several seconds
> to add the next part slide. Obviously this is at best distracting, but at
> worst can lead to the operator clicking away furiously and so skipping
> multiple steps of the presentation.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlp/+bug/1096379/+subscriptions
>

[Tim Bentley (trb143)]

One suggestion would be to have the option to turn off the previews that would mean less processing between slides!

[Kevin James (enzoaeneas)]

I will attach an example Powerpoint to the bug this Sunday, but does OpenLP
 only grab preview images when the preview pane is on? If so, Tim's
suggestion could be employed right now.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Tim Bentley <email address hidden>wrote:

> One suggestion would be to have the option to turn off the previews that
> would mean less processing between slides!
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to OpenLP.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096379
>
> Title:
> animated powerpoint poor response
>
> Status in OpenLP - Worship Presentation Software:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Running on Windows 7 pro/64 bit, with MS Office 2010, and latest
> download (05/01/2013) of Openlp 2.0
>
> Load a presentation into an order of service, and step through one slide
> at a time:
> Normal Powerpoint presentations step between slides at an acceptable
> speed.
> Repeat, but with animated slides (not timed)
> Animated slides however are very slow to respond, taking several seconds
> to add the next part slide. Obviously this is at best distracting, but at
> worst can lead to the operator clicking away furiously and so skipping
> multiple steps of the presentation.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlp/+bug/1096379/+subscriptions
>