[SOLVED] Multitasking Hyperlinks in OpenOffice

Desdd57 · 10-13-2010, 05:13 AM

In Open Office Word Processor. Is it possible to make a hyperlink do two things, or, in other words: accomplish more than one task - but not start the second task until the 1st one is finished. For example play two mp3 files, play them both, but in the appropriate order.

Des

smoker · 10-13-2010, 07:32 AM

Why don't you link to a playlist (in the case of mp3s) so that Open office only has to worry about 1 thing. Otherwise, the answer is probably, no.

Desdd57 · 10-13-2010, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoker

Why don't you link to a playlist (in the case of mp3s) so that Open office only has to worry about 1 thing. Otherwise, the answer is probably, no.

Sounds good. Only thing is, I know this sounds stupid but, I have never used a playlist before (don't listen to music much) But I'll give that a try, I'm sure I can work it out.
Much appreciation for your reply.

Des

Aquarius_Girl · 10-13-2010, 10:49 PM

The question is regarding openOffice but here is how you do it on MS-Frontpage, See if you can switch,
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q310900

smoker · 10-14-2010, 05:42 AM

The playlist format depends on your choice of music player, but winamp and vlc can both use the m3u format which is essentially as follows.

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:111,3rd Bass - Al z A-B-Cee z
mp3/3rd Bass/3rd bass - Al z A-B-Cee z.mp3

the line starting with #EXTINF is the descriptive line with the song duration first followed by the song name.
The second line is the path to the file to be played. This can be a relative link or a full path, or even a url.

For example

Code:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,AC/DC Back in Black
http://www.mydomain.com/files/music/ac_dc/back_in_black.mp3
#EXTINF:-1,AC/DC Hells Bells
http://www.mydomain.com/files/music/ac_dc/hells_bells.mp3

will pay 2 songs sequentially, but with no stated duration for each song.

Of course, you can use the playlist to link to video files too if you are using vlc as the player.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=65772

If you accessing this playlist via a link from a web page then your browser needs to have a suitable application set up to handle m3u files, in my case it's vlc.

Desdd57 · 10-15-2010, 01:07 AM

Thank you Smoker and Anisha - it's a goer the problem is solved

Aquarius_Girl · 10-26-2010, 08:53 AM

Would you be kind enough to post the solution you found, that would be helpful for the other people looking for the same solution.

Desdd57 · 10-27-2010, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

Would you be kind enough to post the solution you found, that would be helpful for the other people looking for the same solution.

Yes of course, I'll be glad to - I used NERO to join the two or three files needed for each day, together as one. So the Hyper-link only has to address one file.

Aquarius_Girl · 10-27-2010, 12:21 AM

"Nero" is a CD/DVD burning tool AFAIK, I have no idea how you managed to do that ! anyways thanks for the solution.

Desdd57 · 10-27-2010, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anishakaul

"Nero" is a CD/DVD burning tool AFAIK, I have no idea how you managed to do that ! anyways thanks for the solution.

Nero is a suite of applications - one of which is called

"NeroWaveEditor"

It allows you to edit and manipulate WAV files. It will remove hash, allow volume to be applied to selected areas, Allows the same with a graphic equaliser and many more tools, including the ability to drag and drop files into it's work area causing them to become one. If you drop an MP3 onto it's workspace it will automatically convert it back to a WAV. What does AFAIK stand for ?

Aquarius_Girl · 10-27-2010, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Desdd57

What does AFAIK stand for ?

Well, thanks for sharing the solution !
I hope someone finds it useful.

AFAIK : As Far As I Know