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    Opera 50 not supporting H.264 videos anymore?

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    • zalex108
      zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

      @mr-icks

      I have no problem on W10 and 2 laptops.

      Try to copy/paste WiDevine folder on Opera's install folder - if empty -.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

        @zalex108 ok, copied that folder still doesn't seem to work.

        Mine had 2 files in platform_speciffic, but none of the rest. Even after deleting the old files stil not working with the ones from the zip. I don't think this is a windows specific problem anymore, because it should be working on linux just the same, but it's not.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

          @mr-icks Can you play H264 videos with Windows Media Player?

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          • zalex108
            zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

            @mr-icks

            Then try the above steps, installing Opera 48 but:

            • Download O48 offline installer
            • Use the options to do a Standalone installation
            • Disable network connection
            • Rename O48 auto-update file
            • Connect to internet
            • Test Youtube

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              @zalex108 mkey....can you maybe point me to where/how I can download the offline installer. I get to the page where I'm to download a 36.6mb file, but when I click download it downloads the 1.2mb online installer. So from here?:
              https://www.opera.com/download/index.dml/?os=windows&ver=48.0.2685.52&local=y

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              • zalex108
                zalex108 @Guest last edited by zalex108

                @mr-icks

                On the WiDevine link, then on the O48 link, - it's from the Opera's FTP -.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

                  @zalex108 ok, after reading through that post you link it seems to be the same issue. I installed 48, copied the profile files over, still doesn't work. At least I know it's a flash issue. I tested to see if flash gets detected and it says it isn't installed or running. I'm fine with that as I don't want it on my system anyway, but why aren't html5 videos working though? As far as I am aware HTML5 and flash are 2 different beasts.

                  I think we can just finish this debugging session, I'll just wait a few more weeks for another update where this might get fixed eventually. Considering I'm getting this error on different OSs as well with the same Opera version I don't think it's something I need to install extra for the browser.

                  Thanks for the help.

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                  • zalex108
                    zalex108 @Guest last edited by

                    @mr-icks

                    In my case I don't have FlashPlayer installed, instead I use a portable Flash version and it's just "switch" pointed to an Entertainment profile as well to a Test profiles, despite that, Youtube works fine on any of my non Flash enabled profiles.

                    In case you are interested in give another chance, here is the link.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                      @mr-icks What about my question? Also, does https://html5test.com/ list H264 as being supported?

                      What opera://gpu says about video decode?

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        It's a linux distro issue. Happens to me all the time (after upgrade) in openSUSE Leap. I don't know exact solution now, but could post it in a day or two after I get back home. On Xubuntu works without these issues. AMD opensource radeon drivers in both cases

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