Opera 54.0.2952.41: Streaming videos don't work anymore
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mklinuxuser last edited by
@gloewa I agree, it would be good if these things were tested and not released if it is not working until they get it working. Every time they do this it gives the users major headaches and wasted time/productivity.
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A Former User last edited by
@mklinuxuser
I see. The file is gone, but you can try a newer version.
Look at link textToday I found chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_69.0.3472.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1~17.10.1_amd64.deb there.
I didn't test libffmpeg.so from this file it, but I hope it works.
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hasimir last edited by
I'm trying to apply @appdevsw fix but I can't find the Opera folders in Ubuntu18.04
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@hasimir
I can't check it. Maybe someone in this thread will help?
Did you tried /usr/x84_64-linux-gnu/lib/opera ? -
parasit last edited by@hasimir said in Opera 54.0.2952.41: Streaming videos don't work anymore:
I'm trying to apply @appdevsw fix but I can't find the Opera folders in Ubuntu18.04
Copy:
/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_69.0.3452.0-0ubuntu1_ppa1_16.04.1_amd64/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so
to
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/And restart opera:
killall -9 opera && operaOn my PC everything back to normal.
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bombacha last edited by bombacha
This is a easy fix!
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Download the last libffmpeg from here and decompress it.
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Install at Opera directory, click at the top left corner at the Opera logo and About Opera, look at your Opera Installation path, on Debian is at
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera -
Copy the libffmpeg.so to that path with:
sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera -
Restart Opera
The fix is not permanent, for every Opera update you need to do this again.
For Debian there is no chromium codec and this libffmpeg is always up-to-date and align with Opera updates. -
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A Former User last edited by
btw, the lib I extracted for use on deb 9 came from here:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-chromium-builds/stage/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Generally, the saiarcot repos are the best source for the newest versions.
http://ppa.launchpad.net/saiarcot895/chromium-beta/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/
or the dev branch in @appdevsw post above.But, the stable ubuntu repos should be at v 67 some time soon.
The chromium browser in debian 9 is already at v67. -
mklinuxuser last edited by
@appdevsw I have used a file from here. http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-chromium-builds/stage/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/
I had to look up which version of Ubuntu that Linux Mint 18.3 was based on. Found the answer was 16.04, so I have used the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb file. (I am on a PC with AMD CPU motherboard).
It's a bit complicated when there are so many different version of the file for different versions of Ubuntu and processors. Would be a lot better if this software was tested before release. It probably wasted about 2 hours of my time. -
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tyrion-ua last edited by tyrion-ua
@bombacha said in Opera 54.0.2952.41: Streaming videos don't work anymore:
This is a easy fix!
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Download the last libffmpeg from here and decompress it.
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Install at Opera directory, click at the top left corner at the Opera logo and About Opera, look at your Opera Installation path, on Debian is at
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera -
Copy the libffmpeg.so to that path with:
sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera -
Restart Opera
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The fix is not permanent, for every Opera update you need to do this again.
For Debian there is no chromium codec and this libffmpeg is always up-to-date and align with Opera updates.Works! Opera 54.0.2952.41 (Ubuntu 18.04)
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A Former User last edited by
Here's an idea for Opera's developers (who I btw adore - they are doing a GREAT job!):
Couldn't they at least warn people when they do an update which kills of features as e.g. ending support for video playback, so that we don't end up installing numerous codecs, re-installing flash, trail the internet for solutions, and sacrifice cats in order to make the function work again?
I expect videos to play back nicely soon (also with H.264-support) - they must make an update - but PLEASE make it part of the splash on a new update that you've chosen to limit the functionality temporarily! -
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A Former User last edited by
Ubuntu link to chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.62
Notice that package is available since may 31 ...
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bombacha last edited by
@adwil I'm doing this with Linux since late 2016 or early 2017, so this is coming long time ago. I don't have the post right know but one of the Opera developers told that they can't provide stuff like this because of licensing or something like that. Either way I don't really care, Debian doesn't have chromium-codecs anymore, that thing is not updated or in sync with Opera releases but the link I provided is in perfect sync and up-to-date with Opera.
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adwil last edited by adwil
@bombacha I didn't have that problem until version 54. On 53 every video worked without problems. Even if this is some kind of licensing problem then would it be so hard to add popup on fresh opera start and ask user if he/she wants to install additional codecs? It wouldn't. Look at proprietary intel/nvidia drivers on ubuntu - all you have to do is click button to install them.
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Another funny thing is that I can't seem to find .deb packages for older opera releases. I looked for "Opera 53 deb" through first 2 pages of google results - every link that I found downloads the newest release. -
A Former User last edited by
all stable branch should be here:
https://ftp.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/
