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    • panosv
      panosv @leocg last edited by

      @leocg sorry, but why you say the same every time? W.10, have no problem with that (as far as i know), i can confirm on W.10, but W.7 or 8.1 (i have it on another machine) have issues with gifs, and appears on browsers.

      if you have solution or advise for that, i want to know, thanks

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @panosv last edited by

        @panosv Because people insist in opening topics about issues already being discussed.

        Also, the OP didn't mentioned its OS.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          Let's merge again

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

            Also, the OP didn't mentioned its OS.

            Guess what?
            Windows 7

            Every time I have an issue, this issue doesn't exist in Brave...
            Do you suggest me to move to Brave?

            Or shall I ask to Brave Team to do an Opera like browser?

            😉

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            • panosv
              panosv @leocg last edited by

              @leocg "opening topics about issues already being discussed." yes, ok, but if still the problem exist by many users what else we need to do?

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              • panosv
                panosv @Guest last edited by

                @jfHicter with Brave, plays it only if i turn off "Hardware acceleration"

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

                  By the way, about video issues, it's ages since Opera doesn't play correctly videos from smartphones in Facebook Messenger. It works in Chrome! But no one cares... 😶

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @jfHicter What is the codec and format used on those videos?

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

                      @leocg I told you many times. The fact is Opera is based on Chromium, so, it is supposed to work like in Chrome...

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                        @jfHicter Soory but you are wrong on that one. Opera can play any free codec that Chromium/Chrome plays but not the proprietary ones, depending on the OS for that.

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                        • andrew84
                          andrew84 last edited by

                          I'm also on Win 8.1 and I have various results in different browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Vivaldi, Edge Canary on chromium).
                          With hardware acceleration ON it does work nowhere (small difference is in FireFox where the black screen is appearing when I click 'play' button, in other browsers no response)
                          With hardware acceleration OFF it plays correctly only in Chrome. It also plays in Edge, but with freezes (not smooth). In FireFox and Vivaldi is the same result as with acceleration off.

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                          • panosv
                            panosv @andrew84 last edited by

                            @andrew84 you have Edge on W.8.1, if yes, how?

                            same here, tried hardware acceleration (HA) off, on all browsers i have (opera, firefox, and recently brave), but no luck, only chrome and brave with OFF HA plays.
                            can you confirm if you want? on this (emojis) page, it shows all the emojis, or some is squares?

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                              A Former User @panosv last edited by

                              @panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                              can you confirm if you want? on this (emojis) page, it shows all the emojis, or some is squares?

                              Please note if necessary.

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                              • andrew84
                                andrew84 @panosv last edited by andrew84

                                @panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                you have Edge on W.8.1, if yes, how

                                I mean the MS Edge that is based on Chromium engine (Stable version is not available yet as far as I know, but Beta, Dev, Canary is available. I have Canary installed). I don't mean Edge that comes with Win 10.

                                @panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                but no luck, only chrome and brave with OFF HA plays

                                I made a mistake in my post in last sentence. I wanted to say 'In FireFox and Vivaldi is the same result as with acceleration on'. There was no possibility to edit the post to fix it.
                                So, with HA on it doesn't play in all my browsers, with HA off it plays fine in Chrome only. In Edge it also plays, but freezing.

                                @panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                emojis

                                Only in FireFox I can see all the emoji.
                                In all other browsers I see that some (many of them actually) are squares (doesn't matter if HA is on or off)

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

                                  @burnout426 said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                  @liandri said in Some videos on Twitter do not work:

                                  This is a direct link to video:
                                  https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1115643600719818757/pu/vid/640x352/BEEPEYSFlB9xNTDZ.mp4

                                  Opera uses the Windows Media Foundation (as opposed to ffmpeg like Chrome) to play h.264 videos like this. For it to work in Opera, it needs to work in Windows Media Player first and be supported by WMF (a DirectShow plug-in on Windows won't do it). Then it should work.

                                  If you have an "N" version of Windows 8, you might need https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2929699/media-feature-pack-for-windows-8-1-n-and-windows-8-1-kn-editions-april.

                                  However, I don't know Opera's status of support for Windows 8.1 and WMF. Maybe it only works for Win7 and Win10.

                                  Test to see if the video works in Windows Media Player first.

                                  You could also test in Vivaldi for another comparison. You just can't compare with Chrome or Chromium built with "all codecs".

                                  thanks! 🤗

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

                                    @panosv I'm on same OP system. Windows 8.1 and some gif videos and others don't work. I am always using private browser. Maybe that's it. Many videos work but not all. G Chrome works but I like Opera. Just letting you know and or anyone on the same OP .

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                                    • panosv
                                      panosv @Guest last edited by

                                      @misstree said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                      private browser

                                      you mean completely private or incognito browsing?

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

                                        I moved to Dissenter: problems solved.
                                        Bye, Opera. It was a good time but your gaz factory is messing too much!
                                        🙂

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                                        • panosv
                                          panosv @Guest last edited by

                                          @jfHicter said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

                                          Dissenter

                                          It's good?

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

                                            @panosv Not as fast as Opera -- Opera is the fastest browser, imho -- but videos work, everything works fine on Windows 7. That fits me. I don't want to switch to Windows 10 and have issues at every updates... 😉 Windows 7 is the sh*t, really. Too bad Opera team gives no consideration to my issues. I love Opera but I'm really fed up to be forced to open Dissenter to watch videos. Cheers, guys! 😉

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