Can not play videos on websites by Opera 63.0.3368.88 and .107
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undencem last edited by
@undencem said in Can not play videos on websites by Opera 63.0.3368.88 and .107:
I cant view videos except youtube on latest Opera release 63.0.3368.107 . I also tried Opera 63.0.3368.88 . The same videos are viewable on Firefox and Chrome
OS: Linux Mint
I need to run Opera bcs the virtual keyboard in Russian only exist in Opera
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undencem last edited by
@undencem For example https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7m7h52 this video doesnt run on Opera . Runs on Firefox and Chrome . I dont have problem with youtube videos
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A Former User last edited by
Youtube videos are encoded on webm and h264. Webm is a free format, h264 is proprietary. For the rest of the story, read the post on my signature.
And do not compare youtube to anything else, because only youtube does provide an altenative to h264, other sites don't.
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undencem last edited by undencem
@jimunderscorep so what is the solution ? Dailymotion , Twitter videos were running on Opera stable but now no use . I cant watch them . Should I jump to other browser every time I want to watch them .
I tried Opera Developer . It works
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l33t4opera last edited byHi @undencem, you can try the "libffmpeg" part (point 1) from here, and see if it helps in your case.
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pindos last edited by@undencem said in Can not play videos on websites by Opera 63.0.3368.88 and .107:
For example https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7m7h52 this video doesnt run on Opera
This video works in Opera fine. You need to replace libffmpeg.so with chromium's one.
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A Former User last edited by
@undencem said in Can not play videos on websites by Opera 63.0.3368.88 and .107:
@jimunderscorep so what is the solution ? Dailymotion , Twitter videos were running on Opera stable but now no use . I cant watch them . Should I jump to other browser every time I want to watch them .
I tried Opera Developer . It works
Sorry for replying 3 days later, I had a minor health issue.
First things first, opera stable was updated to 64 today and it is now built on chromium 77. But let me explain about opera 63, since that was the version that had the issue you mention.
Opera 63 was based on chromium 76, so it needed chromium ffmpeg codecs 76 to work. I mention the why here, 2 posts below the one on my signature
https://forums.opera.com/post/140016Obviously ubuntu updated chromium and all its derivatives, so chromium ffmpeg codecs were updated to a version that is incompatible with opera, as usual.
All you can do when this happens is wait for opera to be updated as well.A small not about snap stuff.
The above do not cover the snap version of opera, neiher the snap version of chromium ffmpeg codecs. I do not use snap and I won't use snap unless it one day brings a top of the line app to linux, e.g. photoshop.
Starting from 19.10, ubuntu will offer chromium and anything for it, as snap packages ONLY. This will make the codecs issue permanent to anyone using the deb version, regardless if he is using ubuntu or not.
Since opera is already available as a snap, I hope opera won't stick it and stop releasing the deb and rpm versions. If this happens, I will have to abandon opera after so many years (and delete my account here). -
A Former User last edited by
@jimunderscorep said in Can not play videos on websites by Opera 63.0.3368.88 and .107:
A small not about snap stuff.
Typo here. I meant
A small note about snap stuff.
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ganesanrajesh last edited by
@jimunderscorep I have a different experience.
I prefer opera snap over the deb. Why? It is self contained and sandboxed - No dependency hell or security breach. But, I do have a problem. Even it does not run netflix or amazon prime - same widewinecdm problem. Chromium-ffmpeg-extras is not in snap store nor this opera snap allows us to symlink chromium-ffmpeg-extras deb to symlink.
Otherwise, I started liking snap (it's really cool, buddy - thanks, Canonical), especially for apps that use internet - like, telegram, opera, etc -
johnnyboycurtis last edited by@undencem I am able to watch that video just fine using Opera version 62.0.3331.116
