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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by leocg

      Hello
      i'm using Opera as default browser, so i'm still trying to resolve this annoying problem but it seems the only option is to reinstall the windows but i'm not planing to do so! You are my last chance so before tell me anything about checking video drivers or reinstall the codecs i have to say that under Chrome and Mozilla there is no problem at all with playing any videos!

      Windows 7 x64
      Nvidia 650M (latest drivers)
      Opera 67

      The browser totally stop playing any videos (except youtube) after update to opera 67. I have to say that from the very beginning (20 months ago) when i start using Opera i had problems with facebook videos, they were freezing after a few seconds of play and only some of them .... so it was not something that bothers me a lot. Until few days.... the browser is totally unuseful for daily use because it doesnt play any kind of videos facebook/twitter or whatever embedded videos on the web... except youtube .... but only vp9 one..i tried avc1 codec video on youtube and it didnt play as well..

      I did 2 times totally clean - opera reinstall. I've use specific programs for uninstalling program without any trace or registry leftovers.. i did K-lite reinstall, i did video drivers reinstall as well... nothing has change....

      html5test shows:

      Audio track selection
      No ✘
      Video track selection
      No ✘
      Video codecs
      MPEG-4 ASP support
      No ✘
      H.264 support
      Yes ✔
      H.265 support
      No ✘
      Ogg Theora support
      Yes ✔
      WebM with VP8 support
      Yes ✔
      WebM with VP9 support
      Yes ✔
      

      media-internals show:

      render_id: 45
      player_id: 45
      origin_url: https://www.facebook.com/
      kFrameUrl: https://www.facebook.com/kiril.kramarski/videos/1496770437152574/
      kFrameTitle: Facebook
      url: blob:https://www.facebook.com/0c1abbfa-1dfb-45a3-8930-68b4f0cab1fd
      info: Selected WMFAudioDecoder for audio decoding, config: codec: aac, bytes_per_channel: 2, channel_layout: STEREO, channels: 2, samples_per_second: 48000, sample_format: Signed 16-bit, bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: true, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: false
      pipeline_state: kStopped
      kAudioTracks: [object Object]
      kVideoTracks: [object Object]
      event: WEBMEDIAPLAYER_DESTROYED
      kIsAudioDecryptingDemuxerStream: false
      kAudioDecoderName: WMFAudioDecoder
      kIsPlatformAudioDecoder: false
      debug: Prepared video sample is not conformant
      error: video decoder initialization failed
      pipeline_error: DECODER_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED
      duration: 86.576
      

      opera/gpu shows;

      Graphics Feature Status
      Canvas: Hardware accelerated
      Flash: Hardware accelerated
      Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
      Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
      Compositing: Hardware accelerated
      Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
      Out-of-process Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
      OpenGL: Enabled
      Hardware Protected Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
      Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
      Skia Renderer: Disabled
      Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
      Viz Display Compositor: Enabled
      WebGL: Hardware accelerated
      WebGL2: Hardware accelerated
      
      Log Messages
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.170:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Critical) eglInitialize: No available renderers.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.170:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(1150)] : eglInitialize D3D11 failed with error EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED, trying next display type
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.545:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.591:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.607:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.607:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.607:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.607:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.623:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.623:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.638:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.638:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.685:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.685:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135059.774:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      GpuProcessHost: The unsandboxed GPU process exited normally. Everything is okay.
      [10700:11168:0229/135217.074:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135217.078:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135217.922:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/135218.073:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:6672:0229/135222.575:WARNING:angle_platform_impl.cc(45)] : compileToBinary(256): C:\fakepath(61,10-46): warning X3571: pow(f, e) will not work for negative f, use abs(f) or conditionally handle negative values if you expect them C:\fakepath(84,10-46): warning X3571: pow(f, e) will not work for negative f, use abs(f) or conditionally handle negative values if you expect them
      [10700:11168:0229/135615.137:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/135615.137:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/135615.361:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/135615.361:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/135643.936:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140731.518:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140731.547:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140732.272:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140732.788:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140745.989:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140745.995:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140753.555:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140753.640:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140754.872:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140759.907:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/140804.936:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142004.491:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142004.492:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142005.367:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142659.272:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142700.689:ERROR:gl_utils.cc(325)] : [GroupMarkerNotSet(crbug.com/242999)!:8027990A00000000] GL_INVALID_ENUM: Invalid pname.
      [10700:11168:0229/142700.689:ERROR:gl_utils.cc(325)] : [GroupMarkerNotSet(crbug.com/242999)!:8027990A00000000] GL_INVALID_ENUM: Invalid pname.
      [10700:11168:0229/142700.689:ERROR:context_group.cc(181)] : ContextResult::kFatalFailure: ES3 is blacklisted/disabled/unsupported by driver.
      [10700:11168:0229/142712.049:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/142713.278:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143119.844:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143121.575:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143147.010:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143147.012:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143148.081:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143148.398:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143151.415:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143243.352:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/143251.568:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144037.097:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144037.100:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144038.604:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144038.938:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144040.661:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144315.342:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144315.347:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144736.980:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144736.980:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144738.047:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144738.181:ERROR:gl_surface_egl.cc(690)] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglQueryDeviceAttribEXT: Bad attribute.
      [10700:11168:0229/144759.392:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/144759.392:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/144759.674:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/144759.674:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/145437.750:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/145437.750:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/145445.858:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/145445.859:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/145447.204:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/145447.204:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/145453.210:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/145453.210:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      [10700:11168:0229/145455.103:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 1336
      [10700:11168:0229/145455.103:ERROR:mf_helpers.cc(14)] : Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc on line 636
      

      I did not want to flood the thread so if you want more logs from gpu and flag let me now.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        also forgot to say that ON/OFF hardware acceleration option doesnt change anything...

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

          Just to make sure it's not a browser detection problem:

          Goto the URL opera://about and take note of the install path. Then, close Opera.

          Open a command prompt and enter this command:

          "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" "--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.122 Safari/537.36"
          

          (adjust path to your launcher.exe)

          Then try things the videos.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

            @aleksp said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

            media-internals show:

            That shows there's an error at least. What's it say for the reset of that log? It's trying to play a stream from a blob, but there's not enough of the log there to say if it's an h.264 stream or not.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

              @aleksp said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

              opera/gpu shows;

              I see Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc listed in there, but not sure if that's the issue or not.

              Try messing with opera://flags/#use-angle to see if it helps.

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

                @burnout426 said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                Just to make sure it's not a browser detection problem:

                Goto the URL opera://about and take note of the install path. Then, close Opera.

                Open a command prompt and enter this command:

                "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" "--user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.122 Safari/537.36"
                

                (adjust path to your launcher.exe)

                Then try things the videos.

                No change. After i insert the the line to cmd and hit enter opera opened itself. No videos

                @burnout426 said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                @aleksp said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                media-internals show:

                That shows there's an error at least. What's it say for the reset of that log? It's trying to play a stream from a blob, but there's not enough of the log there to say if it's an h.264 stream or not.

                yes there are no errors because i did some changes in
                Override software rendering list : Enable
                GPU rasterization : Enable
                Out of process rasterization : Enable
                this is how i cleaned all errors which were showing before that in #media-internals

                @burnout426 said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                @aleksp said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                opera/gpu shows;

                I see Error in dxva_video_decode_accelerator_win.cc listed in there, but not sure if that's the issue or not.

                Try messing with opera://flags/#use-angle to see if it helps.

                Ok i've tried all options... no change....

                Also i did update to Opera 67 on the other computer with Win 10... no problems there....

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                  Okay. Just sounds like Opera's having a problem on Win7. Thanks for checking.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    can i back to opera 66 somehow?

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by leocg

                      @aleksp Install it using the offline installer and block the auto updater.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Thanks
                        i just did install stand alone version of Opera 66.

                        videos play OK!

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                        • burnout426
                          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                          There are some video and audio fixes in general and for Win7 in Opera Developer 69.0.3623.0 at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2020/03/opera-69-0-3623-0-developer-update/ if you want to test before they reach beta and stable.

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                            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                            New Opera 67 build with fixes for audio and video. https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2020/03/opera-67-0-3575-79-stable-update/

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                            • Indianabond
                              Indianabond last edited by

                              I have the same problem (both videos and gifs in Facebook), on both my laptop and my desktop (one is Windows 7, the others Windows 10). Both have updated versions of Opera (67.0.3575.115), and on both Opera is the default browser. I am getting tired of having to copy the video link to Chrome all of the time.

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                                burnout426 Volunteer @Indianabond last edited by

                                @Indianabond Goto the URL opera://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode, disable the flag, relaunch Opera and try again. If that doesn't help, goto the URL opera://settings/system, disable hardware acceleration, restart Opera and try again. If that doesn't help either, revert both settings to default.

                                Goto https://html5test.com and check h.264 support under "Video" and check aac support under "Audio". Also, under "Streaming", expand the video and audio codecs and check h.264 and aac there too. If your Opera doesn't show support, and you're using an "N" edition of Windows 7 or Windows 10, you'll need the Windows Media Feature Pack. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/mediafeaturepack for Windows 10 and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16546 for Windows 7.

                                You'll also want to check support for DRM. Goto https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm and make sure the video plays. Also, under the video, make sure MSE and EME are supported. For EME, you want to see "Widevine" supported. For MSE, you want to see "video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42c00d" supported at the least.

                                Also, test with Opera Beta and Opera Developer at https://www.opera.com/download to see how they work. Maybe it's a bug that's already fixed.

                                Also, if you want to compare with other browsers, test with Vivald. It's a good comparison when it comes to testing video and audio support. Both Vivaldi and Opera uses the Windows Media Foundation for support for h.264 and aac. If Vivaldi doesn't work either, it's likely some issue on your system. Chrome uses its built-in ffmpeg support for h.265 and aac, so it's not a good comparison.

                                Finally, sometimes, a windows update can break support on your system. If video playback just recently broke in Opera, try an older version. If you remember that older version working fine and it no longer does, it's probably some Windows update that broke things.

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

                                  Problem persists. Cannot play website embedded videos. I installed latest 'fix' Opera 67.0.3575.79 Stable update, but no change. HELP!!!! Or will Opera continue to be semi-useless?

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                                  • burnout426
                                    burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                    @operadowner What things in this thread have you tried?

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                                    • tryinggx
                                      tryinggx last edited by

                                      I have the same problem. Using Opera GX 71.0.3770.441

                                      I have Windows 7 "N".

                                      The link for the "Windows Media Feature Pack" for windows 7 does not exist anymore, and I cannot find it on the microsoft site anywhere.

                                      Every other youtube video doesn't play. streams don't work, other video sites don't work.
                                      A "gaming browser" that doesn't play gaming videos is kinda useless.
                                      How come niche browser like Slimjet and Iron play all videos no probs? If it's about too expensive license, how can they afford it? The market share of Opera should be quite bigger than those two combined.

                                      It looked promising because no other browser I have seen offers as strict a processing resource hogging clamp (most browsers are absolutely insane, worst offender being Mozilla - ok that's true of all of their products, seems they just don't care),
                                      but I guess I'll have to go back to Slimjet, which has at least periodic memory optimization. And it "just works" w.r.t. videos.

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                                        burnout426 Volunteer @tryinggx last edited by burnout426

                                        @tryinggx said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                                        The link for the "Windows Media Feature Pack" for windows 7 does not exist anymore, and I cannot find it on the microsoft site anywhere.

                                        Search the net for Windows6.1-KB968211-x86-RefreshPkg.msu or Windows6.1-KB968211-x64-RefreshPkg.msu depending on whether you have 32-bit Win7 or 64-bit Win7.

                                        Or, goto https://web.archive.org/web/20200207121551/http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16546, scroll down, click "Download", check the box for the one you need and click "next". See if the download from the archive works.

                                        Or, direct downloads from the archive:

                                        64-bit

                                        32-bit

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                                          tryinggx last edited by

                                          Thanks for digging that out. I was under the impression the archive does not keep binary files from websites.

                                          I get error 0x8007065e (data of this type not supported) when trying to execute it, though.
                                          Supposed fixes I've found suggest fumbling with the windows update system and waiting some magic number of minutes in between some of the steps, borders on gambling as unspecific as that is to what's really going on behind the scenes...
                                          I guess I'll try it.

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                                            burnout426 Volunteer @tryinggx last edited by

                                            @tryinggx said in Opera cannot play videos- almost Any videos!:

                                            I was under the impression the archive does not keep binary files from websites.

                                            Sometimes I've gotten lucky, so I just took a chance.

                                            I get error 0x8007065e

                                            Most likely the archive has corrupted the files. I'll see if I can find them somewhere else.

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