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    • A Former User
      A Former User @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

      @vladimir-bardakov
      Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon, Opera v.70 without Chromium browser
      After
      $ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg
      in my OS the command and paths are:
      $ sudo cp /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/15/chromium-ffmpeg-9xxxx/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
      9xxxx - there is a few of them, I chose 95241 only because I thoubht the higher number=latest version. Can't say it's true for sure.

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      • cedarviola
        cedarviola @leocg last edited by

        @leocg -- I came in late to the game. Can you please give a link or reference to the legalities?

        Other browsers do not seem to have this trouble. Are they breaking the law?

        I'm sortof new to Linux, but would love to use my favorite browser --Opera.

        All of the suggestions to make it work seem really strange and weird. To my simplistic thinking they should be unnecessary.

        Please help me understand.

        regards
        Jim

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @cedarviola last edited by

          @cedarviola See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

          Browsers like Chrome, Edge and IE for sure can afford buying a license.

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          • clatsopduck
            clatsopduck last edited by

            I've been happily running Lubuntu on several machines - installed Opera and ran it just fine on those - including YouTube videos.

            Hubby installed a fresh copy of Xubuntu on a laptop plus Opera and nope, it will not play YouTube videos.

            "Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available."

            I've added the YouTube Flash & HTML5 extension and restarted the machine, but it still won't work. I even turned off the VPN and made sure YouTube thinks I'm where I am... But still the same error.

            Hubby doesn't like Opera, so won't put any effort into fixing my problem. Can anyone help?

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

              @clatsopduck same problem to me

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              • clatsopduck
                clatsopduck @Guest last edited by

                @jeremias333 - I'm glad I'm not the only one, but I had hoped someone would give me some ideas...

                Hubby finally looked at it - and although regular videos work, livestreams won't at all. So, I have to use Chrome for those.

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                • dperecky
                  dperecky last edited by

                  For new YouTube videos... I get this message many times:

                  Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
                  Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.
                  

                  OperaHTML5Error.PNG

                  I have to take the link and replug it into a different browser to see these videos...

                  This happened on Opera for Linux.... on various ubuntus 18.04 and 20, and in PopOs 18.04 and now... version 20.04 LTS // Opera is up to date: version 68.0.3618.165

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                  • mtompset
                    mtompset last edited by

                    When I log into netflix and get Error O7355, I run this script. I have Chromium installed as a snap on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

                    #!/bin/bash

                    DATE=date --iso-8601
                    cp /snap/chromium/current/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.chromium.$DATE
                    if [ ! -f "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.opera.$DATE" ]; then
                    cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.opera.$DATE
                    fi
                    cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.chromium.$DATE /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

                    I have had to do this every single time opera updates.

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                    • dperecky
                      dperecky @dperecky last edited by

                      @dperecky - This works now!! I can watch very new YouTube videos.... 2hrs fresh... with Opera!

                      That's so great!

                      This is for: ```
                      Version:68.0.3618.165
                      Opera is up to date
                      Update stream:Stable
                      System:Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS (x86_64; pop:GNOME)

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                      • pavlar 0
                        pavlar 0 last edited by pavlar 0

                        ![alt text](Снимок экрана в 2020-10-09 16-20-18.png image url)

                        opera-stable 70.0.3728.154 amd64 Fast, secure, easy-to-use web browser

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                        • wmomesso
                          wmomesso @truden last edited by

                          @truden thanks resolved!

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                          • klcjr77
                            klcjr77 last edited by leocg

                            I keep getting this notice from YouTube.
                            This needs to be fixed on Opera's end. We cannot do anything. NO add-on nor extension works.
                            Screenshot from 2020-10-19 17-48-02.png

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                            • ilbert
                              ilbert last edited by

                              I'm running Opera 71.0.3770.271 on elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera (Ubuntu-based distro) and I can't play videos from any website except Youtube (live videos don't work even on YT).

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilbert last edited by

                                @ilbert See above

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                                • ilbert
                                  ilbert @truden last edited by ilbert

                                  @truden didn't work for me, I'm on elementaryOS Hera (Ubuntu 18.04 based).
                                  Now I'm getting this error:
                                  Screenshot from 2020-10-20 23-21-51.png

                                  Now Opera crashes also on screenshot.

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                                  • truden
                                    truden @ilbert last edited by

                                    @ilbert try this - https://snapcraft.io/install/ffmpeg/elementary

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                                    • ilbert
                                      ilbert @truden last edited by

                                      @truden I installed the FFMPEG snap

                                      Now:

                                      • if I use the original libffmpeg.so, I get the same error as klcjr77's.

                                      • if I follow your instructions, it keeps crashing as I said here.

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                                      • truden
                                        truden @ilbert last edited by

                                        @ilbert sorry, I'm in a wrong topic and my last answer wouldn't work for you. Unless the app installs the libffmpeg.so globally, but now I see your answer before posting this and obviously it doesn't work. Sorry. Keep digging the forums 🙂

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                                        • truden
                                          truden @ilbert last edited by

                                          @ilbert I see now that Hera is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but the file I listed above is for Ubuntu 16
                                          So, try downloading the file from here - https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download and do the same thing.
                                          Let me know how did it work.

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                                          • ilbert
                                            ilbert @truden last edited by

                                            @truden I tried also this but it doesn't work...

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