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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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                          • ilbert
                            ilbert last edited by

                            I followed this answer from @bombacha and now it works.
                            But I'm still having troubles with Netflix:
                            15d3b4e8-f535-447a-ae2f-78e24c97d019-image.png

                            and with Prime Video:
                            c6ea29c3-2e94-4ffb-9704-b3476d377913-image.png

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                            • truden
                              truden @ilbert last edited by

                              @ilbert, sorry man.
                              I'm with Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" - Cinnamon (64-bit) and use Opera only for testing my websites.
                              Elementary is attractive OS, especially if you come from macOS, but it is with many flaws. And about Opera, the best way to go is to abandon it and move to another browser (Chromium), which will push Opera developers to do their job. We must not work for them, they must work for us.

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                              • wmomesso
                                wmomesso @truden last edited by

                                @truden link download libffmpeg.so
                                https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/

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                                • ilbert
                                  ilbert @ilbert last edited by leocg

                                  @ilbert Solved!
                                  I followed this guide with some adjustements:

                                  1. download the last Google Chrome .deb file:
                                  wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
                                  
                                  1. extract it in the same folder:
                                  dpkg -x google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb .
                                  
                                  1. go to the directory where the extracted WidevineCdm folder is located:
                                  cd opt/google/chrome/
                                  
                                  1. find the directory where Opera looks for the WidevineCdm folder:
                                  cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json
                                  

                                  In my case I got:

                                  [
                                    "/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm",
                                    "/opt/google/chrome-beta/WidevineCdm",
                                    "/opt/google/chrome-unstable/WidevineCdm"
                                  ]
                                  

                                  so I had to put the extracted WidevineCdm folder in /opt/google/chrome/

                                  1. copy/move the extracted WidevineCdm folder in that directory:
                                  sudo cp -r WidevineCdm/ /opt/google/chrome/
                                  

                                  (if /opt/google/chrome/ does not exists, create it)

                                  1. make sure that folder is readable by everyone:
                                  sudo chmod 755 /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/
                                  
                                  1. start/restart Opera

                                  2. Enjoy your paid streaming services!

                                  I think it's pretty much the same as this guide.

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                                  • truden
                                    truden @ilbert last edited by

                                    @ilbert great solution. Thank you.
                                    Another win for Opera community 😉

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                                    • toine
                                      toine last edited by leocg

                                      The reason why video is not playing (after a update) in Opera is due to the fact that the H264 codec is not supported (ie Opera does not pay money to the license owner of the proprietary H264 codec)

                                      Use the opensource X264 codec which is you can download from the software manager tab in Ubuntu, Mint, etcetra
                                      It worked for me with ubuntu and Mint. Otherwise this link could be helpfull: https://forums.opera.com/topic/34659/opera-linux-browser-h-264-support-through-x264-open-source-codec

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                                      • amgpuma
                                        amgpuma last edited by

                                        Hi, Im with Opera 72 (latest) on Deepin (debian stable) and can play videos on youtube but not on other site i.e. newspapers and or streaming sites. Is there anything I can do to solve it?Many thanks

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @amgpuma last edited by

                                          @amgpuma None of the solutions provided in the topic worked?

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                                          • amgpuma
                                            amgpuma @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg Actually if i download https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download im not able to get any file, its just a deb package. what else could i try??

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