[Solved]Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@treego Try copying libffmpeg.so from Vivaldi directory to Opera directory.
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego Try copying libffmpeg.so from Vivaldi directory to Opera directory.
Which directory? The Install directory? The Profile directory? The Cache directory?
I don't even know how to access the file directory system on a Chromebook, yet ... hmmm ...
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego the install one. You need to replace the file that comes with Opera with the new one.
I am sorry ... I am lost ... I am not following you on this at all. Maybe it's past my bedtime.
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treego last edited by
@sgunhouse said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego Oh, you actually have an x86_64 (64-bit Intel processor), I'm used to seeing ARM processors in Chromebooks. The type of processor (in your case x86_64) is the system architecture. No idea if you can copy the file though as you'd need root access.
Yeah ... I cannot find the file. I feel as though I am searching with both eyes closed, though.
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego I guess so, just make sure to download the correct file/package, it needs to be the one for Chromium 89.
I guess you can go to the last part and simply copy the one in the Vivaldi directory to the Opera directory.OK, I just don't know what the Vivaldi directory is ... if you or someone could type out here the exact wording to do such a thing that I would enter into the Linux Terminal, I and perhaps others would benefit greatly.
Thank you.
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego Check if you see the ffmpeg.so file in /opt/vivaldi/vivaldi or /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable.
This is a major part of my problem, I guess. I don't know how to navigate the folder/file system of Chromebook to see such files.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@treego Never used the command-line? Actually, I'd think the Chromebook's Files app should be able to see the Linux files ...
As far as the command-line, "cd" is "change directory", "ls" is list. So you can type
cd /opt/vivaldi/ lsto get a listing of the contents of /opt/vivaldi/
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treego last edited by treego
@sgunhouse said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego Never used the command-line? Actually, I'd think the Chromebook's Files app should be able to see the Linux files ...
As far as the command-line, "cd" is "change directory", "ls" is list. So you can type
cd /opt/vivaldi/ lsto get a listing of the contents of /opt/vivaldi/
Hardly ever ... not since the days of DOS, as I recall.
Thank you for this quick tutorial!
I can see some Linux files using Chromebook's Files app, but not the ones I want to see, it seems.
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treego last edited by
Well, after all this input from you two @leocg and @sgunhouse , I cannot find the magic file .libffmpeg.so ... I guess I need a Linux expert here in person to do this.
Thank you, guys.
I am wiped out over this, and now I am simply getting frustrated. I will move on to not using Opera all that much on my Chromebook for now ... Vivaldi is quite nice, actually.
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@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
@treego Can't you install the snap version of Opera?
I don't know what that means.
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@leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:
Sorry, but it seems like another rabbit trail "for me." I am not well-versed enough manipulating Linux files and finding Linux files/directories ... I hope Opera makes this easier in the future like Vivaldi and Brave apparently have because I have no such video playing issues with those browsers after a Linux installation of each.
