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    [Solved]Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?

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    • treego
      treego last edited by

      Would this work?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT-Nh3jGEm0

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        leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

        @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.

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        • treego
          treego @leocg 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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            leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

            @treego Type vivaldi://about or chrome://about in Vivaldi's address bar to find its directories

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              treego @leocg last edited by

              @leocg 2021-03-30 10.39.32 version 7df0c0574084.png

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by leocg

                @treego Check if you see the ffmpeg.so file in /opt/vivaldi/vivaldi or /usr/bin/vivaldi-stable.

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                  treego @leocg 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 @treego 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/
                    ls
                    

                    to get a listing of the contents of /opt/vivaldi/

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                      treego @sgunhouse 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/
                      ls
                      

                      to 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
                        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 Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                          @treego Can't you install the snap version of Opera?

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                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                            @treego See https://forums.opera.com/post/162987

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                              treego @leocg last edited by

                              @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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                                treego @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                @treego See https://forums.opera.com/post/162987

                                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.

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                                  treego @treego last edited by

                                  @treego said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                  @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.

                                  OK, I just found this: https://snapcraft.io/opera ... why would this Opera act differently than the one I have now?

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                                    treego @treego last edited by

                                    @treego said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                    @treego said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                    @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.

                                    OK, I just found this: https://snapcraft.io/opera ... why would this Opera act differently than the one I have now?

                                    If I install the snap version of Opera, do I have to uninstall the version of Opera I have now? If so, how do I do that?

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                                      @treego Check the release posts, there is always a link to a snap version for Linux that exists exactly to solve the codecs issue.

                                      https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2021/03/opera-75-brings-easier-access-to-top-features-2/

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                                        treego @leocg last edited by

                                        @leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                        @treego Check the release posts, there is always a link to a snap version for Linux that exists exactly to solve the codecs issue.

                                        https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2021/03/opera-75-brings-easier-access-to-top-features-2/

                                        So, ignore the deb and RPM packages? Should I uninstall the version of Opera I have now first?

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                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                                          @treego I don't think it's necessary.

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                                            treego @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg said in Can you tell me how to get Opera for Linux on Chromebook to play Twitter videos?:

                                            @treego I don't think it's necessary.

                                            Well, I uninstalled my Opera on Linux.

                                            This Snap version of Opera is not a "snap" for me. It is very confusing once again for me.

                                            If you're up for giving me guidance, I will listen; otherwise, I am afraid to dive into this Snap-thing. As I said, it is confusing reading on this; I don't want to mess up my Chromebook.

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