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    • BorealDesign
      BorealDesign last edited by

      Same problem in Fedora 34, facebook videos does not play

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      • BorealDesign
        BorealDesign @leocg last edited by

        @leocg Please, I'm new in this forum, (long user fedora linux and about 4 months using opera). Could you tell me where are the solutions. Videos working just for youtube. Anyewhere else (Canva, Facebook, twitter,...). I'm webdesigner and videomaker, without this opera is unuseless for me. I'm working for months only with Opera. Please, tell me it was not a very big mistake. How can I solve this. The upgrade to fedora 34 was ok, the problem came after this, in a opera browser update. Can you help me, please? Thank you

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @BorealDesign last edited by

          @borealdesign In this topic you can find some, as well as a link to the main topic about the subject, that also contains some solutions.

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          • useropera2021
            useropera2021 last edited by leocg

            Problem: Video/streaming on websites can't start/don't work with Opera for Linux till now

            Linux: Please help for Opera 76 (for Linux) for streaming and video support like with Chromium 91 Browser (for Linux)

            Easier Streaming, video and flash(switch on/off) support (HTML 5/Flash) like with Chromium Browser 91 (for Linux):

            Please help supporting for Opera for Linux (in further Opera for Linux settings eventually possible to switch on (flash) streaming and video possibilities as option, or as addon ?) like with Chromium 91 (for Linux) with Flash and Streaming possibiltiy for internet streaming and video sites like Zattoo.com, wilmaa.com and also on dvd trailer sites (links below).

            Many thanks !

            Kind regards

            mailing17@yahoo.com

            Links:

            http://zattoo.com

            http://www.dvdtrailertube.com

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @useropera2021 last edited by

              @useropera2021 See above

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              • efsandino
                efsandino @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

                @vladimir-bardakov I installed the extra lib, and then downloaded the last version of opera and installed it again with ,
                sudo dpkg -i operaXXX.deb

                and the problem was finally solved !

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

                  @marek-online this totally solved the issue here, thank you!

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                  • mau21mau
                    mau21mau last edited by

                    That fixed the issue for me

                    wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.52.2/0.52.2-linux-x64.zip -P ~/Downloads/
                    
                    unzip ~/Downloads/0.52.2-linux-x64.zip -d ~/Downloads/
                    
                    sudo mv ~/Downloads/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
                    
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                    • kubrisck
                      kubrisck @mau21mau last edited by

                      @mau21mau Confirmed!. Your method works. Last version of Opera nd Linux Mint 20.1

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                      • thinog
                        thinog last edited by

                        If it was installed through Snap, you can try to connect system camera interface on the Opera camera interface

                        sudo snap connect opera:camera :camera
                        

                        Restart opera and check if it worked.

                        Ref: https://snapcraft.io/docs/interface-management

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                        • devtiagofranca
                          devtiagofranca @mtompset last edited by

                          @mtompset Thank you

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                          • Leoneld
                            Leoneld last edited by

                            simlink ubuntu 20.04

                            sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/17/chromium-ffmpeg-95241/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
                            
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                            • njt145
                              njt145 last edited by leocg

                              This is just a workaround, not a solution.
                              This legal issue needs to be solved, and it's a Must
                              I suggest to developers to work on this before to working for stuffs on Opera GX. (or maybe you can replace Opera GX with Opera, why you created GX while your normal browser is not working properly...)

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @njt145 last edited by

                                @njt145 Maybe you can send money to Opera, so the company can afford the costs of a licensing. 😀

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                                • zago13
                                  zago13 @mau21mau last edited by

                                  @mau21mau ty!

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                                  • mosabama
                                    mosabama last edited by

                                    Another way is to download libffmpeg from here and replace the one in Opera directory

                                    locate libffmpeg.sp
                                    

                                    and copy the file from the repository and replace the one in this directory.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by leocg

                                      I've been using Opera for several years but reluctantly will be moving on to a different browser because of Opera not being able to play many videos due to missing codecs. I keep hearing that it is because of legal reasons which I can't understand. Other browsers such as Firefox, Vivaldi, etc. apparently don't have this legal problem. Why can't this be resolved? Opera is great is all other aspects. 😞

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                        @ercouper To be able to play proprietary codecs by itself, Opera needs to have a license that may be very expensive. For that reason, Opera relies on the OS to be able to play media that uses those codecs.
                                        On Windows and Mac things are more easy, but Linux being more decentralized makes things a little more complicated.

                                        By the way, Firefox has the license. Don't know about Vivaldi but it seems to be in the same situation as Opera.

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                                        • rgplayzmc
                                          rgplayzmc last edited by rgplayzmc

                                          No method seems to be working for the version of opera released today (Version 79.0.4143.22, chromium 93.0.4577.63). Replacing the provided libffmpeg.so with any of the provided methods causes the entire page to crash if you try to play any video embedded on it. I have now defaulted back to the provided one.
                                          My go-to method before this was to download the latest version from iteufel's github repo and replace it manually. Had worked since I installed opera.

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                                          • rgplayzmc
                                            rgplayzmc @rgplayzmc last edited by leocg

                                            @rgplayzmc **Update To Previous Post **
                                            Solution: Until @xZero updates his script (It returns

                                            opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh: 15: [: Illegal number: 
                                            Error: snapd is not installed
                                            Command 'snap' not found
                                            /usr/bin/snap
                                            
                                            

                                            Snap is actually installled
                                            )
                                            Here's what to do (GUI method):

                                            1. Install the chromium-ffmpeg snap
                                            2. Navigate to /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current
                                            3. Find the folder with the highest number and open terminal over there (Right click->open with terminal).
                                            4. Run
                                            sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
                                            

                                            (Replace opera directory with wherever yours is installed.)

                                            (CUI method) (I am a noob at bash, so please forgive me pros)
                                            1.

                                            snap install chromium-ffmpeg && cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current 
                                            
                                            1. Find the highest number
                                            cd chromium-ffmpeg-highestnumber && cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
                                            

                                            Done!

                                            Now I request @xZero or anyone else to fix that script. Once the script is fixed, store the command the run it in a terminal utility known as keep for easy access.

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