The Videos Don't Play Topic

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BorealDesign

@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.

useropera2021

useropera2021

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

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @useropera2021

@useropera2021 See above

efsandino

efsandino @vladimir-bardakov

@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 !

A Former User @Guest

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

mau21mau

mau21mau

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/

kubrisck

kubrisck @mau21mau

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

thinog

thinog

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

A Former User @mtompset

@mtompset Thank you

Leoneld

Leoneld

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/

njt145

njt145

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...)

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @njt145

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

zago13

zago13 @mau21mau

@mau21mau ty!

mosabama

mosabama

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.

A Former User

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.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@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.

rgplayzmc

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.

rgplayzmc

rgplayzmc @rgplayzmc

@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):

Install the chromium-ffmpeg snap
Navigate to /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current
Find the folder with the highest number and open terminal over there (Right click->open with terminal).
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

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.

katberg

katberg @rgplayzmc

@rgplayzmc

Thanks a lot, works is great!

Fuzedrums

Fuzedrums

I've had this problem for about two years now. Can't the fix it? Vivaldi solved it somehow.
Every time I update, I start looking for the damn libffmpeg.so file.

For Opera 79.0 install latest Vivaldi browser 4.2 and the take the lib:
sudo cp /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-79b56700ea9558c50a5edacaeb70298120127d2f8b32bb5e05c3876a51bd64b5/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so