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    • davidr
      davidr @GKaczmarek last edited by

      @gkaczmarek said in Opera 79 Stable:

      The address bar bug was reported as DNA-95481. Thanks a lot to all of you that provided us with information that helped us track it down 🙂

      Thanks, that's great to hear! Looking forward to the fix.

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      • andrew84
        andrew84 last edited by

        I have performance issues since 79 version when watching youtube using avc1 codecs (even without the animated tab indicator). It's fine in 78.
        I also checked in Edge Canary and no issues there.

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

          @treego: I got tired of using Opera on linux, even today they don't support libffmpeg.so (ie they don't support H.264 format natively). I think this is absurd. After this update that prevented me from watching videos from youtube, twitter and other sites, I decided to switch to Brave browser.

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

            @vprofirov: The disregard of Opera developers with the Linux community is absurd. I got tired of waiting for their goodwill. I migrated my entire Opera account (I used it on Kubuntu and Android smartphone) to the Brave browser. I tried Vivaldi too, but it doesn't seem as fast as Brave (both on Kubuntu and on android). It's a shame that Opera's development is like this, I really believed that with the new Chinese owners, development would be faster, but I was very wrong.

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

              @vprofirov: Two years ago (August 2019) I asked them to support the h.264 format in the browser for linux. Until today they have not done that. I got tired of their goodwill. Opera never again.
              https://forums.opera.com/topic/34659/opera-linux-browser-h-264-support-through-x264-open-source-codec

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                @pinportal It was already explained that they can't support proprietary codecs natively for legal reasons.

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                • treego
                  treego @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg said in Opera 79 Stable:

                  @pinportal It was already explained that they can't support proprietary codecs natively for legal reasons.

                  How is that Brave and Vivaldi apparently support these proprietary codecs natively without violating laws?

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                    @treego Not sure, but it seems to run a script that gets the correct libffmpeg.so and copy into a place where Vivaldi can see it.

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                    • treego
                      treego @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg said in Opera 79 Stable:

                      @treego Not sure, but it seems to run a script that gets the correct libffmpeg.so and copy into a place where Vivaldi can see it.

                      May I suggest Opera do the same?

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                      • styen
                        styen @treego last edited by

                        @treego use this one https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

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                        • cvm
                          cvm last edited by

                          Why is size of Opera 78 or 79 32bit launcher.exe about 3MB and 64bit about 40MB?
                          Size of Opera 77 - 32bit launcher.exe was about 1.3MB and 64bit only 2.2MB.

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

                            @styen: we are very tired of using hacks, because Opera developers don't implement H.264 support natively in Linux (like Brave, Vivaldi and many others).

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

                              @treego: They are simply in the comfort zone. If Brave and Vivaldi did, it is possible to do so. But the truth is that Opera's developers don't want to do it. When they start to lose millions of linux users, it will be too late.

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @treego last edited by

                                @treego Not sure if Opera could do it. Also, if the file take a long time to be released, what Opera should do? Should Opera keep holding the release for Linux?

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                                • styen
                                  styen @Guest last edited by

                                  @pinportal said in Opera 79 Stable:

                                  @treego: They are simply in the comfort zone. If Brave and Vivaldi did, it is possible to do so. But the truth is that Opera's developers don't want to do it. When they start to lose millions of linux users, it will be too late.

                                  Their developers may reside in different countries with different patent laws

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

                                    @styen It can be too, but in this case, then it's easier for the entire linux community that uses the Opera browser to migrate to others that already support the h.264 codec natively (Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi,...). That's what I did, I migrated to Brave. It's not my fault if Opera is in Norway. I just can't be forced to do these workarounds to install the third-party codec via Terminal with each new Opera update. This is very tiring.

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                                    • treego
                                      treego @styen last edited by

                                      @styen said in Opera 79 Stable:

                                      @treego use this one https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

                                      Thank you, @styen !!! 🙂

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                                      • buteomont
                                        buteomont @alexs last edited by

                                        @alexs The link is 404. Where else can I get the file?

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                                        • shadow118
                                          shadow118 last edited by

                                          Is there a flag to revert the downloads back to browser downoloads instead of the Downloads folder?

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @shadow118 last edited by

                                            @shadow118 What do you mean? You can change the default download directory if it's what you are asking.

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