The Videos Don't Play Topic
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torrit last edited by
@rgplayzmc
Your solution worked like a charm. Thanks!I had tried copying libffmpeg from /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so but it worsened the situation. Not only the playback didn't work - opera cashed on any page with an embedded video.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ipa As far as I know, Vivaldi doesn't have the license.
Regarding the snap version, the codecs are provided by Canonical: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2018/08/opera-54-0-2952-71-stable-update/
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linuc last edited by
It's been quite a long time now that this problem has existed. Other browsers can obviously solve it, for example Vivaldi. Also the snap installation of Opera works with video. It would be time for the Opera team to make a clear statement here and provide a simple solution to the problem. By simple I mean that it should be workable even for users of Linux without background knowledge. Downloading files, unzipping them and then copying them into directories is from the last century!
So what is the problem and what is the ultimate solution?
greetings
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@linuc What is the problem was already explained in the topic, but you can check it in https://forums.opera.com/post/150324
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linuc last edited by
Ok, I see you need exactly the right file with the right version. Vivaldi recently solved the problem and wrote to me that they have built in a "fallback". I suppose it means Vivaldi doesn't actually update until the correct version of the lib is in place.
Opera snap works. Is the license paid by the snap makers there?
How about a permanent solution? For example, the makers of different browsers form a company and this company buys the license, which is then valid for all of the company's products? Or what are the rules of the license?
Now you can say that you would rather remain "independent". I understand that. But you are not independent, at least not with this problem.
Opera is a very important browser (also Vivaldi), because I notice that none of the other browsers manage the memory and cache so well. With my 11 year old notebook with 1GB RAM and a swapfile of 2GB (swapiness 40) and single core processor I can open 6-8 tabs without any problems, without long waiting times. The Linux community doesn't like that these algorithms are not public
Maybe you could publish the old versions? Sometimes you have to compromise to stay at the top 
I hope you continue to be successful and thank you very much for Opera Browser, I always use it and if there is a video that I really want to see, then I switch to Vivaldi for a moment. It is a shame that Vivaldi has no function to block the preload of videos. This is very bad with 1GB of RAM
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@linuc said:
Opera snap works. Is the license paid by the snap makers there?
See https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2018/08/opera-54-0-2952-71-stable-update/. If I understood correctly, it uses the Chromium codecs provided by Canonical.
How about a permanent solution? For example, the makers of different browsers form a company and this company buys the license, which is then valid for all of the company's products? Or what are the rules of the license?
As far as I know, Opera and other browser/software makers prefer that non-proprietary codecs are used for media on the web. Besides that, those licenses can be very expensive.
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A Former User last edited by
How can you play Youtube videos?
Opera version 79.0.4143.72. Linux Mint 20.2 UmaSubstitution of the libffmpeg.so file no longer works.
Is it really hard for developers to solve this long-standing problem, or might it be time to uninstall Opera and switch to another browser?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@pak-a As already said, it's a legal issue and I guess there is nothing that developers can do about it. Only thing would be, maybe, to delay the Linux releases to avoid version conflicts of the libffmpeg.so
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linuc last edited by
I'm still waiting for the update of Opera, which solves the problem! I have given you some tips! Vivaldi works, with "fallback". Do not you speak together? It would be better.
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linuc last edited by linuc
Oh, I thought I was here on the Opera forum. Sorry
Edit: Yes, I am in the Opera Forum, it is linked on the Opera Website!
Then click on the top right, open the menu, go to help and you will find the link to this Forum.
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jrgsampaio last edited by
@marek-online
The solution presented worked like a charm in my box (Ubuntu 21.04 in a LG gram laptop with Core i7 8th gen)
I needed to search for libffmpeg.so with Nautilus to find the correct folders to use in the symlink command.Thanks,
Jorge Sampaio
