The Videos Don't Play Topic

linuc

linuc

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
LinuC

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc

@linuc What is the problem was already explained in the topic, but you can check it in https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

linuc

linuc @leocg

@leocg

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

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc

@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.

linuc

linuc @leocg

@leocg

I see. Well, maybe the problem will be solved at some point if everyone agrees which non-proprietary license they want to use.

A Former User

How can you play Youtube videos?
Opera version 79.0.4143.72. Linux Mint 20.2 Uma

Substitution 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?

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@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

linuc

linuc @leocg

@leocg

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.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc

@linuc As you know, I don't work for Opera. No moderator works for Opera.

And as already said, Opera can't provide the library by any means.

linuc

linuc @leocg

@leocg

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!

https://www.opera.com/

Then click on the top right, open the menu, go to help and you will find the link to this Forum.

jrgsampaio

jrgsampaio @Guest

@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

styen

styen

This solves the problem.
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

linuc

linuc @styen

@styen

Hi

I got this in the terminal:

q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$ git clone https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine.git
bash: git: command not found
q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$

linuc

linuc @leocg

@leocg

How about if a good programmer writes an extension (adon) for Opera, which solves the problem when starting Opera and is also automatically updated if necessary? Is that legally possible? The given script on github doesn't work for me.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc

@linuc Don't know, maybe since it wouldn't be Opera providing the solution.

styen

styen @linuc

@linuc You need to install git to clone the repo.
Or download and unpack https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/archive/refs/heads/main.zip and make install.sh executable

linuc

linuc @styen

@styen

Thank you, I finally made it

In the description here:

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

should still be under "Requirements":

3. git (Is needed to clone the repo) sudo apt install git

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git#linux

It only needs the commands in point 1. Depending on the distribution with -get or without.

When executing the script you can answer questions and set the script so that it is automatically executed after every update of Opera. Great!

I hope it will work forever and ever ... and if not, someone could turn it into an extension for Opera.

linuc

linuc @linuc

@linuc

Unfortunately I couldn't edit my last post:

Maybe I can post this link for a summary of the instructions? Unfortunately the server is very slow, ifastnet, but with a little patience the page loads. Sure, everyone can copy the instructions and distribute them further.

summary of the instructions

xZero

xZero @rgplayzmc

@rgplayzmc Thank you for keeping me in the loop, I was inactive lately. I will fix the script and post an updated version as soon as ready.

xZero

xZero @linuc

@linuc It is not (or hardly) possible. Modifying system libraries is absolutely out of scope for a browser extension.