The Videos Don't Play Topic

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

to replace the libffmpeg..so in the opera (82.0......) directory manually does not work anymore...
it's getting annoying
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this working for me (Linux Mint):

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install CHROMIUM

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open terminal and type in:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

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sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so

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(re)start opera

opera uses chromium's libffmpeg..so
maybe it is necessary to adjust the path

(google translation)

[pranadot]

pranadot @Guest last edited by

thanks @zarathustra-f90 this worked for me. as at 30/12/2021, my version is 104707, hence i had something like this current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516 .
NB: please close your Opera Browser after following the steps and reopen it.
Super happy that Youtube and Linkedin Videos can now play so well.

[pcfreak30]

pcfreak30 @styen last edited by

@styen This project worked perfectly for me, Such a pain that legal causes the need for community reverse engineering...

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

@vladimir-bardakov After this advice I had to remove opera because it simply stopped working.

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Worked for me perfectly. Thanks

[whitemir]

whitemir @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Thank you for the solution provided.
It worked for me.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet last edited by

This problem still persists and I have to switch to other browsers to play youtube live videos or twitter videos, amazing!

[Dark-2011111]

Dark-2011111 @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI32GSl7p3I&list=WL&index=1 this video solving the problem

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @Dark-2011111 last edited by

@dark-2011111 I know that there are some solutions but i will keep switching to other browsers until an official solution comes along.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet As said, it's a legal issue and (probably) will be around there while proprietary codecs that requires a license exist and are being used by websites.

[nathaniel]

nathaniel last edited by

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @nathaniel last edited by

@nathaniel I tried snap version but it has its unique problems. This was 2 years ago or more.

[niepiekm]

niepiekm last edited by niepiekm

Looks like, on Ubuntu 20.04 the fix is as simple as installing the latest version of chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra from http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/ for Chromium your Opera version is based on. I just installed chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_97.0.4692.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb and video playback in Opera 83 works again. No need to symlink libraries.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @niepiekm last edited by

@niepiekm Thanks for the tip. I tried installing the same package as yours but it did not let me. Maybe because my opera is based on Chrome/97.0.4692.99

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr @nathaniel last edited by

@nathaniel said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera

Installed Ubuntu 20.04 and had the same problems with videos not playing well with the latest version of Opera. Did what you recommended, uninstalled Opera installed Opera again with snap and this solved all my video issues.

Thanks.

[niepiekm]

niepiekm @exoplanet last edited by niepiekm

@exoplanet Did you download a proper package to install?
There's one thing to note, the package is for Ubuntu 18.04, so if you're running a newer version, e.g. 20.04 as myself, you'll see an update to the older version of this package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (85.xx in my case) intended for current OS version. To prevent downgrading the package you need to run apt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra to keep it at version 97.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @niepiekm last edited by

@niepiekm I downloaded, installed the package you just linked and ran hold command too. Now my problem is solved, thanks.

[Sai-Prabhav]

Sai-Prabhav last edited by amatczak

I am getting this error in most of the websites except YouTube and few others.
plz help i am unable to see videos on websites like

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[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Sai-Prabhav last edited by

@sai-prabhav The solutions provided above in this topic didn't work?

[BeIT]

BeIT @niepiekm last edited by

@niepiekm said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

Looks like, on Ubuntu 20.04 the fix is as simple as installing the latest version of chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra from http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/ for Chromium your Opera version is based on. I just installed chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_97.0.4692.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb and video playback in Opera 83 works again. No need to symlink libraries.

The solution worked for me (Opera 83)! First, I had to uninstall the newer codecs I had installed.