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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by leocg

      does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
      Thank you in advanced

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      • john-53
        john-53 @Guest last edited by john-53

        @drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

        does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
        Thank you in advanced

        I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.

        My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

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

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @john-53 last edited by

          @john-53 Thank you . Your link worked for me .

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          • Frizzledoldbutt
            Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

            A couple of years back I raised the issue that in my experience Opera on Linux & Windows fails to play video streams.

            You can assume latest OS & Opera versions and recent hardware.

            I didn't find a cure (The fanbois with "works for me" comments were no help either).

            Anyway, I looked in again today; Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint etc, Opera still won't play video streams, although the error message has changed:
            Vimeo:
            undefined Player error
            The player is having trouble. We’ll have it back up and running as soon as possible.

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            • rmstock
              rmstock last edited by

              If you mean Netflix etc. Streaming is handled inside
              opera and chrome with Widevine. In earlier versions this
              was done by using a static version of libwidevinecdm.so inside the opera .deb file. Today this is handled dynamicly.
              checking the opera binary :

              ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$ strings opera | grep -i widevine
              Media.EME.Widevine.VideoCapability.HasEmptyRobustness
              application_x-ppapi-widevine-cdm
              Widevine enabled but no library found
              ../../opera/desktop/chrome_imports/chrome/browser/component_updater/widevine_cdm_component_installer.cc
              Widevine CDM v1.0
              Failed to update Widevine CDM hint path.
              Installed Widevine CDM component is incompatible.
              Registering component updated Widevine
              Registering bundled Widevine
              Updating hint file with Widevine CDM
              Widevine Content Decryption Module
              com.widevine.alpha
              WidevineCdm
              widevinecdm
              com.widevine.alpha
              widevinecdm
              com.widevine.alpha
              Widevine Content Decryption Module
              component_updater.widevine.up_to_date
              Widevine Content Decryption Module
              opera.mojom.WidevineCdmUpdater
              WidevineCdm
              latest-component-updated-widevine-cdm
              Widevine Content Decryption Module
              WidevineVersion
              com.widevine.alpha
              com.widevine.alpha
              com.widevine.alpha
              com.widevine.alpha
              com.widevine.alpha
              WidevineI
              ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$

              looking for "opera 86 widevine_cdm_component_installer" i came across a webpage https://malaysiandigest.com/how-to-enable-widevine-content-decryption-module-in-opera/ which hinted to check : opera://components

              alt text

              opening that url opens a page, which next immediately started updating all kind of things :

              alt text

              opening and updating above components will fix your streaming problems.

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              • Frizzledoldbutt
                Frizzledoldbutt @rmstock last edited by Frizzledoldbutt

                @rmstock -
                No, I mean all video formats fail to play; whether local files, or off streaming services, whether AVI, MP4, MKV (ok, it's a container), MPG, or HTML5 off web sites, including those we store on our Google Drive.

                Also, as mentioned in my OP, it's Windows and 'nix. I worked through the widevine stuff awhile back. It has no effect.

                regarding Opera:components, I already have
                Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2449.0
                Status - Component not updated

                In any case, having to jump through that many hoops to play videos, hey, installing Firefox or Chrome seems a lot less error prone and less stressful.

                Cheers

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                  @frizzledoldbutt For Linux, make sure that you have the correct codec package as mentioned.

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                  • Frizzledoldbutt
                    Frizzledoldbutt @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg - they are installed; my main work PC is running Ubuntu Studio. If it's missing a codec it hasn't been invented yet,

                    Cheers

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                      @frizzledoldbutt But they match the version of Chromium in which Opera is based?

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        i switched to the snap package of Opera and all streaming issues where fixed

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

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

                          Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :

                          chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64

                          But no luck 😕

                          My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23

                          Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.

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                          • john-53
                            john-53 @Guest last edited by

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

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

                            Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :

                            chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64

                            But no luck 😕

                            My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23

                            Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.

                            Have you tried this fix:

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

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                            • linuc
                              linuc @Guest last edited by

                              @bkjarvi

                              Yes, the fix is working perfect! You can also find it here, step by step:

                              http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/

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                              • linuc
                                linuc @exoplanet last edited by

                                @exoplanet

                                This will work fine:

                                http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/

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                                • exoplanet
                                  exoplanet @linuc last edited by

                                  @linuc it worked, thanks!

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                                  • budidabudi
                                    budidabudi last edited by leocg

                                    Greetings everyone, assalaamu'alaikum

                                    In this topic, I want to share how to fix Opera error 102630 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS May 2022: Can't play video on Youtube and Livestreaming

                                    Before that, I'm new user of Ubuntu 22.04 (installing yesterday May 30th, 2022) and experience playback issue on Opera Stable version 87.0.4390.36. Screenshot below:

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                                    Image 1. (source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.mozilla.org%2Fen-US%2Fquestions%2F1271966&psig=AOvVaw2C9Rb4c0l8p4UlGE9SyH1u&ust=1654139588369000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCJDdramki_gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)

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                                    Image 2. (source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imyfone.com%2Frepair-file%2Fyoutube-video-cannot-play-on-pc%2F&psig=AOvVaw0F9Es8ebdHlrpIhyS7rEpQ&ust=1654139697157000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCNjDjvmki_gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD)

                                    Note: I'm sorry I don't screenshot my own because I forgot and more focus on solution.

                                    This topic is continuation of previous topic below:

                                    1. https://forums.opera.com/topic/35880/opera-cannot-play-certain-videos-on-latest-version-of-kubuntu-19-10/7 big thanks to: @burner2000
                                    2. https://forums.opera.com/topic/36229/widevine-h-264-support-on-ubuntu-19-10 big thanks to: @johnnyboycurtis

                                    Actually, the solution is same as the previous topic but with additional change location directory. So here how to fix the issue:

                                    1. Google and download file "libwidevinecdm.so", or you can have mine here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sQFerXR59aVeIlFhG-2bJxr3qMYcLH4R/view?usp=sharing
                                    2. Copy that file to opera directory with this command line below:

                                    ~$ sudo cp /home/Name/Downloads/libwidevinecdm.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/libwidevinecdm.so

                                    Note: change Name to your computer name, the initial address may different in your computer

                                    1. Restart the opera

                                    Hope it works guyss, thank youu
                                    Wassalaamu'alaikum

                                    Note: If the problem persist, try to install previous Opera version. You can have it here:
                                    https://download3.operacdn.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/

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                                    • jojocw
                                      jojocw last edited by

                                      I solved it for me in ubuntu (ex. Xubuntu) 22.04 and opera 87:

                                      I downloaded and installed vivaldi 5.3 from the internet website. (*.deb)

                                      then I renamed the (Opera) libffmpeg.so to libffmpeg.so-orig (or delete it) in
                                      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

                                      then I copied the libffmpeg.so from Vavaldi to Opera
                                      from /opt/vivaldi/lib/ (I think it was there)
                                      to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

                                      finaly I removed vivaldi
                                      sudo apt remove --purge vivaldi*

                                      That works for me.

                                      MFG

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                                      • jojocw
                                        jojocw last edited by

                                        My own post obove dosn´t work in my new opera after update.
                                        So i found this on gibhub:

                                        https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Ln/c4ae803e90f9984b6612c8983c8fde1f

                                        Open Opera Type in: opera://about (or vivaldi://about,)
                                        then Ctrl+F to find 'Chrome' in the user-agent, (It is in Browser-Identification)
                                        version number is Chrome/XXX.other_numbers .
                                        expl. Chrome/101 (2 or 3 signs).
                                        Then go to this Download-Site

                                        https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AC7ddalBsUiWsUE&id=75D48EF8D3750510!234&cid=75D48EF8D3750510

                                        Go to your version of Chrome and Download the

                                        libffmpeg.so

                                        Copy it with root to Opera-Directory
                                        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera (overwrite)
                                        (you can rename the origin libffmpeg.so before
                                        ex: libffmpeg.so-orig)

                                        This works for me now.

                                        MFG

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                                        • alexs
                                          alexs last edited by alexs

                                          For Opera stable version: 88.0.4412.27 (Chrome build 102.0.5005.61)
                                          Go to http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-chromium-builds/stage/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/
                                          Search for chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_102.0.5005 (Ctrl+F) and download the following .deb:

                                          chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_102.0.5005.115-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
                                          

                                          direct link

                                          Then unpack the .deb into an empty folder, unpack data.tar.xz there. In the folder /usr/lib/chromium-browser/ is the proper libffmpeg.so.

                                          Copy the libffmpeg.so into the directory /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/ (If not present, create it with mkdir lib_extra)

                                          Restart Opera and testing:
                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1vN_91KO0
                                          or https://demo.castlabs.com/


                                          With new Chrome build go to opera://about/ and read the Chrome version in the browser id.

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                                          • thihup
                                            thihup @jojocw last edited by

                                            @jojocw Thank you! It worked

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