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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:

                    6ae03544-84ea-49d2-a52f-f54994cbb366-image.png
                    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)

                    37c78625-43f6-44f4-af54-b2e02e8fc489-image.png
                    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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                            • davidparks21
                              davidparks21 @jojocw last edited by

                              The post by @jojocw on 3jun2022 worked for a PopOS 22.04 based Opera install. Oi vey that took a lot of wading through. Opera could surely streamline this without running afoul of licensing.

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                              • AlexRojas
                                AlexRojas @styen last edited by

                                @styen Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 20.0.4. Thank you so much.

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                                • MarcoRboels
                                  MarcoRboels last edited by

                                  Easy solution via Terminal (rooted) for Opera 88.0.4412.40:

                                  $ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg

                                  $ sudo cp /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-107578/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

                                  It's as easy as taken the last chromium-ffmpeg's library every-time you update Opera's versions, I mean, chromium-ffmpeg it's updated in parallel with Opera and vice versa.

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                                  • linuc
                                    linuc @thihup last edited by

                                    @thihup

                                    This will work fine:

                                    Opera fix

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                                    • joanapaulaso
                                      joanapaulaso @MarcoRboels last edited by

                                      @marcorboels Solution still works. Thank you.

                                      My Opera version: 91.0.4516.16
                                      Working codec: chromium-ffmpeg-108372
                                      I'm on Linux Mint, so I had to enable snap first.

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                                      • jeremy-ron
                                        jeremy-ron @linuc last edited by

                                        @linuc Is there a way to undo this, ive uninstalled opera, and now am getting errors when running apt upgrade

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                                        • styen
                                          styen @jeremy-ron last edited by

                                          @jeremy-ron
                                          sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99fix-opera

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                                          • kurkcualper
                                            kurkcualper @Guest last edited by

                                            @zarathustra-f90
                                            thanks, worked. I used 108372 version, after created symlink I restarted opera.

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