The Videos Don't Play Topic

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

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

[bkjarvi]

bkjarvi @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.

[john-53]

john-53 @bkjarvi 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/

[linuc]

linuc @bkjarvi 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/

[linuc]

linuc @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet

This will work fine:

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

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @linuc last edited by

@linuc it worked, thanks!

[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:

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)

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

3. 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/

[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

[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

[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.

[thihup]

thihup @jojocw last edited by

@jojocw Thank you! It worked

[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.

[AlexRojas]

AlexRojas @styen last edited by

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

[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.

[linuc]

linuc @thihup last edited by

@thihup

This will work fine:

Opera fix

[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.

[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

[styen]

styen @jeremy-ron last edited by

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

[kurkcualper]

kurkcualper @Guest last edited by

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

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

Hello there
Can some one tell me why on You Tube
some of the videos cant play in Opera?
I use Windows and Linux
Windows plays all the videos
but Linux Opera..wont play certain ones.
How can this be ?