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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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                          • 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 ?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

                              @stevenjames123 Check the topic above.

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                              • StevenJames123
                                StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg I checked and ?

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                                • StevenJames123
                                  StevenJames123 last edited by StevenJames123

                                  Dude...some Videos dont play in you tube in Opera Browser
                                  I been usin Browser since Net scape.im telling you some thing is wrong..dont do me like Microsoft did and block me out of the forum..or you dont know? Just say you dont know and I`ll move on 🙂

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

                                    @stevenjames123 And do you have the correct codec pack, the correct ffmpeg file(s)?

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                                    • StevenJames123
                                      StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

                                      @leocg cmon man
                                      dude ..really?
                                      NO Its Opera Browser
                                      it works fine in Winblows
                                      its not my OS I been on Machine way before you were born
                                      Dont do me like that man
                                      Im 67 i dont need to be disrespected
                                      you company
                                      and I also had a Blog on there for years
                                      I had 2000 followers
                                      Im not 12
                                      did you knoiw Microsoft sends out
                                      phony emails with Porn ?
                                      Yep

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

                                        @stevenjames123 Well, as the topic says, you need to have/install the proper libffmpeg.iso file installed for proprietary codecs to run in Opera for Linux and you have to update it every time there is a major version update because the Chromium version will also change and break everything again.

                                        As you read, it's a legal issue and there isn't much that Opera can do.

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                                        • StevenJames123
                                          StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg Screenshot at 2022-11-22 20-26-26.png

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User @StevenJames123 last edited by

                                            @stevenjames123 that's called quality control 😂

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