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    The Videos Don't Play Topic

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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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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

                                    @stevenjames123 And?

                                    By the way, you should not post just an image without providing a context for it

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                                    • john-53
                                      john-53 last edited by

                                      I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.

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

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                                      • kareemb
                                        kareemb @xZero last edited by

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

                                        sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation

                                        Worked for Opera 94 & 95 on Ubuntu 22.04. Thanks

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                                        • starsent
                                          starsent @lu-menard last edited by

                                          @lu-menard

                                          wow it's good

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                                          • starsent
                                            starsent @Firigion last edited by

                                            @firigion Good

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