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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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                                    • JoeSchwarz
                                      JoeSchwarz last edited by leocg

                                      hi,
                                      I have noticed that Opera on Linux (Mint cinnamon 21.1) has problem with videos of BBC (e.g. REEL) or CNN (e.g. news) and shows a weird error code.
                                      Because Firefox won't have this problem I believe that it must be an Opera bug.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoeSchwarz last edited by

                                        @joeschwarz Check the whole topic above.
                                        Also check https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config and https://forums.opera.com/topic/37539/solved-solving-the-problem-of-the-opera-browser-with-video-playback-in-ubuntu-and-similar-distributions-linux-mint-kde-neon/

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                                        • JoeSchwarz
                                          JoeSchwarz @leocg last edited by JoeSchwarz

                                          @leocg
                                          Thanks for the great hint. It works line charm. Here are the steps that what I've done:

                                          1. run Opera, click "about" and scroll up to look for the install path. Here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera, then run: killall opera
                                          2. cd /usr/lib/.../opera
                                          3. sudo mv libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so_original
                                          4. snap install chromium-ffmpeg
                                          5. cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/
                                          6. look for the most actual version:chronium-ffmpeg-XXXXX. Here: chromium-ffmpeg-108372//chromium-ffmpeg
                                          7. sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so

                                          Finish. Start opera Opera, goto www.bbc.com and try with any REEL video....to see if it might work and...it works!
                                          Joe

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                                          • NemyV
                                            NemyV @MarcoRboels last edited by

                                            @marcorboels Worked perfect for me

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