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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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                                      • miyen
                                        miyen last edited by miyen

                                        In the "software manager" of Mint now you can download flatpack package with the codecs integrated, no more struggle.

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                                        • ThanosTheMadMan
                                          ThanosTheMadMan @Guest last edited by

                                          @mr-matt-eastwood Thank you! This worked for me too. Of-course the path was a bit different for me. Specifically it was "/snap/chromium-ffmpeg/30/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg" and it had other options, but it worked!

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                                          • az2012
                                            az2012 last edited by

                                            OK After one year this script works very well again.

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