Impossible to see videos in Opera
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Simone-Brunacci last edited by
When I try to visualize some videos or GIF with Opera Browser I often get the error message : "Your browser can't play this video" or "can't reproduce this video" or something like that,I've tried troubleshooting following some guides and doing stuff like : restart Opera,restart the device,restart the router,delete browsing activity,unable the VPN,unable the option to hardware accelleration,but is always like before,that happens in various websites (for example Youtube,Reddit,ecc).
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
What specific version of Windows and what specific version of Opera as seen at the URL
opera://about?Are you running a special "N" edition of whatever version of Windows you're running?
What does https://html5test.opensuse.org/ say for h.264, VP8 and VP9 video support and what does it say for aac, vorbis and opus audio support?
At the URL
opera://components, do both "Google Widevine Windows CDM" and "Widevine Content Decryption Module" show a version instead of 0.0.0.0? -
Simone-Brunacci last edited by
@burnout426 From opera://about : Opera One version : 107.0.5045.36,Windows version : Windows 10 64 bit , Chromium version : 121.0.6167.186 ;
My Windows version is : Edition : Windows 10 Pro N ; Version : 22H2 ;
From https://html5test.opensuse.org/ (thank you for the resource ! ) VIDEO : H.264 = NO ; WebM with VP8 support : YES ; WebM with VP9 support : YES ;
AUDIO : AAC support : NO ; Ogg Vorbis support : YES ; Ogg Opus support : YES ;
From opera://components : Google Widevine Windows CDM - Version: 1.0.2738.0 Status : Updated ; Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2710.0 Status : Updated ;
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@simone-brunacci Judging by the test results, it looks like the Windows Media Feature Pack is not enabled on your system.
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Simone-Brunacci last edited by
@burnout426 On my system I've already a third part Media Player app (5kplayer) you know how should I set it for seeing video in Opera ?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@simone-brunacci That won't work. Opera specifically uses the Windows Media Foundation for handling proprietary codecs on Windows. That's why the Windows Media Feature pack is needed so that the default Windows Media Foundation extensions are installed.
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Simone-Brunacci last edited by
@burnout426 Ok, to watch videos in Opera,is necessary to set Windows Media Player as default or is it enough to have it installed on PC?
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@simone-brunacci Hit Windows key + r to open the run dialog, type
optionalfeaturesand press enter to open the Windows Features dialog.Make sure "Media Features" and its "Windows Media Player Legacy App" are both checked.
Then in Settings -> System -> Optional Features, you should see the "Windows Media Player Legacy App" entry.
That's what it looks like on a non-N edition of Windows. For an N edition, it might say "Media Feature Pack" instead. Either way, make sure they're installed/enabled etc.
That's all you need. Windows Media Player doesn't need to be the default media player on the system. Opera doesn't use Windows Media Player. Opera just uses some underlying media components that Windows Media Player also uses.
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