Most Youtube videos work perfectly but a few Youtube videos not working in Opera

[victorxstc]

victorxstc last edited by victorxstc

90% of Youtube videos are shown OK. But 10% of them show this error: "Your browser can't play this video.
Learn more".

When I click on that very "Learn more" link, it takes me to a new page which contradicts itself and says "Your browser is up to date - You can use YouTube's latest features!"

Note these before replying:

• This happens not for all Youtube videos, but only 10% of them.
• Vivaldi, Firefox, and Edge play the same Youtube videos very well.
• I have not blocked any ads or trackers or JavaScript.
• Turning Graphics acceleration On or Off doesn't help.
• Opera and Windows are both 100% fresh and new. No cache or history or cookies.

Opera One (version: 111.0.5168.61)
Opera One (version: 112.0.5197.24)
System:Windows 10 64-bit
Chromium version: 125.0.6422.143

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc Problem still happens on version 112?

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by

@leocg yes in Opera One (version: 112.0.5197.24) the same problem happens.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc It can be a codec issue. Can you access Statistics for Nerds on those videos that doesn't play?

Any difference if you disable extensions and adblocker?

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by

@leocg yes, stats for nerds shows no codec for the failed video:

Viewport / Frames 777x437 / -
Current / Optimal Res 0x0
Volume / Normalized 15% / 15% (content loudness -1.5dB)
Codecs
Color

Disabling all the extensions and restarting Opera did not help.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc While trying to watch one of those videos, check opera://media-internals and see if it shows any error message for that playing.

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by leocg

@leocg I tested 4 of the previously failed videos. To my surprise, 2 of them played smoothly this time (without me doing absolutely anything)!! But 2 others still fail to play.

I tested one of the failed videos with opera://media-internals info. It gave these 4 errors:

render_id: 9
player_id: 3
created: 2024-07-14 10:45:34.377763 UTC
origin_url: https://www.youtube.com/
kFrameUrl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?************
kFrameTitle: *************** - YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/s/search/audio/success.mp3
kTotalBytes: 0x19ec
kIsStreaming: false
kIsSingleOrigin: true
kIsRangeHeaderSupported: true
kRendererName: RendererImpl
pipeline_state: kStopped
debug: Warning, FFmpegDemuxer failed to create a valid/supported audio decoder configuration from muxed stream, config:codec: aac, profile: unknown, bytes_per_channel: 4, channel_layout: MONO, channels: 1, samples_per_second: 44100, input_samples_per_second: 44100, sample_format: Float 32-bit, bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: true, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: true, target_output_channel_layout: NONE, target_output_sample_format: Unknown sample format, has aac extra data: true
info: FFmpegDemuxer: skipping invalid or unsupported audio track
error: [object Object]



render_id: 9
player_id: 2
created: 2024-07-14 10:45:34.376677 UTC
origin_url: https://www.youtube.com/
kFrameUrl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?**************
kFrameTitle: ********************* - YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/s/search/audio/open.mp3
kTotalBytes: 0x1817
kIsStreaming: false
kIsSingleOrigin: true
kIsRangeHeaderSupported: true
kRendererName: RendererImpl
pipeline_state: kStopped
debug: Warning, FFmpegDemuxer failed to create a valid/supported audio decoder configuration from muxed stream, config:codec: aac, profile: unknown, bytes_per_channel: 4, channel_layout: MONO, channels: 1, samples_per_second: 44100, input_samples_per_second: 44100, sample_format: Float 32-bit, bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: true, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: true, target_output_channel_layout: NONE, target_output_sample_format: Unknown sample format, has aac extra data: true
info: FFmpegDemuxer: skipping invalid or unsupported audio track
error: [object Object]



render_id: 9
player_id: 1
created: 2024-07-14 10:45:34.375643 UTC
origin_url: https://www.youtube.com/
kFrameUrl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v*****************
kFrameTitle: ******************** - YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/s/search/audio/no_input.mp3
kTotalBytes: 0x1b29
kIsStreaming: false
kIsSingleOrigin: true
kIsRangeHeaderSupported: true
kRendererName: RendererImpl
pipeline_state: kStopped
debug: Warning, FFmpegDemuxer failed to create a valid/supported audio decoder configuration from muxed stream, config:codec: aac, profile: unknown, bytes_per_channel: 4, channel_layout: MONO, channels: 1, samples_per_second: 44100, input_samples_per_second: 44100, sample_format: Float 32-bit, bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: true, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: true, target_output_channel_layout: NONE, target_output_sample_format: Unknown sample format, has aac extra data: true
info: FFmpegDemuxer: skipping invalid or unsupported audio track
error: [object Object]


render_id: 9
player_id: 0
created: 2024-07-14 10:45:34.374205 UTC
origin_url: https://www.youtube.com/
kFrameUrl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?***************
kFrameTitle: *********************** - YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/s/search/audio/failure.mp3
kTotalBytes: 0x1981
kIsStreaming: false
kIsSingleOrigin: true
kIsRangeHeaderSupported: true
kRendererName: RendererImpl
pipeline_state: kStopped
debug: Warning, FFmpegDemuxer failed to create a valid/supported audio decoder configuration from muxed stream, config:codec: aac, profile: unknown, bytes_per_channel: 4, channel_layout: MONO, channels: 1, samples_per_second: 44100, input_samples_per_second: 44100, sample_format: Float 32-bit, bytes_per_frame: 4, seek_preroll: 0us, codec_delay: 0, has extra data: true, encryption scheme: Unencrypted, discard decoder delay: true, target_output_channel_layout: NONE, target_output_sample_format: Unknown sample format, has aac extra data: true
info: FFmpegDemuxer: skipping invalid or unsupported audio track
error: [object Object]

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by

@leocg For future reference, the codec of the failed video is this (from Stats for nerds):

Video ID / sCPN **************/ EZ61 J81N W9WM 3699 2W3G
Viewport / Frames 777x437 / 0 dropped of 600
Current / Optimal Res 256x144@30 / 256x144@30
Volume / Normalized 100% / 100% (content loudness -0.1dB)
Codecs avc1.4d400c (160) / opus (251)

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc said in Most Youtube videos work perfectly but a few Youtube videos not working in Opera:

Codecs avc1.4d400c (160) / opus (251)

What does https://html5test.opensuse.org/ in Opera say for h.264 and opus?

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 it says it has both of them. However, I have now installed the codecs externally. I wish I had checked this before installing the codecs so that I could see whether my Opera lacked codecs for them or not.
Anyways, now I can watch all previously failed videos. Though it still lacks some codecs like h.265:

opensuse.org says:

video element
Yes ✔
Subtitles
Yes ✔
Audio track selection
No ✘
Video track selection
No ✘
Poster images
Yes ✔
Codec detection
Yes ✔
Video codecs
MPEG-4 ASP support
No ✘
H.264 support
Yes ✔
H.265 support
No ✘
Ogg Theora support
No ✘
WebM with VP8 support
Yes ✔
WebM with VP9 support
Yes ✔

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc In the previous posts, the log seems to show that the problem was with the AAC codec.

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by

@leocg All reports are for the same video. is it possible that Youtube has changed the codec of the said video from AAC to H.264?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc Nope, because AAC is an audio codec and H264 is a video codec.

Usually they are together.

If you change your YouTube settings to use AV1 on low resolution videos, does anything changes?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc said in Most Youtube videos work perfectly but a few Youtube videos not working in Opera:

However, I have now installed the codecs externally.

What specifically did you install?

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by victorxstc

@leocg Thanks for explanation.

If you change your YouTube settings to use AV1 on low resolution videos, does anything changes?*

Apparently it needs me to sign into my Youtube account. I am using Opera without an account.

I logged into my account and set it to always use AV1. But no change happened. Please note that my problem was resolved a couple of days ago after installing external codecs; so we should have tested this AV1 setting beforehand.

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426
K-lite mega codec pack
Shark
CCCP

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc Try the option that I mentioned, to use AV1 for low resolution.

[victorxstc]

victorxstc @leocg last edited by victorxstc

@leocg There was no such an option. The only available ones were these:

AV1 settings
Auto (recommended)
Prefer AV1 for SD
Always prefer AV1

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc It's the second one.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @victorxstc last edited by

@victorxstc Okay. Usually codec packs like that only provide DirectShow codecs that wouldn't help with Opera as Opera uses the Windows Media Foundation instead. But, if things are working for you now, might as well go with it.