FFMPEG installation instructions

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

# Ubuntu/Debian or based
# Install package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg

sudo apt install -y chromium-codecs-ffmpeg

## Make a link
sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-103551/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

[asandikci]

asandikci last edited by

@burnout426 this really solved my problem, I hope there won't be a problem abt it anymore. I can now open youtube live videos or videos in other sites that I couldn't open it before. Really Thanks

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @asandikci last edited by

@asandikci For future reference, the info is at https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config.

[rickjfer]

rickjfer @RungeKutta last edited by

@rungekutta Great!!!

[paultatarenko]

paultatarenko @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Thank you!
You saved my mind. New Opera One is a new piece of shit only.

[SETedesque]

SETedesque @RungeKutta last edited by

@rungekutta fix my problem, now opera runs like charm!

[rephila]

rephila last edited by

1. Try t o download https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.85.0/0.85.0-linux-x64.zip or the latest build from this repository

2. extract the .zip file for ubuntu

3. than use the command

mv libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

4. restart opera

[narcuz]

narcuz @RungeKutta last edited by

@rungekutta Funciona!!..

[OperaBoomerang]

OperaBoomerang @Guest last edited by

@devtiagofranca said in FFMPEG installation instructions:

# Ubuntu/Debian or based
# Install package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg

sudo apt install -y chromium-codecs-ffmpeg

## Make a link
sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-103551/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

!!Warning!!

I tried this and it broke my installation, so be careful if you try it. Initially, it just broke YouTube, which I was using for testing, but when I tried restarting the browser it would no longer launch. Foolishly, I didn't back up the original libffmpeg.so file in the opera folder, so I had to reinstall the whole package. Always take backups, folks!

[AdmiralRickHunter]

AdmiralRickHunter @Guest last edited by

@devtiagofranca This method fixed the FFMPEG H264/MP4 codec link to the Snap version of Chromium (the only method from Ubuntu 24.04 forward) and the Deb install of Opera. Thank you!!

[yashmaioka]

yashmaioka @Guest last edited by

Good point — Linux users often hit this issue. A clear, per-release guide with the correct libffmpeg version and simple install steps would save a lot of confusion. Matching Chromium versions is the real tricky part.