Updating the Opera One browser to last version doesn't work with ffmpeg library

[tephyr]

tephyr @LeviaKirin last edited by

@LeviaKirin Also hit this problem; the only site in my limited testing that works is Youtube.

[alexs]

alexs last edited by alexs

Here’s how it looks on my system (Debian/unstable):
In /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/, I have a folder named lib_extra:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/lib_extra/
In $HOME/.local/, I have a folder named opera:
$HOME/.local/lib/opera/

I always place the appropriate libffmpeg.so file in $HOME/.local/lib/opera/ (without root privileges).
Then I create a symlink from $HOME/.local/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so:
As root:
ln -s /home/[username]/.local/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so

Currently, the libffmpeg.so file from the Vivaldi browser is included there.
As a user (without root privileges):
cp /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-8.1/libffmpeg.so $HOME/.local/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so

It works for me without any problems.

Of course, you can copy the libffmpeg.so file directly—without the symlink—into the lib_extra folder:
cp /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-8.1/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/lib_extra/

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @alexs last edited by

@alexs I tried the Vivaldi one and it doesn't work

[alexs]

alexs @LeviaKirin last edited by

@LeviaKirin
A good alternative to the Vivaldi browser is to use the following prebuilt version of libffmpeg.so:
Go to https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/latest and download the *-linux-x64.zip file. Extract the libffmpeg.so file from it and copy it to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera-stable/lib_extra/

Warning! There is also a file named libffmpeg.so in the Opera program directory; this file is installed along with Opera and should remain unchanged.

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @alexs last edited by

@alexs I know about this, I already done it till now, my problem presents only now that the latest release came out

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

If the one from https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/latest doesn't work, try the one from https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/tag/0.113.0.

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 unfortunately that one counts in the ones that gave me the glibc error that I pointed in the post

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @LeviaKirin last edited by

@LeviaKirin Under assets at https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.3.0, download "electron-v43.3.0-linux-x64.zip" and get the libffmpeg.so out if it.

From https://social.vivaldi.net/@ruario@ruario.vivaldi.net/116810957378851380, that one should be compatible with Chromium 150 that Opera 134 is based on and also only require glibc 2.17. Worth a try.

[PStona]

PStona last edited by

Why don't you just rollback to the working version?
if You have flatpack version it looks like this:

# I am using opera-gx, but the process should be the same for or com.opera.Opera
flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.opera.opera-gx # checking version history
sudo flatpak update --commit=80c19d26639c4fda2f4bb93a2a16a9a87d428e15bd387cad7d16034f4b8b5095 com.opera.opera-gx # commit differs for non-gx version, just pick parent of stable version it should be enough # pull request #40 for gx pull request #270 for non-gx
sudo flatpak mask com.opera.opera-gx # blocking auto-update 
...
# after some time I recommand turning back auto-updates. Opera should resolve the problem in some upcoming commit
sudo flatpak mask --remove com.opera.opera-gx

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @PStona last edited by

@PStona well I rolled back in the time being but I didn't want to being stuck with an older version forever

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 it worked, thanks a lot for the help

[zibi1981]

zibi1981 last edited by

I was able to solve this issue on my CachyOS by replacing chromium-ffmpeg-8.1.2-1 with vivaldi-ffmpeg-codecs-150.0.7871.120-1.1

[stephen4]

stephen4 last edited by

Glad to see the Electron 43.3.0 workaround finally solved the issue for you. The GLIBC compatibility problem makes this update especially frustrating on Linux, so having a working FFmpeg build is definitely useful. Hopefully Opera fixes the underlying compatibility issue in a future release.

[LeviaKirin]

LeviaKirin @stephen4 last edited by

@stephen4 it really is, we can only wait

[jim0205]

jim0205 last edited by

It works perfectly for me on Fedora KDE Plasma with the latest Opera RPM.

I fixed the FFmpeg issue by replacing Opera's bundled libffmpeg with a working version compatible with the latest Opera build. After the replacement, video playback works normally again.

So for me, the latest Opera RPM works perfectly on Fedora KDE Plasma — the problem was only the bundled FFmpeg library.

I can upload the working libffmpeg and provide the link if needed.