Will Opera Ever Support H.264 And MP3

[8sheldons8]

8sheldons8 last edited by

I was wondering if Opera will ever support videos using H.264 (video) and MP3 (audio)? These are both supported by Chrome and IE. I only ask because there are some experiences that I need to change browsers to enjoy. I assume the audio ones are MP3, but I guess they could be AAC.

http://html5test.com/compare/browser/opera-24/chrome-37/ie-11.html

On a side note I noticed when I use My Browser option Opera scores 508, but when I select Opera 24 it has a score of 504.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yes. Unless something unexpected happens you should see it working by default in Opera 25.

The source is the desktop team blog. E.g. http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2014/09/bookmarks-arrive-opera-beta-25/

[8sheldons8]

8sheldons8 last edited by

Awesome! That just made my day. And to think had I not quit using Opera Next, or Beta I would have known that already.

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by admin

Yes. Unless something unexpected happens you should see it working by default in Opera 25.

Really? I'm using the latest Beta build (25.0.1614.35) and the mp3 support is not working. When I drag and drop a .mp3 file into Opera it does nothing! Chrome automatically plays the file as soon as I drop it. I also have the following problems: "Google translate" has no voice, why I can not hear the sound on this page?.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Really? I'm using the latest Beta build (25.0.1614.35) and the mp3 support is not working. When I drag and drop a .mp3 file into Opera it does nothing!

Here it plays the file.

Do you have opera://flags/#proprietary-media-types-playback enabled? Also, which Windows do you use?

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by

Yes, that flag is enabled by default. I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Yes, that flag is enabled by default. I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit.

Should be working on Win7 afaik.

If you try to open the file from Opera, does it works?

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by

Nope. When I try to open the file [this] happens. Also, Opera is not able to play embedded .mp3 files from any site, (the issues I mentioned above), etc...

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by

Opera 26.0.1655.0. http://polnolunie.baikal.ru/konev/konev03.mp3 is not played.

[alobpreis]

alobpreis last edited by

dinexi, that mp3 is playing for me in Opera 25. I didn't try in version 26, but I don't see why it shouldn't.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Opera 26.0.1655.0. http://polnolunie.baikal.ru/konev/konev03.mp3 is not played.

Plays fine here. Same build running on Win10 TP.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Plays here in Win 7 64-bit in either stable or developer builds.

[aspic1003]

aspic1003 last edited by

Works fine for me

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by admin

@leocg,where is the mp3 codec that Opera uses? It seems that Opera is having troubles finding it (at least for me). I even created a thread of this: https://forums.opera.com/topic/5759/opera-25-mp3-support/1.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

where is the mp3 codec that Opera uses?

Sorry, no idea. I guess it uses the system's ones but i'm not sure.