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    Lingering problems with videos in all branches of Opera releases on Windows 7 32-bit system

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    • treego
      treego last edited by

      Hi Opera. Thanks for the continued updates of your browser. Do you have any idea when videos like this one will be playable on Windows 7, 32-bit systems? Thank you, again. http://shoebat.com/2015/06/03/breaking-cnn-reports-pamela-geller-target-of-beheading-attack-then-asks-her-if-she-relishes-being-the-target/

      Other browsers on my system that play this video with no hitches at all are Vivaldi, Chrome, Firefox, PaleMoon, and Internet Explorer. None of the most recent versions of Opera (that includes Stable, Beta, and Developer) play this video or others like it. Why not? I've been asking this question for 4 weeks now both on Opera Desktop blog discussions and here in the forums with no answer.

      If I right-click on the video display image at this website and click on "View frame source" and examine the source code, I do find this link which does play fine in Opera when I copy and paste this link into another tab: https://d2ha22j8ys3e0o.cloudfront.net/vmplayer/player.swf?video_id=2421779&domain=vid.me&c=598-1-9-4 ... hopefully, somebody can troubleshoot this.

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      • lando242
        lando242 last edited by

        Hmm, works fine for me. Have you tried watching it in a private window? If it works in a private window then its an extension thats causing the issue. If it still doesn't work then it could be that your system is missing the codecs used to play it. Its MP4 format but I didn't go through the trouble to see what codec is uses.

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        • treego
          treego last edited by

          It doesn't work in a private window for me, either. As for "codecs," I'm not sure what that means, but as I said, numerous other browsers are playing this video with my existing "codecs."
          I simply get the message at the bottom of the video screen which says, "The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported."

          Thank you for your reply.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            Please take a look here and see if the links work for you.

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            • treego
              treego last edited by

              I get a "404 Error - The page you are looking for could not be found" message when clicking your "here" link, leocg.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                I get a "404 Error - The page you are looking for could not be found" message when clicking your "here" link, leocg.

                Don't know why the forum was pointing to a wrong address. I've fixed it.

                Anyway, the link is http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-beta-31-0-1889-50/#comment-2112133108

                Try to open the two pages mentioned there and see if the videos work for you.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  those webpage Videos all work perfectly fine here in Opera 30.0.1835.88

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                  • treego
                    treego last edited by

                    I get a "404 Error - The page you are looking for could not be found" message when clicking your "here" link, leocg.

                    Don't know why the forum was pointing to a wrong address. I've fixed it.
                    Anyway, the link is http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-beta-31-0-1889-50/#comment-2112133108
                    Try to open the two pages mentioned there and see if the videos work for you.

                    OK leocg,

                    There are four videos I see combined on those two pages. The only video that does NOT play for me is the tiny video labeled H.264/MP4 at http://www.quirksmode.org/html5/tests/video.html .

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      The only video that does NOT play for me is the tiny video labeled H.264/MP4

                      It means that Opera isn't being able to play h264 videos on your computer for some reason.

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                      • treego
                        treego last edited by

                        The only video that does NOT play for me is the tiny video labeled H.264/MP4

                        It means that Opera isn't being able to play h264 videos on your computer for some reason.

                        Yes, and that makes Opera a less viable option for me, as other browsers have no problems with such videos. If anybody knows how to make Opera play such videos on a Windows 7, 32-bit system, I'm all ears.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          If anybody knows how to make Opera play such videos on a Windows 7, 32-bit system, I'm all ears.

                          It seems more like a bug. If you open Opera's task manager, do you see the gpu process?

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                          • treego
                            treego last edited by

                            If anybody knows how to make Opera play such videos on a Windows 7, 32-bit system, I'm all ears.

                            It seems more like a bug. If you open Opera's task manager, do you see the gpu process?

                            I do NOT see a "gpu" process in Opera's task manager. I assume such a process would be labeled or identified as "GPU." If so, I see no such process.

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                              I do NOT see a "gpu" process in Opera's task manager. I assume such a process would be labeled or identified as "GPU." If so, I see no such process.

                              OK, so it seems that you are affected by the issue.

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                              • treego
                                treego last edited by

                                I do NOT see a "gpu" process in Opera's task manager. I assume such a process would be labeled or identified as "GPU." If so, I see no such process.

                                OK, so it seems that you are affected by the issue.

                                Is there a fix at all or some setting that can be adjusted (i.e., opera://flags)?

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                                • babogredac
                                  babogredac last edited by

                                  @treego
                                  i have same problem

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                    Is there a fix at all or some setting that can be adjusted (i.e., opera://flags)?

                                    Not that i know, the bug needs to be fixed.

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                                    • treego
                                      treego last edited by

                                      OK, thank you for your very kind assistance, leocg. You are a true gentleman. 🙂

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                                      • l33t4opera
                                        l33t4opera last edited by

                                        Hi @treego @leocg babogredac, "HTML 5 version of youtube on x32 platforms should be unblocked this week" - the source link.

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                                        • treego
                                          treego last edited by

                                          Hi @treego @leocg babogredac, "HTML 5 version of youtube on x32 platforms should be unblocked this week" - the source link.

                                          That's nice, I guess, but I don't have issues with YouTube. Please see above. Thank you, though.

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                                          • treego
                                            treego last edited by

                                            Another problematic site that I came across today where the video will not play in any current version of Opera (stable, beta, or developer) on Win 7 32-bit. This video plays in all other browsers I have, though: http://shoebat.com/2015/08/03/another-marine-has-just-been-murdered-in-tennessee-by-a-follower-of-the-antichrist-this-evil-needs-to-be-destroyed/

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