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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      It will probably be better when Facebook start to send html5 videos to Opera.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

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        • rafaelclp
          rafaelclp last edited by

          I was having the same problem until I read this topic. Yes, the problem happens because of the flash player, not because of Opera. Chrome receives HTML5 version. Opera receives Flash version. I switched User-Agent in Chrome to Opera's. It received Flash version, and the video had the exact same issues you see in Opera. So I switched User-Agent in Opera to Chrome's. It received HTML5 version, and everything worked fine.

          In other words, just switch Opera's User-Agent to Chrome. If you don't know how, the simplest way is to download an extension, like https://addons.opera.com/pt/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher/?display=en

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

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            • hassenesoua1
              hassenesoua1 last edited by

              my reply was too late because i was sick of waiting and switched to other browsers
              got to thank you for that, user agent switcher is an idea that i never thought of all this time
              atm my videos working fine (thank god)
              i really hope opera supports the html5 like chrome

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                i really hope opera supports the html5 like chrome

                Opera supports html5 since a long time.

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                • hassenesoua1
                  hassenesoua1 last edited by

                  then? why its flash player for me

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                  • lando242
                    lando242 last edited by

                    Because Facebook is being a turd and forcing Opera users to use Flash. By using the User Agent Switcher you are lying to Facebook about what browser you are using so that it wont force you to use flash.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      then? why its flash player for me

                      You didn't read the topic. It was said that Facebook is sending Flash videos to Opera instead of html5 ones.

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                      • goammymclane
                        goammymclane last edited by

                        I am also getting this issue with FB and other video website daily motion

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                        • jooj13
                          jooj13 last edited by

                          As rafaelclp said, user-agent solves the problem
                          https://addons.opera.com/pt/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher/?display=en

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            can someone e-mail to adobe and opera please TwT

                            last hope is flash player next version ?

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                            • urbanman2004
                              urbanman2004 last edited by

                              Out of all the sites I go to, Opera has always been buggy on fb

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                              • camazin
                                camazin last edited by

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                                Same problem here, i really can't watch films on facebook.

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User last edited by

                                  After Opera 34 the browser has a lot of problems. I updated Opera to Opera 35 and now not only videos are buggy, they're not even playing.

                                  Here's a screenshot: http://postimg.org/image/dwzbl98a7/

                                  If you're not going to do something about it, at least let us know to move to another browser and stop posting all the issues that we're having using Opera.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    new version of flash player come let's try https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                      Facebook seems to be serving Opera with html5 videos now. However, there seem to still be issues with them.

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                                      • laurentfrenette
                                        laurentfrenette last edited by

                                        I got really attracted by Opera, at first it seemed a very fast/practical browser. That's the truth, but its videos reading is totally shit, I tried several things to fix this : I still can't watch 75% of the videos on facebook, and I very often get the "cannot be read by this browser" message when i'm trying to watch videos from another website. I can't believe that kind of problems are happening even with a very popular and developped browser such as Opera. It was nice using you Opera, but I need to say good bye, i'm returning to Google Chrome.

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                                        • gerryp650
                                          gerryp650 last edited by

                                          Do you have any extensions installed? Please list them here. Also, try disabling all of the extensions, relaunching the browser and viewing the videos again.

                                          This worked for me... I disabled all my extensions and brought them on one at a time as I tested. "Blur" was the one that caused my problem. Leaving it disabled, I am now able to view the Facebook videos embedded in my various forums.

                                          This may be because I am not logged onto Facebook... and haven't been for a long while.

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                                          • ghynson
                                            ghynson last edited by

                                            Opera NEVER works right,.. not sure why people still use it.

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