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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

        bump

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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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                                        • gerryp650
                                          gerryp650 last edited by

                                          This means a lot coming from someone who can't seem to operate a forum post...

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                                          • sajgon338
                                            sajgon338 last edited by

                                            I found where is the problem!
                                            You just need to install update for your windows for Package Media Feature Pack.

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