h264 video playback fails on Opera 34.0.2036.50

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

For some reason HTML5 video playback for h264 files stopped working this week. It was working fine before that.

apt-cache policy chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:
  Installed: 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108
  Candidate: 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108

When I copy the ffmpeg lib manually to the opera lib folder, the pages containing the videos crash.

Any help would be appreciated.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I admit I forgot to write on which operating system this is happening. The video playback stopped working on two computers, both running Linux Mint 17.3.

[avl]

avl Opera last edited by

It's because Chromium was updated to Chromium 48, but Opera wasn't (yet).

You can wait for Opera to update (should be soon) or, as a workaround, downgrade chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra to Chromium 47.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

Same thing happened to me running Ubuntu 14.04

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Ok, it's working again.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

Still not working for me.

[lukedzej]

lukedzej last edited by

Hi, pls upgrade to O35 and check again, O35 uses chromium 48 codecs.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

I'm running Opera 35 and HTML5 video playback for h264 files stopped working last week.

Version: 35.0.2066.37 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: Stable
System: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (x86_64; Unity)

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

Those HTML5 video playback for h264 files that wasn't playing yesterday or last week, just started playing again today!

Hope they keep playing.

[Deleted User]

Deleted User last edited by

This issue occurs every time I update Opera. It is very annoying and there isn't any stable answer.

Fedora 23 (Workstation Edition) (x86_64; X-LXQt)