Video not supported?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Consider seeing what Youtube says you support.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

it says Opera 36 supports everything except "H.264" and "MSE & H.264".
YouTube works fine using HTML5.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

it says Opera 36 supports everything except "H.264" and "MSE & H.264".

That video most probably uses H264, what can't be played in Opera on XP because XP doesn't natively supports H264.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Ah, of course that is very probably the reason!
Thanks.
If Google Chrome works OK with it, I'm just surprised that Opera doesn't.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

If Google Chrome works OK with it, I'm just surprised that Opera doesn't.

Chrome has its own (media) decoder. For some reasons - mainly legal AFAIK - Opera can't have its own decoder so it relies on the OS to play some codecs, like H264.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

try installing a minimal set of Klite codec pack and try playing it again

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I actually already have the K-Lite Codec Pack installed, and have had for many years.
It's rather an old version now though (8.2.0) as I haven't updated it for ages, so I may try a newer version to see if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the pointer.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

try installing a minimal set of Klite codec pack and try playing it again

It wouldn't help as the support should be native.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I thought that might be the case!
Not a big deal, if I run across another video that won't play in Opera, I'll just use Chrome to watch it!
Thanks everyone for your help.

[newoperanut]

newoperanut last edited by

Thanks for this. I have the same issue, and thought I was missing a codec.