in opera://gpu, what would be a "suspect message?"

I get this under Command Line Arguments::

"Opera\38.0.2220.41\opera.exe" -noautoupdate --ran-launcher --system-dpi-setting=96 --alt-high-dpi-setting=96 --flag-switches-begin --disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback --enable-autofill-ignore-autocomplete-off --with-feature:hi-resolution-thumbnails --with-feature:hidpi-speed-dial-tiles --with-feature:personalized-news-start-page --save-page-as-mhtml --show-autofill-type-predictions --flag-switches-end --disable-direct-npapi-requests --use-turbo2 -- http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/what-heat-dome-everything-you-need-know-n614176"

And these at the tope of the opera://gpu page::

opera://gpu

Graphics Feature Status

Canvas: Hardware accelerated
Flash: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Rasterization: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Hardware accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated

Driver Bug Workarounds

clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
disable_d3d11
disable_direct_composition
disable_discard_framebuffer
exit_on_context_lost
force_cube_complete
msaa_is_slow
scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
texsubimage_faster_than_teximage

Problems Detected

Accelerated video decode interferes with GPU sandbox on older Intel drivers: 180695, 298968, 436968
Disabled Features: accelerated_video_decode
Some drivers are unable to reset the D3D device in the GPU process sandbox
Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost
TexSubImage is faster for full uploads on ANGLE
Applied Workarounds: texsubimage_faster_than_teximage
Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: 124764, 349137
Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
Always rewrite vec/mat constructors to be consistent: 398694
Applied Workarounds: scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
Old Intel drivers cannot reliably support D3D11: 363721
Applied Workarounds: disable_d3d11
ANGLE crash on glReadPixels from incomplete cube map texture: 518889
Applied Workarounds: force_cube_complete
On Intel GPUs MSAA performance is not acceptable for GPU rasterization: 527565
Applied Workarounds: msaa_is_slow
Framebuffer discarding can hurt performance on non-tilers: 570897
Applied Workarounds: disable_discard_framebuffer
Direct composition flashes black initially on Win <10: 588588
Applied Workarounds: disable_direct_composition
Accelerated rasterization has been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: rasterization
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers

And clicked on a random video::
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/what-heat-dome-everything-you-need-know-n614176

This one played fine here although the commands seem to be missing.

I have hardware acceleration disabled, but in the interest of searching for a clue, I turned it on and got the same result, no video, clicking on the play button does absolutely nothing

With hardware acceleration enabled, check opera://gpu again for any suspect message and also try again to check opera://media-internals/ while trying to watch the videos.

What are your settings for plug-ins in Settings > Websites > Plug-ins?

Opera uses the PPAPI Flash

Yes, thank you, the latest Flash PPAPI is installed

This one plays fine - in Flash - here. Yours appears to be HTML5 rather than Flash.

That one also does not play on my system with O 38.0.2220.41, Windows 7.

Right clicking on it shows it to be interpreted as an image, not a video

Am I the only one who is having this problem?? All the rest of the folks reading this thread can watch the video??

So do you have Turbo enabled by chance?

3 have no idea how to address "hardware acceleration"

Settings > Browser.

Turbo is disabled.

I have hardware acceleration disabled, but in the interest of searching for a clue, I turned it on and got the same result, no video, clicking on the play button does absolutely nothing, not even anything that would indicate the click was received by their server. it's as if this were a still image.

I clicked on NBNEWS "Top Videos" on their home page, got here::

http://www.nbcnews.com/video

And clicked on a random video::

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/what-heat-dome-everything-you-need-know-n614176

Same result, NONE of the NBCNEWS videos play.

3 have no idea how to address "hardware acceleration"

Settings > Browser.

3 I opened opera://media-internals/ and got this result under "Players" after reloading the NBCNEWS site and got this::
"Players
None"

That's interesting. If i disable Flash, i got a eternal "loading" spin for that video but if enable Flash then the video plays fine.
However, if you right click on it you will not see any Flash info.
Do you have Turbo enabled by chance?

4 Loaded opera://gpu/ and got this, no clue as to how this affects my problem::

Only thing I've noticed was the lack of hardware acceleration but i don't know if it could cause the issue.

#1 Disabling Flash gives me the same screen on NBCNEWS, the initial image from the Video with the Play button in the middle, which does not respond. Enabling Flash does exactly the same thing, as if the image is simply an image (photo) and not an entry point for a video to play. When I hover my mouse over the image, it does change into the familiar "pointing hand" but has no effect.

#2 Right clicking on the image offers the usual "Save Image, Copy Image, etc" - no indication that it is hovering on top of a video file.

#3 have no idea how to address "hardware acceleration" - my system uses the Intel Media chip and hardware acceleration cannot be turned off or on.

Still totally perplexed. This issue has been with me for MANY iterations of Opera Blink, when I try this site using Opera 12.17, I get this::

There is only the play button on a black image, with the flowing notes above it::

"NBC News works best with JavaScript turned on

Sorry, this video needs JavaScript turned on"

Internet Explorer 11 definitely plays the video.

I have tried switching the user agent to EVERY possibility, and noting works.

I REALLY want to find out what is going on, as I cannot watch ANY videos from the NBCNEWS site, and all videos from all other sites I visit work perfectly.

Any help appreciated.

I checked my plugins and I have three and I have not uninstalled any. Do you know the name of what these other plugins that you had installed were?

Adobe Flash Player
Version: 22.0.0.209
Shockwave Flash 22.0 r0

Chrome PDF Viewer (2 files)

Widevine Content Decryption Module

3 I opened opera://media-internals/ and got this result under "Players" after reloading the NBCNEWS site and got this::
"Players
None"

That's interesting. If i disable Flash, i got a eternal "loading" spin for that video but if enable Flash then the video plays fine.
However, if you right click on it you will not see any Flash info.

Do you have Turbo enabled by chance?

4 Loaded opera://gpu/ and got this, no clue as to how this affects my problem::

Only thing I've noticed was the lack of hardware acceleration but i don't know if it could cause the issue.

Yes, Opera uses the PPAPI Flash. Chrome recently dropped NPAPI plugin support. So you probably only have three supported plugins - the internal PDF plugin, Flash and the widevine content decryption module.

Yup, that's what I have...so that clears THAT up, now only to find or just why O38 will not play NBSNEWS videos.

Onward

Flash is built into Opera

Nope, it's not.

Not just this one, but none of them play, I have tried so many with the same result.

Do you have ad-blocker enabled? If so, try disabling it for that site.
Open opera://media-internals/ while trying to watch the video and check if it show some info of what may be causing the issue.
Also check opera://gpu for any warnings or error messages.

Am I wrong, where are all of my plugins??

Opera can only use PPAPI plugins and it seems that there aren't that many of them.

Hi Leo, first off, I appreciate the feedback here.

#1 I assume if Flash is not built into Opera, it uses the PPAPI one, correct?

#2 I DO have an ad-blocker included also Opera internal ad-blocker, I disabled both of them, same result...the NBCNEWS site videos do NOT play withing Opera, as I've said...clicking the black forward (Play) arrow within the yellow box results in NOTHING...as if I am clicking white space on any page.

#3 I opened opera://media-internals/ and got this result under "Players" after reloading the NBCNEWS site and got this::

"Players

None"

#4 Loaded opera://gpu/ and got this, no clue as to how this affects my problem::

Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Compositing: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Multiple Raster Threads: Unavailable
Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
Video Encode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
WebGL: Unavailable
Driver Bug Workarounds
clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
disable_d3d11
disable_direct_composition
disable_discard_framebuffer
exit_on_context_lost
msaa_is_slow
scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
Problems Detected
GPU process was unable to boot: GPU access is disabled in chrome://settings.
Disabled Features: all
Accelerated video decode interferes with GPU sandbox on older Intel drivers: 180695, 298968, 436968
Disabled Features: accelerated_video_decode
Some drivers are unable to reset the D3D device in the GPU process sandbox
Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost
Clear uniforms before first program use on all platforms: 124764, 349137
Applied Workarounds: clear_uniforms_before_first_program_use
Always rewrite vec/mat constructors to be consistent: 398694
Applied Workarounds: scalarize_vec_and_mat_constructor_args
Old Intel drivers cannot reliably support D3D11: 363721
Applied Workarounds: disable_d3d11
On Intel GPUs MSAA performance is not acceptable for GPU rasterization: 527565
Applied Workarounds: msaa_is_slow
Framebuffer discarding can hurt performance on non-tilers: 570897
Applied Workarounds: disable_discard_framebuffer
Direct composition flashes black initially on Win <10: 588588
Applied Workarounds: disable_direct_composition
Native GpuMemoryBuffers have been disabled, either via about:flags or command line.
Disabled Features: native_gpu_memory_buffers"

Any help appreciated, I am computer savvy, but not sure how to interpret these entries in opera://gpu/

where are all of my plugins??

Are you confusing them with extensions?

Well, no I know what my extensions are and where to access them. However (and I may be way off base with this) is seems to me I used to have a considerable # of plug-ins, please correct me if I am wrong.

Flash is built into Opera

Nope, it's not.

Not just this one, but none of them play, I have tried so many with the same result.

Do you have ad-blocker enabled? If so, try disabling it for that site.

Open opera://media-internals/ while trying to watch the video and check if it show some info of what may be causing the issue.
Also check opera://gpu for any warnings or error messages.

Am I wrong, where are all of my plugins??

Opera can only use PPAPI plugins and it seems that there aren't that many of them.

where are all of my plugins??

Are you confusing them with extensions?

Ok, I uninstalled Flash, no difference.

But another thing, when I went to the plugins screen under settings, I only find the Chrome PDF Viewer, and the Widevine Content Decryption Module. Seems to me I had a LOT of plugins installed when Opera installed itself, including the Flash that is included. Am I wrong, where are all of my plugins??