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A Former User

why do videos not play from media matters website. the player is jwplayer 6-10. it has been the past 2 weeks since opera stopped being able to play videos from media matters. all i get now is an error loading media; file could not be played.
fix this please. videos from media matters play just fine in chrome.

http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/11/cnns-trump-supporter-tells-black-panelists-confederate-flag-issouthern-pride/212354

lando242

lando242

Confirmed as not working in Opera 39. Works fine in Chrome.

A Former User

fix it opera! it was working then all of a sudden not!
have a pleasant day

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

Same on Vivaldi. Seems to be that the site may be using an unsupported codec and/or format.

Anyway, was it reported already?

l33t4opera

l33t4opera

Hi @farmerfifi3, if your Windows does not have a native support for video playback using H.264 codec (this is required by the Opera to play videos encoded in this format), then the website will attempt to use the Adobe Flash - PPAPI plugin, which can be installed as follows:

Go to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/,
In step 1 select your Windows version,
In step 2 make sure that you select "FP XX for Opera and Chromium - PPAPI",
Untick the checkboxes under the "Optional offers", and press "Download Now",
After you install the plug-in, launch the Opera, go to opera://plugins, and make sure, that the plug-in is enabled.

Regarding the problem with video playback on the MSNBC website (as you mentioned it here):

The above Flash plugin needs to be installed and turned on,
Go to Settings > Websites > Plug-ins:

select the option "Detect and run important plug-in content (recommended)",

or

click on "Manage exceptions", and add [*.]msnbc.com under the "Hostname pattern" , select "Detect content" from the drop-down, and press "Done".

A Former User

the problem was on opera's end. media matters videos now play. thank you opera team!