Website Won't Play Audio Properly

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Dear leocg,
It's Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium Edition 32-bit

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Have you ever installed any codec pack on it?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
Not that I'm aware of..I did install the VLC Player, but it didn't seem to help. By the way, I'm typing this reply on one of my computer's that's running Windows 10. Opera seems to function correctly while using that O.S...includind playing mp3 audio. Thanks again for all of your assistance.
David

[delphi15dcg]

delphi15dcg last edited by

I have had to give up Opera, which I like very much, as it will not play CNN video and CNN news video. Other browsers will run CNN without a problem on my Win 7 desktop. All other features of Opera run without problems.

Any ideas for a 'work-around' for what the problem(s) are? Thanks, Harvey

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I did install the VLC Player, but it didn't seem to help

VLC uses a npapi plugin, what stopped being supported by Chromium based browsers since a while ago.
It also doesn't install codecs on your computer and even if it was the case, there won't be any difference for Opera.

I asked about the codec pack because if you had never installed one, I would ask you to try to open the mp3 file on Media Player.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
Just to keep you updated..I recently went to this webpage :http://www.windows7codecs.com and downloaded the software. That didn't seem to solve the audio not playing issue that I described in my original post. The audio will play however using windows media player.
David

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

That didn't seem to solve the audio not playing issue that I described in my original post

Yes, like I said.

The audio will play however using windows media player

You tested before or after have installed the codec pack?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
Why is it when I use google chrome or firefox..I don't have to do anything additional when playing the audio on the page I first mentioned ?
David

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Why is it when I use google chrome or firefox..I don't have to do anything additional when playing the audio on the page I first mentioned ?

Because they don't rely on the OS to play proprietary codecs.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
Thanks for all of your effort's in trying to help me correct the issue of mp3's not playing correctly with opera while using windows 7 SP1. On that laptop I've un-installed opera because after trying every possible thing both you and myself could think of I gave up.I still have one more question concerning the opera browser..in settings I have the 'show advanced settings'box checked, but I'm yet to see those 'advanced' settings anywhere..maybe I don't know where they are supposed to be.
Thanks,
David

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I have the 'show advanced settings'box checked, but I'm yet to see those 'advanced' settings anywhere

Check the settings with a dot on the left. They are the advanced ones.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
I just recently got new glasses..I surely don't see what you stated "Check the settings with a dot on the left. They are the advanced ones."
David

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

In Settings > Browser, can't you see any setting with a dot on its left?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hi leocg,
I guess I didn't know what the dot's were..thanks so much for describing what they meant. Here in the forums is there anyway to set the timestamp to what my 'local' time actually is ? Currently it's 1:00 p.m. c.s.t.
David

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I have a similar issue here, but when trying to search for a solution I stumbled upon this weird issue:

The mp3 file on http://odb.org/ (which is under the audio control) plays well, while this file, which is AFAIK the same file as on the odb.org page, pops up for download:

http://dzxuyknqkmi1e.cloudfront.net/odb/2016/10/odb-10-11-16.mp3

And, AFAICS the same mime type. Opera41 wants to download all mp3 files, while ogg files are played without any problem.

I read that from Opera32, mp3 files should be played correctly, but this is not the case over here.

Anyone a hint?

Richard.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Anyone a hint?

What OS? Playing mp3 files depends on the OS.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Linux Debian testing. mp3 plays fine, with mplayer, vlc, firefox, whatever. Strange thing is that it asks for download. And why does odb.org work fine? That's an mp3 as well.

Richard.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Linux Debian

Well, maybe someone at the Linux forum knows why Opera doesn't play mp3.

And why does odb.org work fine?

Maybe it's using a plugin to play the audio?

Strange thing is that it asks for download

What about other mp3 files?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

When looking at the sources of odb.org I can see it's an <audio> tag with a link to an mp3 with the right mime type. Any other mp3 will be prompted for download. I have really no idea why.

This is the output at opera://media-internals of odb.org:

channel_layout: STEREO
channels: 2
component_id: 2
component_type: 1
device_id: 
device_type: pcm_low_latency
effects: NO_EFFECTS
frames_per_buffer: 2048
owner_id: 29
render_process_id: 49
sample_rate: 44100
status: started
web_contents_title: Our Daily Bread

channel_layout: STEREO
channels: 2
component_id: 2
component_type: 2
device_id: 
device_type: pcm_low_latency
effects: NO_EFFECTS
frames_per_buffer: 2048
owner_id: 0
sample_rate: 44100
status: started
volume: 1

Richard

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

ogg example

mp3 example

The ogg plays, the mp3 is greyed out. When I click a direct link to an mp3, opera asks where to download the file:

direct mp3

Richard.