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    • 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

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      • 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.

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        • 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

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

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

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            • 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

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              • 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.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  Anyone a hint?

                  What OS? Playing mp3 files depends on the OS.

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                  • 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.

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                    • 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?

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                      • 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

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                        • 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.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by admin

                            Continu discussion in Opera for unix

                            Richard.

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