<![CDATA[Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu]]>Apparently, the latest stable version of Opera (42.0.2393.94) is not compatible with the latest version of the 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' (55.X) package on Ubuntu 16.04. As a result, streaming video/audio on many sites don't work. The video frame says something like "The media cannot be played" and becomes blank. These include Mixcloud, SoundCloud, Twitter videos, etc (Youtube videos work OK).

In is possible to fix the problem by reverting the ffmpeg package version to 53.X. First, remove the latest package:

sudo apt-get remove chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

Then, download the 53.X version from the Launchpad. For example, I'm on AMD64, so I downloaded the previous version of the codecs built for AMD64 from here

Then install it manually via dpkg:

$ sudo dpkg --install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257_amd64.deb

Optionally, put the package on hold until it gets fixed:

$ sudo apt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

After that, everything should work OK.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/18564/incompatibility-with-the-latest-chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-in-ubuntuRSS for NodeMon, 09 Mar 2026 21:50:48 GMTFri, 23 Dec 2016 16:55:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:20:06 GMT]]>

Please check https://www.bloomberg.com/europe

Turn off any ads block extensions

Yes, I was just baffled because all was fine some days ago. Needed to turn off the Opera ad blocking and uBlock.
Additionally set uMatrix to allow the script 'imask.googleapis.com'
Too many ad-blockers can be a grind but they are certainly worth a bit of fiddling.
Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112458https://forums.opera.com/post/112458Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:20:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:02:23 GMT]]>

Please check https://www.bloomberg.com/europe

Turn off any ads block extensions

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112451https://forums.opera.com/post/112451Mon, 26 Dec 2016 05:02:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:52:37 GMT]]>Please check https://www.bloomberg.com/europe
I am unable to play any of the videos. (Scroll down to see a selection of videos).
Same with Vivaldi and Google Chrome.
Kubuntu 14.04. Have yet to try my CentOS 7.3 and Xubuntu 16.04.

(Just in case I changed the path as per link provided by adasiko - no change).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112424https://forums.opera.com/post/112424Sun, 25 Dec 2016 06:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Sat, 24 Dec 2016 23:46:46 GMT]]>Same issue with Opera on my kde-neon. Thanks for solution.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112413https://forums.opera.com/post/112413Sat, 24 Dec 2016 23:46:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:02:32 GMT]]>Awesome, but I'll probably stay on the older version until the next Opera update 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112366https://forums.opera.com/post/112366Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:02:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Incompatibility with the latest 'chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra' in Ubuntu on Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:13:43 GMT]]>Library path has changed with last chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra update.

https://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/12/opera-42-0-2393-94-stable-update/#comment-3062306928

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/112360https://forums.opera.com/post/112360Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:13:43 GMT