<![CDATA[[Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux]]>I also can't listen to certain radio stations either.

Using Mint 17.2 which is built on Ubuntu 14.4.

I have googled and tried everything. yes, I have tried installing pepper flash using this advice from Ubuntu forums: https://gist.github.com/ruario/215c365facfe8d3c5071

also this advice: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/11/new-pepper-flash-installer-for-chromium-firefox/

I have tried several times with several different ppa's. Nothing works. when I check the status my linux reports I have current flash version is 24.

What am I doing wrong, or is it just that not all video can work on Linux ???

Many thanks !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/19672/solved-can-t-view-cnn-video-on-linuxRSS for NodeTue, 14 Apr 2026 16:27:38 GMTFri, 10 Mar 2017 22:29:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:47:29 GMT]]>It works perfectly thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116984https://forums.opera.com/post/116984Thu, 16 Mar 2017 03:47:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:26:16 GMT]]>@avi @sgunhouse

You guys ROCK !!!! Thank you thank you !!!! It worked !!

For anyone else who needs this help, this is what you do:

  1. Make certain you have flash installed. I followed instructions to install pepper flash, but this did not fix my problem.

  2. Install the correct H264 codec for Opera. You do this, by following these instructions:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download

NOTE!!!

Even if you are using Mint 17.2 / Ubuntu 14.4 you must install version 56+ of the codec. Version 53 does not work.
Also use Synaptic package manager. Follow instruction on this link on how to add the source to synaptic. Once yo have done that it is a simple case of selecting V56 inside synaptic and install.

Restart Opera.

Bingo !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116917https://forums.opera.com/post/116917Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:26:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:08:05 GMT]]>You'll need chromium-ffmpeg-codecs-extra version 56 or newer on Ubuntu.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116902https://forums.opera.com/post/116902Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:08:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:30:44 GMT]]>The post in this forum said something about codecs-chrome-extra, but I don't have an equivalent in my distro (and I may have the terms swapped - it may be chrome-codecs-extra).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116877https://forums.opera.com/post/116877Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:30:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:38:26 GMT]]>Thank you for your help on this. I installed H.264 as recommended using these instructions:

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/12/how-to-get-flash-and-h264-to-work-in.html

Unfortunately it did not work. Can you please suggest / recommend a link or post for a fail safe method for getting H.264 installed on Opera to play CNN videos on Linux?

I love Opera, it's so much better than Chrome

Thanks !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116869https://forums.opera.com/post/116869Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:38:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Can't VIew CNN Video on Linux on Sat, 11 Mar 2017 06:59:17 GMT]]>Search for H.264, it (and some other proprietary codecs) need some help to work on Linux. It probably isn't Flash at all. There are multiple threads on that topic in this forum.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/116705https://forums.opera.com/post/116705Sat, 11 Mar 2017 06:59:17 GMT