Flash video problems never end

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I just did the latest security update and as usual, my video doesn't work. (again.) This is why I give Opera 2 stars as a browser for Linux.

I guess it's time to drop it and go back to FF. Maybe some day they'll get it together.

[trenchsol]

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In order to get perfect video playback on Slackware I had to do 3 things:

1. Install PepperFlash

2. Install extra ffmpeg codecs

3. Set and export LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to directory where ffmpeg.so is located. That should be a directory where Opera is installed. I have a script which does that and runs opera. To check if ffmpeg is found you might run:

ldd /usr/bin/opera | grep -i ffmpeg

I think there should be a man page for *nix Opera, like there is one for lynx and w3m. These issues should be described there. People should read those man pages, at least briefly. Those who can't be bothered to read man pages at all on UNIX-like operating systems should be ignored and nobody should ever reply to their posts.

[Deleted User]

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How long have you guys had the flash problems?

[jayaguru-shishya]

jayaguru-shishya last edited by

How long have you guys had the flash problems?

@tomatoshadow2 Greetings! According to rather a vast review on the post concerning the reported flash problems with Opera[1], they have been around ever since December 2014 - at least.

For example, I was able to get Flash running again by following the instructions at the given link (case number #1), but after the latest Opera update (version 44.0.2510.1449), the problem has re-emerged. This even though the Terminal affirms the following:

chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra is already the newest version (58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1277).

I've been rather patient with Opera on Linux, but I guess I am moving back to Chromium tonight. I wish you good luck solving your Flash problems!

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

How long have you guys had the flash problems?

It's not flash problems. It's problems with HTML5 video codecs.

[jayaguru-shishya]

jayaguru-shishya last edited by

How long have you guys had the flash problems?

It's not flash problems. It's problems with HTML5 video codecs.

@adasiko Only the Opera browser suffers from these kinds of problems while trying to run Flash content. There ain't such problems with Chromium, for example

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

  How long have you guys had the flash problems?

It's not flash problems. It's problems with HTML5 video codecs.

@adasiko Only the Opera browser suffers from these kinds of problems while trying to run Flash content. There ain't such problems with Chromium, for example

adasiko is right. There are absolutely no problems with flash. Check the h264 problems thread for a solution.
Post by blackikeeagle. You may need to repeat the process after Opera browser updates.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@ocky - I can't find any thread from blackikeagle. Where is it please ??

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by admin

The thread https://forums.opera.com/topic/19394/h264-problems/6

When you want an easy solution. I'm building ffmpeg.so packages for archlinux for the different opera flavours. Since these are statically linked they should be usable on any linux distribution.

The packages can be found at http://repo.herecura.eu/

You can browse the packagelist where you should be able to find:

opera-ffmpeg-codecs-* opera-beta-ffmpeg-codecs-* opera-developer-ffmpeg-codecs-*

Most of the time the versions are the matching versions where the opera branch was based on. For developer the versions might divert a bit due to issues in the chromium source.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Fix video issue on Opera Browser for all Debian Linux Distributions

Ubuntu restricted extras
Manual Install

If you are using regular, stock Ubuntu or Debian:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

If you are using Kubuntu:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

If you are using Xubuntu:
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras

If you are using Lubuntu:
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-restricted-extras

[jayaguru-shishya]

jayaguru-shishya last edited by admin

@ocky @adasiko Did you check the link I gave[1]? Installing the suggested Chrome libs for H.264/MP4 codec does no longer work. Instead, the problem has re-emerged.

@fredyavatar Does the first one work for Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 Zasty Zepus too? As we've all heard the news, Ubuntu will transfer to the GNOME environment as a whole, and Unity desktop won't be developed anymore in the future. Therefore, I've moved to Ubuntu GNOME in advance already

[A Former User]

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@fredyavatar
I would like to add that the above do NOT apply to debian. There is no package named ubuntu-restricted-extras

@jayaguru-shishya
All the *ubuntu-restricted-extras packages install the same stuff and they are not desktop enviroment related, so yes, it will work even if ubuntu switches to gnome.

[natasha-from-dnepropetrovsk]

natasha-from-dnepropetrovsk last edited by

Good afternoon!

This discussion has helped me to obtain mp3 support, https://solus-project.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1004 ; post of May 20, 2017 there. I have downloaded an archive with libffmpeg.so file from GitHub (https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/tag/0.20.3) and copied the .so-file into /usr/lib64/opera/, previously saving the corresponding old file as libffmpeg.so_orig, restarted Opera and it works.

libffmpeg.so from Chromium didn't help for me. FireFox and Chrome did play content, but Opera didn't.

My OS is openSUSE 42.2, 64-bit.

Regards, Natalia

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

As stated on that github repo, that libffmpeg is "FFmpeg prebuilt binaries for NW.js" (nw.js = node-webkit or node.js or electron as it is more commonly known). So, this library is intended for node.js apps like skypeforlinux, popcorntime, vivaldi etc.
It just happens to work on opera because both opera and node.js are build on the very same chromium libraries, nothing more, nothing less. It is not the libffmpeg built for chromium or from chromium's source, and that is the reason I will skip that one too

But thanks for the tip

[jayaguru-shishya]

jayaguru-shishya @natasha-from-dnepropetrovsk last edited by

@natasha-from-dnepropetrovsk Thanks for your instructions, and sorry for my stupid question that I will ask now.

I am beginner with Linux. I was trying to find the folder /usr/lib64/opera/, but I could not find anything that is exactly the same. However, I was able to find the following one: /usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera. Is this the same, maybe?

My second question, do I have to follow all the instructions at https://solus-project.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1004 (post by mk6ve, Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:50 am), or is it enough to that I do what you wrote here?

Thanks a lot!

Cheers, and have I nice weekend!

[jayaguru-shishya]

jayaguru-shishya @jayaguru-shishya last edited by

My second question, I just noticed that you referred to a post made in May 20, 2017. That answered my question already, thanks @natasha-from-dnepropetrovsk

[zalex108]

zalex108 @jayaguru-shishya last edited by

@jayaguru-shishya

I recommend you to try it by yourself, Her latest connection was 1 month ago...

Make a back up and if needed create the unexistent folder if you existent one doesn't do the trick.

For Opera back up look at the signature - if need it -.

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