How to play Netfix movies on Opera In Ubuntu 16.04

[apollothethird]

apollothethird last edited by

Is there an official guide of how to play Netflix on Linux using the Opera browser.

I read an announcement that said the new Opera has built in support for Netflix under Linux.

Environment is:

Ubuntu 16.04
Opera version 44.0.2510.857

Thanks in advance for anyone who can provide steps that work or a link to steps that works.

Also, if there isn't support for Netflix yet, that information would be helpful also. I can stop looking for now and check back in some months.

-- L. James

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[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

You may need to install some codecs, but Opera should include widevine. See threads about H.264 as far as the codecs.

[abusivefather]

abusivefather last edited by

i think all browser already support widevine, Netflix and Spotify need this

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

i would love to know as well. if Vivaldi can do it so can Opera

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

If netflix requires widevine (package chromium-widevine) and not the usual chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-* ones, you are out of luck since ubuntu does not package chromium-widevine at all.