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    • jimpiersall
      jimpiersall last edited by

      I tried a clean profile before but did not delete the cache. I tried both just now and still did not work. I appreciate everyone's help. Obviously, I have no idea why everything works fine on my other browsers but not on Opera.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Is opera://flags/#media-windows-mf-demuxer enabled?

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        • jimpiersall
          jimpiersall last edited by

          It was on default (enabled) and then I clicked enabled to make sure, but I still have the problem.

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          • jimpiersall
            jimpiersall last edited by

            Here are what the error messages look like if that helps anyone:

            Twitter Videos:

            http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p413/Piersall/Video Errors/twitter_zpsrbvyudzd.jpg

            MSN Videos:

            http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p413/Piersall/Video Errors/msn_zpsybltqqmh.jpg

            Google Photos:

            http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p413/Piersall/Video Errors/msn_zpsybltqqmh.jpg

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              If you download this video, can you play it using Windows Media Player?

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              • jimpiersall
                jimpiersall last edited by

                If you download this video, can you play it using Windows Media Player?

                Yes. I played it first in Windows Media Player, and it worked fine. I also have VLC and Media Player Classic, and it worked on those as well.

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                • temkem
                  temkem last edited by

                  jimpiersall

                  Try to disconnect :

                  opera://flags/?search=media-windows-mf-demuxer

                  Restart Opera

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    Yes. I played it first in Windows Media Player, and it worked fine. I also have VLC and Media Player Classic, and it worked on those as well.

                    Did you ever installed any codec pack in your OS?

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                    • jimpiersall
                      jimpiersall last edited by

                      jimpiersall
                      Try to disconnect :
                      opera://flags/?search=media-windows-mf-demuxer
                      Restart Opera

                      I disabled it an restarted but still had the problem.

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                      • jimpiersall
                        jimpiersall last edited by

                        Yes. I played it first in Windows Media Player, and it worked fine. I also have VLC and Media Player Classic, and it worked on those as well.

                        Did you ever installed any codec pack in your OS?

                        Yes. I have K-Lite Codec Pack.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Yes. I have K-Lite Codec Pack.

                          You need to check if your system is able to play h264 videos natively. If it's not then Opera can't play those videos also.

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                          • jimpiersall
                            jimpiersall last edited by

                            jimpiersall
                            Try to disconnect :
                            opera://flags/?search=media-windows-mf-demuxer
                            Restart Opera

                            I disabled it an restarted but still had the problem.

                            I realized this did change the MSN videos. It played the audio of the video, so that is a start! The video screen just showed the video preview the entire time.

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                            • jimpiersall
                              jimpiersall last edited by

                              Yes. I have K-Lite Codec Pack.

                              You need to check if your system is able to play h264 videos natively. If it's not then Opera can't play those videos also.

                              To check this would I uninstall K-Lite and then try to play the video you kindly downloaded and linked with Windows Media Player?

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                              • zalex108
                                zalex108 last edited by

                                To check this would I uninstall K-Lite and then try to play the video you kindly downloaded and linked with Windows Media Player?

                                That way.

                                "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  To check this would I uninstall K-Lite and then try to play the video you kindly downloaded and linked with Windows Media Player?

                                  You need to make sure that all codecs are removed.

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                                  • jimpiersall
                                    jimpiersall last edited by

                                    To check this would I uninstall K-Lite and then try to play the video you kindly downloaded and linked with Windows Media Player?

                                    You need to make sure that all codecs are removed.

                                    You are on to something! I uninstalled K-Lite Codec Pack and Windows Media Player will no longer play the video.

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                                    • jimpiersall
                                      jimpiersall last edited by

                                      Knowing that it does not work without the codecs, is there a way I can fix the problem in Opera?

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                        Knowing that it does not work without the codecs, is there a way I can fix the problem in Opera?

                                        Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible.
                                        Opera depends on the OS to play some proprietary codecs so if the OS can't play them so can't Opera.

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                                        • jimpiersall
                                          jimpiersall last edited by

                                          Knowing that it does not work without the codecs, is there a way I can fix the problem in Opera?

                                          Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible.
                                          Opera depends on the OS to play some proprietary codecs so if the OS can't play them so can't Opera.

                                          That's too bad. I appreciate you and everyone else that helped me troubleshoot. I guess I will have to open Chrome when I want to watch one of those videos.

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                                          • zalex108
                                            zalex108 last edited by

                                            I have had this problem for awhile through several version of Opera

                                            Then, has worked at some point??

                                            "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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