<![CDATA[Just about all videos won't play!]]>Yesterday all videos were playing fine. Today open and run Opera 49.0 Version: 49.0.2725.39 Stable with Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (x86_64; Unity) and just about ALL videos won't play!

What happened and how can I get videos to play again?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/23908/just-about-all-videos-won-t-playRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 10:22:44 GMTWed, 13 Dec 2017 17:05:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:45:49 GMT]]>@ferossan God bless you peter paker.
Thanks to you finally got my opera playing videos after mor than 1 year trying many things with no success. 0_1549136691550_screenshot.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163802https://forums.opera.com/post/163802Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:45:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:27:52 GMT]]>@ferossan Thanks, that works. But is that repo trusted? Who is that dude?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163023https://forums.opera.com/post/163023Mon, 21 Jan 2019 19:27:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:56:40 GMT]]>@mklinuxuser Thank you so much
I'm about to lose my mind for 13 hours.
I've solved the problem with your help 👍🏻

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161520https://forums.opera.com/post/161520Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:56:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:45:57 GMT]]>I've been using Opera for 20 years, but I'm leaving now.

Working on Linux, netflix doesn't work, spotify doesn't work, amazon prime video and drm videos don't work, normal flash videos don't even work 🤕

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161518https://forums.opera.com/post/161518Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 24 Dec 2018 07:57:45 GMT]]>@cblinux said in Just about all videos won't play!:

I agree it is a pain, and happens everytime there is a new release. What's the big deal for them to wait an extra week or so before releasing the update so that it won't be a broken package. I like my Opera browser for certain functions, but I am getting used to Brave and it seems to be working fine right now.

And to the Opera developers...... quit releasing these broken updates, nobody is going to use a broken browser.😡

I wholeheartedly second this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161513https://forums.opera.com/post/161513Mon, 24 Dec 2018 07:57:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:26:07 GMT]]>@mklinuxuser After a lot of headache and angry, I found your solution and it worked just fine. Thank you for helping

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161354https://forums.opera.com/post/161354Fri, 21 Dec 2018 23:26:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:47:57 GMT]]>@silverfox66 said in Just about all videos won't play!:

I have no sub-folder named "lib_extra" in my "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera" directory

You have to manually create it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161287https://forums.opera.com/post/161287Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:40:25 GMT]]>@burnout426 said in Just about all videos won't play!:

@ferossan said in Just about all videos won't play!:

Unzip the libffmpeg.so and replace the the one that comes with Opera (rename it as backup) that normally is in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
Close and open Opera and test it in html5test.com, check if now there is H.264 support.
Keep a copy of the libffmpeg.so downloaded from github, you may need it again when Opera is updated again without H.264 video support.

If you put the one you download in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra" instead of replacing the one that comes with Opera, Opera will use the lib_extra one and it'll be left alone when upgrading.

I have no sub-folder named "lib_extra" in my "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera" directory

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161286https://forums.opera.com/post/161286Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:40:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Thu, 20 Dec 2018 07:59:26 GMT]]>@ferossan said in Just about all videos won't play!:

Unzip the libffmpeg.so and replace the the one that comes with Opera (rename it as backup) that normally is in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
Close and open Opera and test it in html5test.com, check if now there is H.264 support.
Keep a copy of the libffmpeg.so downloaded from github, you may need it again when Opera is updated again without H.264 video support.

If you put the one you download in "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra" instead of replacing the one that comes with Opera, Opera will use the lib_extra one and it'll be left alone when upgrading.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161239https://forums.opera.com/post/161239Thu, 20 Dec 2018 07:59:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:01:51 GMT]]>OK, Opera just released another stable version (Version:57.0.3098.106) and h.264 videos will NOT work out of the box. The problem is libffmpeg.so. You need to replace it with another that works.
Many people suggest using the Google Chrome version but this Chrome file not always works because unmatched versions. Better idea is use the version from here:
https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/tag/0.31.5 (there are newer versions but won't work) and dawnload 0.31.5-linux-x64.zip (or the one for your system). Unzip the libffmpeg.so and replace the the one that comes with Opera (rename it as backup) that normally is in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
Close and open Opera and test it in html5test.com, check if now there is H.264 support.
Keep a copy of the libffmpeg.so downloaded from github, you may need it again when Opera is updated again without H.264 video support.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161210https://forums.opera.com/post/161210Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:01:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:26:52 GMT]]>Thank you Silverfox66, the solution is so simple isn't it, I don't mind waiting an extra week or two for good quality, and I am sure most others may feel the same. This time I am not even bothering to fix the browser, I will use something else until the codecs are released. I also think Opera should notify us if the upgrade will break our existing browser so that we can make the decision to upgrade or not.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161061https://forums.opera.com/post/161061Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:26:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:02:59 GMT]]>So its a matter of the proper files, having to be updated in the Proper (i.e. Ubuntu) repositories, and then sent out with system updates? If this is the case, then why does Opera send out an update that they know will break the browser.... BEFORE said files are available in the repositories via system update? If this is the case, then there is something Opera "can" do, which is hold off on the update.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161041https://forums.opera.com/post/161041Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:02:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:08:26 GMT]]>See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

It's a legal issue, Opera can't do much.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160954https://forums.opera.com/post/160954Sat, 15 Dec 2018 19:08:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:29:09 GMT]]>I agree it is a pain, and happens everytime there is a new release. What's the big deal for them to wait an extra week or so before releasing the update so that it won't be a broken package. I like my Opera browser for certain functions, but I am getting used to Brave and it seems to be working fine right now.

And to the Opera developers...... quit releasing these broken updates, nobody is going to use a broken browser.😡

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160953https://forums.opera.com/post/160953Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:23:43 GMT]]>@mklinuxuser

Wow, what a pain! Thanks for the recommendation. I didnt have the exact version you did (mine was newer but still version 70) but it worked after extracting the file and copying it to Opera. I hate having to do stuff like this, just to make something work. I feel sorry for all the people who are average users, and have no clue how to do something like this... let alone to even know that something like this needs to be done. Thanks again

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160929https://forums.opera.com/post/160929Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:23:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 03:14:27 GMT]]>@silverfox66 They are out of sync, so you need the libffmpeg.o from version 70.
I found the old file under /var/cache/apt/archives - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_70.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb.
I extracted the libffmpeg.so file from there and put it in the Opera directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160911https://forums.opera.com/post/160911Sat, 15 Dec 2018 03:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:02:28 GMT]]>@s390g2 said in Just about all videos won't play!:

@silverfox66 The ubuntu-like distros may need this package updated: https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

Why did it work fine before, then? ALso, I already have Chromium installed, and the Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser installed at 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160908https://forums.opera.com/post/160908Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:28:48 GMT]]>@mklinuxuser So I guess that is what has broken it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160901https://forums.opera.com/post/160901Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:28:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:28:31 GMT]]>@silverfox66 It looks like Chromium has been bumped to version 71 but Opera 57 is still based on 70.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160900https://forums.opera.com/post/160900Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:28:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:13:43 GMT]]>@silverfox66 The ubuntu-like distros may need this package updated: https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160867https://forums.opera.com/post/160867Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:13:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:19:18 GMT]]>Same here. Worked fine till a day or two ago. Now, no videos play. Certain sites tell me to enable adobe flash even. Version:57.0.3098.102 on Linux Mint 18.3

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160843https://forums.opera.com/post/160843Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:19:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:35:56 GMT]]>Tried all but nothing worked!
Copying ffmpg.so to opera directory force opera to crash.

Sooo annoying! Can not use a Browser without showing Videos!

It is unprofessional and i will deinstall and never use Opera again!

I am a software engineer and developer on my own and i never would accept such a behaviour of one of my applications...

no good work!!!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160832https://forums.opera.com/post/160832Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:35:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 11 May 2018 04:11:10 GMT]]>@cybrsaylr said in Just about all videos won't play!:

Just got Opera 53.0.2907.37 and videos are running fine again.

Because opera 53 is based on chromium 66, and you already have chromium ffmpeg codecs 66 installed, so it works. Plain math 😛

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/146230https://forums.opera.com/post/146230Fri, 11 May 2018 04:11:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just about all videos won't play! on Fri, 11 May 2018 01:19:35 GMT]]>@jimunderscorep

For the record, I use neither opera's vpn, nor its adblock at all. I use ublock origin for my ad blocking needs and that's all.

Just got Opera 53.0.2907.37 and videos are running fine again.

Been using the AdBlock extension that seems to perform well.
Been using Opera's VPN some but not all the time when. Heck it's free and been running decent lately.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/146191https://forums.opera.com/post/146191Fri, 11 May 2018 01:19:35 GMT