Just about all videos won't play!
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A Former User last edited by
@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
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A Former User last edited by
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!!!
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SilverFox66 last edited by
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
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A Former User last edited by
@silverfox66 The ubuntu-like distros may need this package updated: https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
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mklinuxuser last edited by
@silverfox66 It looks like Chromium has been bumped to version 71 but Opera 57 is still based on 70.
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SilverFox66 last edited by
@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
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mklinuxuser last edited by
@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/). -
SilverFox66 last edited by
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
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A Former User last edited by
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.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324
It's a legal issue, Opera can't do much.
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SilverFox66 last edited by SilverFox66
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.
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A Former User last edited by
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.
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ferossan last edited by
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. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@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.
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SilverFox66 last edited by
@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
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@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.
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hudxD last edited by
@mklinuxuser After a lot of headache and angry, I found your solution and it worked just fine. Thank you for helping
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A Former User last edited by
@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.
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teknomobil last edited by teknomobil
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
