Opera 51 crashes on playing video

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by

Hi
Since upgrade to 51 I am not able to play any video - Opera immediately crashes and restarts.
This is a profile issue, as with other profiles the same installation works ok. Toggling hw acceleration does not help.
Any suggestions?

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by

Btw, no extensions used and add blocker disabled.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @xyzzy last edited by

@xyzzy Try to find out what in your profile is causing the crashes.

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by

@leocg

Really?

Any useful suggestions? Like which ones to start with or link to some debug log generation instructions?

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by xyzzy

Found it - it's Enable video pop-out. As it's been working so far, I assume it's Opera issue.

Reported as DNAWIZ-26214

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @xyzzy last edited by

@xyzzy It was a useful suggestion. You just copy one folder/file at a time to the new profile until you find out which one is causing the issue.
Usually it's better to start with 'preferences' and 'local state'.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @xyzzy last edited by

@xyzzy Does it crash just when you try to use video pop-out?

[hate9]

hate9 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I'm having the issue too, and it seems to happen as soon as opera so much as tries to load the video.
So no.

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by

@leocg

The crash is immediately after video attempts to start playing (automatically or after clicking some kind of Play button). There is no time to attempt to use the pop-out.

I truly believed that there is some kind of debug logging for Opera after all these years...

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @hate9 last edited by

@hate9 And does the problem still happens with a clean profile?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @xyzzy last edited by

@xyzzy If the problem doesn't happen with a clean profile then that setting is not the cause.

[xyzzy]

xyzzy @leocg last edited by xyzzy

@leocg

It is, because changing it solves the problem - simple logic.
It is not the only factor though, because with other profile it doesn't cause the problem - as can be inferred from earlier posts.

This is pretty standard situation when bug depends on multiple factors.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator @xyzzy last edited by

@xyzzy The setting is enabled by default, so if it was causing the issue then it would happen also with a clean profile.
There's probably a problem in the profile that is being triggered by enabling the video pop-out.

[xyzzy]

xyzzy last edited by

As per bug ticket update, this problem is fixed in a future version.