<![CDATA[Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint]]>I've been using Linux Mint and Opera for about a year now and never had any problems playing videos and GIFS in facebook. But both videos and GIFS stopped working, only in facebook, about 2 weeks ago. I can still play videos on YouTube and can play GIFS on sites like giphy.com. I can even play videos and GIFS in facebook Messenger, but not facebook itself. If I switch over to Chrome, videos and GIFS on facebook work fine, so the problem is only with Opera. I have scoured my facebook settings for anything that might be causing this problem but came up empty. Facebook used to have a setting to disable automatic video playback, and I thought the problem might be related to that, but I no longer see that in the settings options. I am running Linux Mint version 4.4.0-130-generic and Opera version 54.0. Any thoughts?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/27537/can-t-play-facebook-videos-or-gifs-in-opera-w-linux-mintRSS for NodeThu, 16 Jul 2026 02:48:55 GMTMon, 09 Jul 2018 02:54:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:49:07 GMT]]>Facebook was not playing videos. other browsers were playing the videos (chrome, firefox,). fixed by downloading Opera messenger add on

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206043https://forums.opera.com/post/206043Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:03:59 GMT]]>@ferroao Hi, make sure you have opera-ffmpeg-codecs installed, I only need to install opera plus that package in my Arch Linux and it works successfully.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197655https://forums.opera.com/post/197655Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:03:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:08:15 GMT]]>I think chromium solutions do not work any more, for being based on snaps now.
I did: sudo cp /usr/share/discord/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/197654https://forums.opera.com/post/197654Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:08:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:38:21 GMT]]>@unsalkorkmaz said in Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint:

If you came for Centos 7, just run this:

#!/bin/bash

latest_version_url=$(curl https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/latest -s -L -I -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}')
latest_version=${latest_version_url##*/}

zip_name="$latest_version-linux-x64.zip"

dir_to_unzip=/usr/lib64/opera

cd /tmp 
wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/$latest_version/$zip_name -q

sudo unzip -o $zip_name -d $dir_to_unzip

rm $zip_name

Thanks, this also works in fedora 31

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/190658https://forums.opera.com/post/190658Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:38:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:49:30 GMT]]>If you came for Centos 7, just run this:

#!/bin/bash

latest_version_url=$(curl https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/latest -s -L -I -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}')
latest_version=${latest_version_url##*/}

zip_name="$latest_version-linux-x64.zip"

dir_to_unzip=/usr/lib64/opera

cd /tmp 
wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/$latest_version/$zip_name -q

sudo unzip -o $zip_name -d $dir_to_unzip

rm $zip_name
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/188642https://forums.opera.com/post/188642Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:49:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:06:21 GMT]]>@damianw345 your script worked for me. Thank you very much!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/183930https://forums.opera.com/post/183930Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:06:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:41:26 GMT]]>My script for me (Debian/sid):

#!/bin/sh
# https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download

lib_opera=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
dl_url=http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/
dl_package=chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
dl_deb=_73.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.18.10.1_amd64.deb  # modify the version number

tmpfolder=/tmp/${dl_package}
mkdir -p ${tmpfolder}

wget ${dl_url}${dl_package}${dl_deb} -P ${tmpfolder}
cd ${tmpfolder}

ar -x ${dl_package}${dl_deb}
tar -xJf data.tar.xz

# with sudo
sudo cp ${tmpfolder}/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so ${lib_opera}/libffmpeg.so

# without sudo but run the script as root
# cp ${tmpfolder}/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so ${lib_opera}/libffmpeg.so

cd ..
rm -r ${tmpfolder}
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/167349https://forums.opera.com/post/167349Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:41:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:34:29 GMT]]>@damianw345
Sorry but I couldn't find the edit comment option.

I've updated the script to always download latest version.

#!/bin/bash

latest_version_url=$(curl https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/latest -s -L -I -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}')
latest_version=${latest_version_url##*/}

zip_name="$latest_version-linux-x64.zip"

dir_to_unzip=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

cd /tmp 
wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/$latest_version/$zip_name -q --show-progress

sudo unzip -o $zip_name -d $dir_to_unzip

rm $zip_name
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/167307https://forums.opera.com/post/167307Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:17:47 GMT]]>I've created script to automate a bit this thing, which @toof mentioned. It's written for Ubuntu and specific version to be downloaded but you can reassign the values as you need.

#!/bin/bash

zip_name=0.35.4-linux-x64.zip
dir_to_unzip=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.35.4/$zip_name -q --show-progress

sudo unzip -o $zip_name -d $dir_to_unzip

rm $zip_name

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166898https://forums.opera.com/post/166898Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:17:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:42:04 GMT]]>@toof This also fixed my issue after literally trying everything else and spending days trying to fix this. Thank you OP!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163234https://forums.opera.com/post/163234Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:42:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:51:56 GMT]]>@toof On Ubuntu the path is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162679https://forums.opera.com/post/162679Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:50:53 GMT]]>@toof Thanks a lot, your solution works perfectly and you saved my time!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162678https://forums.opera.com/post/162678Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:50:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 08:06:23 GMT]]>tihs happened to me and i codunt find any solution for opera .so i uninstalled opera and installed opera -beta or opera developer version instead ..both works properly without any problems playing all videos..

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/162527https://forums.opera.com/post/162527Sun, 13 Jan 2019 08:06:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Sun, 23 Dec 2018 01:44:35 GMT]]>I have fixed the issue in my Arch Linux by installing opera-ffmpeg-codecs. I hope this helps to others.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161440https://forums.opera.com/post/161440Sun, 23 Dec 2018 01:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:17:29 GMT]]>Download one of these:
https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases
And put it into /usr/lib64/opera
Overwrite if if there's the same file already

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160176https://forums.opera.com/post/160176Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:17:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:18:52 GMT]]>Since nothing has changed, either on opera's side (support for more proprietary codecs) or on the sites' side (support of a different or open format, eg webm), things remain the same.
In fact, I think it would be reasonable to say you should not expect a change in the years to come.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/159032https://forums.opera.com/post/159032Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:18:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:34:14 GMT]]>any update on this?
It kind suck 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/158972https://forums.opera.com/post/158972Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:13:45 GMT]]>Hey, it's that time of the month again!
You know, the one that chromium gets updated from upstream, and a few days later distro's upgrade their chromium related packages.
After that, ubuntu users flood the forum whining that opera is broken again.

Please be patient 😛

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157094https://forums.opera.com/post/157094Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:47:39 GMT]]>I solved the problem by updating my opera. My current version is 56.0.3051.43. If anyone has the same issue then go to https://www.opera.com/browser download the latest version(.deb) install it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/156718https://forums.opera.com/post/156718Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:47:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:57:19 GMT]]>Here's answer why OPERA don't play videos.
0_1538250996625_Opera Snapshot_2018-09-29_204547_blogs.opera.com.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155856https://forums.opera.com/post/155856Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:57:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:13:11 GMT]]>Good news everyone!
Opera 56 reached stable, so it should work with chromium ffmpeg codecs 69, so please do your upgrades and may the "broken html5/h264 support" whining stop for September.
Thank you 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155570https://forums.opera.com/post/155570Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:13:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint on Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:27:23 GMT]]>Im having the same issues, along with Dailymotion videos not working at all "Try updating your browser, or use a different one".
Also, Nicotine is not working properly. It says theres an error due to Upnp support.
This all came about when I updated to Linux Mint 19. So far, no help from the Update Manager.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155261https://forums.opera.com/post/155261Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:27:23 GMT