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    Can't play facebook videos or GIFS in Opera w/Linux Mint

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    • nelsinchi
      nelsinchi last edited by

      I have fixed the issue in my Arch Linux by installing opera-ffmpeg-codecs. I hope this helps to others.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            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..

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            • remitico
              remitico @Guest last edited by

              @toof Thanks a lot, your solution works perfectly and you saved my time!

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              • remitico
                remitico @Guest last edited by

                @toof On Ubuntu the path is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  @toof This also fixed my issue after literally trying everything else and spending days trying to fix this. Thank you OP!

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                  • damianw345
                    damianw345 last edited by

                    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

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                    • damianw345
                      damianw345 @damianw345 last edited by

                      @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
                      
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                      • alexs
                        alexs @damianw345 last edited by

                        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}
                        
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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User @damianw345 last edited by

                          @damianw345 your script worked for me. Thank you very much!

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            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
                            
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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @Guest last edited by

                              @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

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                              • ferroao
                                ferroao last edited by

                                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

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                                • nelsinchi
                                  nelsinchi @ferroao last edited by

                                  @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.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    Facebook was not playing videos. other browsers were playing the videos (chrome, firefox,). fixed by downloading Opera messenger add on

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