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After a recent auto software update, this issue reared it's ugly head again with a pretty nasty plot.
My last post on the matter mentioning to copy libffmpeg.so from /usr/lib/chromium-browser has been invalidated and no longer works, but I can't edit the post here to state that:
https://forums.opera.com/post/146297
(sorry to the unlucky people who google that thread just to potentially give me a dislike)

I'd done some research to see what wasn't supported, and found that 2 of the most popular codecs were missing in action:

like who TF doesn't use H.264 ಠ_ಠ

so after running my patch mentioned above, all seems well and good:

but unfortunately it turned out to be far worse:

I'd double checked to make sure I was using the latest libffmpeg.so from chromium, and even reinstalled the thing entirely just to make sure...
but despite my efforts, nothing worked... -.-*

This is a good joke Opera devs, please get serious soon.
This should've been strenuously tested before the update release was even made.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/27615/youtube-your-browser-does-not-currently-recognize-any-of-the-video-formats-available-continuedRSS for NodeFri, 13 Mar 2026 15:56:37 GMTFri, 13 Jul 2018 00:28:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:08:11 GMT]]>Topic closed as solved. If in up until to a month the author needs the thread to be reopened, just report it. briefly explaining the reason.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150463https://forums.opera.com/post/150463Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:40:39 GMT]]>@tcll5850 You're welcome;-) I'm glad that this works for you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150415https://forums.opera.com/post/150415Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:40:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:05:08 GMT]]>@l33t4opera oh that worked, big thanks for the help 🙂
wouda never've guessed my last chromium repo went stale >.>

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150402https://forums.opera.com/post/150402Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:05:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:53:59 GMT]]>Hi @tcll5850, try to add this repo, and install/update the "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package, or download it from here, and install it using dpkg -i *deb. If it still not working, try additional steps: navigate to the Opera's installation root, add a new subfolder "lib_extra", and make there a symbolic link to the lib as follows: ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150399https://forums.opera.com/post/150399Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:48:53 GMT]]>@leocg right, it's a number of dumb actions:

  • the legal restrictions on H.264
  • google's recent practices

sorry, I didn't mean to make that last post sound like it was the Opera devs. 🙂
(your reference post perfectly explains it's beyond them)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150367https://forums.opera.com/post/150367Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:48:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:44:23 GMT]]>@tcll5850 It's not Opera's fault and there isn't much that they can do.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150366https://forums.opera.com/post/150366Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:44:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:40:28 GMT]]>@leocg I see...
forgive me for sounding so harsh.

sounds like someone else needs to pull their heads out of their butts then, because this is ridiculous.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150364https://forums.opera.com/post/150364Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued) on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 00:37:58 GMT]]>@tcll5850 See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

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