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    • cybrsaylr
      cybrsaylr last edited by cybrsaylr

      Somehow V68 was installed again causing videos to stop playing again!
      Couple days ago I removed v68, then v67 showed up in Synaptic Package Manager, installed v67 and all was fine till today. So I removed v68 again but this time v67 does not she again in Synaptic Package Manager, only v51 and v68 are shown!

      What is the code to install v67 codec, to get videos to play again please?

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Provided that the repo can give you v67 of chromium ffmpeg codecs extra, this is how you install it
        sudo apt-get install chromium-ffmpeg-codecs-extra=67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
        And then put it on hold with the command mentioned above.

        However, I think that there will be no v67 on the repo anymore, since chromium and its... company were all updated to v68, so all you can do is wait for opera 55 to reach stable.

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        • cybrsaylr
          cybrsaylr @Guest last edited by

          @jimunderscorep
          Just tried it and yep, it don't work!

          Guess I'll just have to wait....

          In the mean time using Chrome Firefox and Vivaldi which have no video problems.
          Wish Opera would get this issue corrected.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            It seems that v67 is not available in the standard repositories.
            I downloaded the codec from https://launchpad.net/~canonical-chromium-builds/+archive/ubuntu/stage/+build/15115081/+files/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
            And installed it using sudo dpkg -i file_name.deb which fixed the problem.
            If you need another version just google chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 and you will find it in one of the launchpad.net links...

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            • cybrsaylr
              cybrsaylr @Guest last edited by

              @vimple
              Thanks! That did the trick. Vids are playing again.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                For anyone who winds up here who uses Bionic 18.04 the download is here:
                https://launchpad.net/~canonical-chromium-builds/+archive/ubuntu/stage/+build/15115084/+files/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb

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

                  @cybrsaylr Glad to have helped.
                  PS: Ubuntu does not seem to like this and is bothering me with cannot upgrade errors, which one can resolve by calling sudo apt -f install before each upgrade. And then installing the v67 back after the upgrade.
                  I tried holding the update but I still could not upgrade and had to unhold and upgrade (the codecs and other software altogether) and then downgrade the codecs.

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                    • Bekkenes
                      Bekkenes @Guest last edited by

                      @vimple in case people need to do it from console:
                      Open terminal / ssh
                      cd /home/USERNAME/Downloads (or where you want download it to)
                      wget https://launchpad.net/~canonical-chromium-builds/+archive/ubuntu/stage/+build/15115081/+files/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
                      sudo dpkg -i chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb

                      But great tips, wish i looked here before i started spent a few hours figuring it out myself 🙂

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                      • jrm102
                        jrm102 last edited by

                        From the way I understand it, the libffmpeg.so file that Opera uses doesn't contain the proper codecs for certain videos. This is how I fixed it for KDE Neon (Ubuntu variant). Make sure you have the Chromium browser because this will break Opera in the process and you will need the Chromium libffmpeg.so file. Use this at your own risk.

                        sudo updatebd (update locate database if you never used it before)

                        sudo locate libffmpeg.so (shows location of all libffmpeg.so files)

                        sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so (removes the libffmpeg.so that Opera is using, if your results are different from the locate command then use that path)

                        sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ (copy the Chromium libffmpeg.so into the Opera directory)

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