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    • cybrsaylr
      cybrsaylr last edited by

      Running,
      Opera54.0.2952.64 - Opera is up to date
      Update stream: Stable
      System: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (x86_64; Unity)

      Slipped up and updated to this Opera version, now all vids no longer play. Vids were playing fine before update.

      Checked and have, chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-ex 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 installed.
      What is needed to get vids playing again?

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      • zalex108
        zalex108 last edited by zalex108

        Check out this and this.

        If needed try on a clean profile:

        • Opera Help > Crashes and issues.
          | - And rename the profile folder -.

        Windows 10 (x64) | Creators Update
        Opera Stable 路 Beta 路 Developer

        Opera Test profile | Opera Reset / Back up

        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". 路 Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Where did you get chromium codecs ffmpeg extra 68? It is not in the main ubuntu repo... Downgrade that to the latest 67 version and videos will work like they did.

          Opera 54 is based on chromium 67. For more info please read the post on my signature.

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          • cybrsaylr
            cybrsaylr last edited by

            Downgraded from 68 to the latest 67 version and videos play again.

            Tried to remove that unofficial chrome repo that I believe gave me the 68 version chrome codec upgrade. Hope it does the trick.

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            • denisftw
              denisftw @Guest last edited by

              @jimunderscorep Seems like Ubuntu developers already pushed version 68 to the repository. I've just checked it:

              $ apt-cache policy chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
              chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:
                Installed: 67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
                Candidate: 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
              

              Putting it on hold until a new Opera (version 55) is released:

              $ sudo apt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
              
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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by A Former User

                It took them 40+ days to package chromium 67 last month and now it took them less than a week to do it for chromium 68. They even beat the fedora and mageia maintainers to it. I am impressed, I admit it.

                I am sure opera 55 will be out by the end of next week. I will post the rest of my complain to the other thread with the all whining about the broken html5 support, here
                https://forums.opera.com/topic/27375/opera-54-0-2952-41-streaming-videos-don-t-work-anymore/

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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 馃檪

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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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