Have somebody figured out how to use widevine with snap version of Opera? It appears, that only reason it is not working, is that snaps don't have access to /opt/google/chrome. If devs provide alternative location for storing widevine, fe somewhere in /home folder snaps should also plays nicely with widevine.

Regarding the "lib_extra", the lib can be placed also in any custom folder. You can change the path to it in ffmpeg_preload_config.json file, which is located in the /path/to/opera's-install-root/resources folder.

wget https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/versions.txt

wdm=$( cat versions.txt | tail -n1 )

wget https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/$wdm-linux-x64.zip

unzip $wdm-linux-x64.zip

mkdir WidevineCdm

mv manifest.json WidevineCdm

mkdir "WidevineCdm/_platform_specific"

mkdir "WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64"

mv libwidevinecdm.so "WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64"

Then, put the WidevineCdm folder in a spot Opera is looking for like /opt/google/chrome:

sudo mkdir /opt

sudo mkdir /opt/google

sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome

sudo mv WidevineCdm /opt/google/chrome

Then:

cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json

and make sure the first preload is exactly:

"preload" : "/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm"

If not, fix it.

• Install Google Chrome and Opera.

• Create "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra"

• Place libffmpeg.so for Chromium 79 in the "lib_extra" folder. Got it from https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/tag/0.43.6.

• Copy "opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm" to the "lib_extra" folder.

• Edit "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/ffmpeg_preload_config.json" to be:

  []
  

• Edit "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json" to be:

    [
        {
           "preload": "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/WidevineCdm"
        }
  
    ]
  

• Uninstall Chrome and delete "/usr/lib/chromium-browser" for good measure.

In testing, unlike "lib_extra" for ffmpeg, Opera does not not search for the Widevine lib or the Widevine folder in any other place besides what's in widevine_config.json. It doesn't even search in "~/.config/opera/WidevineCdm".

(See https://forums.opera.com/post/199264 (my reply/question to @jimunderscorep) for why I edited the config files so Opera only searches for its own copies of libffmpeg and widevine.)

In conclusion.. Opera doesn't work with widevine anymore (As of today), I hope the Opera Developers would explain why, but probably they don't care about linux users anymore.

@ zekemx:- That's it in a nutshell. I read somewhere, not many days ago, that Opera has been bought out by one of the 'big boys'. Expect many more annoying changes like this over the next few releases; these people have made it crystal-clear that they are only going to support Windows exclusively.....because that's where the money is.

Everybody else can go whistle. So; it looks like I, too, will be returning to Chrome again.

Bloody annoying.....but at least Big Brother doesn't give you quite this many hoops to jump through for an overall 'experience'. And everything does work, with relatively little 'pain'.

Mike.

@macfly1987 I read it from a Vivaldi developer in Vivaldi forum, he said there needs to be a manifest file but I have no what to do.

You can try asking Ruari. He deals with Linux for Vivaldi and has written all those libffmpeg and widewine scripts for Vivaldi. He used to work for Opera too. If it's something that can be fixed outside Opera with the manifest thing, he probably knows how to do it.

It seems to me that the Opera Developers don't have the intention to support widevine in Opera linux for some reason.

I did many changes and tests.
modified the widevine.config.json from: /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so to /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/libwidevinecdm.so (and subsecuent) since the latest chrome changed the libwidevinecdm.so location.

I downloaded the latest libffmpeg.so and made sure H.264 support was enabled (Test it on: https://html5test.com/).

I created a soft link using: ln -s /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/libwidevinecdm.so /opt/google/chrome/ to be able to keep the original widevine_config.json file from opera (This worked great before so I didn't have to modify it everytime opera got updated.

Nothing works...

In conclusion.. Opera doesn't work with widevine anymore (As of today), I hope the Opera Developers would explain why, but probably they don't care about linux users anymore.

I even installed Opera for Windows and noticed that there is a folder named WidevineCdm located at: C:\Users\userprofile\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\WidevineCdm\ that seems to be google Chrome's.. so did the same on the linux side and did many tests, I even changed the manifest.json with no success.

I noticed that in the manifest.json file the widevine library for linux is not defined so I did it myself.. Still it doesn't work.

I have to say that I love Opera but since it doesn't work with widevine anymore and unable to watch netflix and listen to spotify I will remove it from my system.

I'll keep you posted just in case it works for me.

Regards
Ezequiel Partida (ZekeMX)

Since Opera 66 and above, Widevine support does not work.

I reported the problem to them several times, but no response.

Can the creators of Opera explain why in their browser they can not add built-in libffmpeg and widevine in the browser? Somehow on Windows you do not need to install Google Chrome to have Widevine.

Now there is also a problem with the libffmpeg.so file, because before it was enough to install the appropriate package for Chromium. Now this file is stapled in the browser.

Using Opera on Linux has become very limited and problematic.

@maydin95 , where to upload this file?

If you want to try yourself here that file: (Make sure you have right version of Widevine)

{
    "arch": "x64",
    "description": "Widevine Content Decryption Module",
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "name": "WidevineCdm",
    "os": "linux",
    "version": "4.10.1582.1",
    "x-cdm-codecs": "vp8,vp9.0,avc1,av01",
    "x-cdm-host-versions": "10",
    "x-cdm-interface-versions": "10",
    "x-cdm-module-versions": "4",
    "x-cdm-persistent-license-support": false
}

I learned last version from this link: https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/versions.txt
Then downloaded last Widewine library using this link: https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/4.10.1582.2-linux-x64.zip
(This is what afore-mentioned script does)

All settings are correct but Opera doesn't play DRM content. I have updated this file too: /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so

# /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json
[
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so"
   },
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-beta/libwidevinecdm.so"
   },
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-unstable/libwidevinecdm.so"
   }
]

Any suggestions besides switching to Chrome?

This time Opera 66.0.3515.44 on Kubunu Linux 19.10

1. Install google chrome or download the libwidevinecdm.so
2. edit /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json and give it the address of the libwidevinecdm.so
   in my case it was
   /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/libwidevinecdm.so
3. restart the opera and it will work fine.
   I am using Opera 65 on Linux.

(This is joke from creators of Opera, that after all this time it works on macOS and Windows and Linux version of their product is not supported as well).

But - good news is that I performed same steps from my instruction but in step 5 I used newer version of codecs: 0.42.4-linux-x64.zip, and Opera ver. 65.0.3467.48 plays Spotify Web again.

ll /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/
ll /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/
ll /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/

in this path if you have "libwidevinecdm.so" you have to copy path "widevine_config.json" this file.
your file like this:

cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json
[
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so"
   },
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-beta/libwidevinecdm.so"
   },
   {
      "preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-unstable/libwidevinecdm.so"
   }
]

first copy "libwidevinecdm.so" /opt/google/chrome
sudo cp /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/libwidevinecdm.so /opt/google/chrome

then add to this file path widevine_config.json.

sudo nano /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json
add this line:

  "plugin" : "/opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdmadapter.so"

then file like this:
[
{
"preload" : "/opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so",
"plugin" : "/opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdmadapter.so"
},
{
"preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-beta/libwidevinecdm.so"
},
{
"preload" : "/opt/google/chrome-unstable/libwidevinecdm.so"
}
]

don't forget the "," :).
hope it helps.