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    • zekemx
      zekemx @Guest last edited by

      @jimunderscorep

      Wow!! I just tried this page:

      http://get.adobe.com/es/flashplayer/about/

      And flash is blocked even if I choose to let flash to be executed.

      Opera Linux is still blocking flash content.

      I right click and choose Run Plugin and it still does not work.

      Opera Linux looks nice and works fast.. But... still needs to get this fixed.

      I you soon to becone an Opera user.

      Regards

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      • loup001
        loup001 last edited by

        Hi guys

        From this link : Flash drm content

        Warning:

        The NPAPI plugin flashplugin supported DRM until version 11.2.202.644. The PPAPI pepper-flash has never supported DRM at all. As of May 2017, there is no known way to use Flash DRM content with the current versions both plugins.

        Fix :

        DRM content on Flash still requires HAL to play. This is apparent for example with WatchESPN, HBO GO, or Demand 5 (Channel 5 UK). If you attempt to play a DRM-protected content without HAL, you may see the following error: an error occurred and your player could not be updated.

        To deliver DRM-protected content, Flash calls several functions provided by the HAL daemon and its libraries. While Flash-based players remain popular, HAL has been deprecated and is not commonly installed on newer systems. To provide the necessary HAL functionality on such systems, you can either install the full HAL package and run the HAL daemon or install a modified HAL library "stub" that uses the modern UDisks daemon instead.

        Food for thought 🤪

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        • zekemx
          zekemx @loup001 last edited by zekemx

          @loup001

          Hello

          On Google Chrome I enabled flash playback with no success, it might be what you mentioned.

          Flash on firefox for linux works great as well as widevine on both firefox and google chrome.

          Unfortunately Opera does not and there seems no interest in opera to fix this.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg

            Try this:

            • Install Chrome using the deb package

            • Install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra package: sudo apt update && sudo apt install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

            • Install Opera using the deb package

            Note: Not a Linux user myself, so I can't check if it works

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            • loup001
              loup001 last edited by

              @leocg

              Why install those ?
              The only package required for flash is pepper flash.

              From previous post :

              The NPAPI plugin flashplugin supported DRM until version 11.2.202.644. The PPAPI pepper-flash has never supported DRM at all. As of May 2017, there is no known way to use Flash DRM content with the current versions both plugins.

              @zekemx

              Hi

              Maybe your distro is also impacted by glibc
              See this post : Flash not working

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              • zekemx
                zekemx @loup001 last edited by

                @loup001

                I just ran Opera -no-sandbox

                Flash player works great.

                Still no widevine yet... So I cannot play spotify or netflix in Opera Linux.

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                • loup001
                  loup001 @zekemx last edited by

                  @zekemx

                  From arch wiki : Widevine

                  Companies including Amazon Video, BBC, Hulu, Netflix and Spotify secure premium content using Widevine DRM

                  The PPAPI pepper-flash has never supported DRM at all

                  Sooooooooooooo ... for netflix and spotify use firefox.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @loup001 last edited by

                    We are not talking about Flash but about Widevine.

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                    • zekemx
                      zekemx @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg

                      Exactly..

                      I started this thread about Widevine but it became Flash...

                      I really want widevine to work.. Flash is not that used anymore anyway.

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                      • loup001
                        loup001 last edited by

                        @leocg
                        @zekemx

                        🤣

                        It's been a looooooooong day.

                        Sorry my bad !

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @zekemx last edited by

                          Did you try the tip I've posted?

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                          • fiambredunicornio
                            fiambredunicornio last edited by

                            What I did was install chrome and copied the widevine file to a different directory (cp /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so /opt/widevine/), then edited /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json to preload that new location. Then proceeded to purge google chrome and it kept working on opera.
                            Hope this can help

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                            • zibi1981
                              zibi1981 @fiambredunicornio last edited by

                              @fiambredunicornio Does this mean you were able to make Widevine/DRM work on Opera? What does this page say to you?

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer @zibi1981 last edited by

                                @zibi1981 Widevine has worked again for a while on Linux in Opera. Netflix still wasn't working but Netflix fixed the issue themselves on 5/23/2019 and it was confirmed fixed by Opera. Also, this user confirmed it's fixed on Ubuntu for example. Proprietary codecs are still working correctly in Opera too. see <https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/bcjpne/howto_opera_60_h264_in_ubuntu_1404/ for example. Things have been tested on the page you mention too.

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                                • zekemx
                                  zekemx last edited by

                                  Hello

                                  It all has to do with "libffmpeg.so" included with opera for Linux.
                                  Replace it with this one - > https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/

                                  Once replaced you will have h264 and widevine support.

                                  I looked everywhere to fix widevine support, but once I found out how to fix h264 that widevine (AFAIK) requires, everything started working.

                                  It's too bad Opera hasn't fix this or doesn't care...

                                  I hope this helps..

                                  Regards
                                  Ezequiel Partida

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

                                    @fiambredunicornio thnx, this works for me

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                                    • Pibe
                                      Pibe @zekemx last edited by

                                      @zekemx said in Widevine and Opera:

                                      Hello

                                      It all has to do with "libffmpeg.so" included with opera for Linux.
                                      Replace it with this one - > https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/

                                      Once replaced you will have h264 and widevine support.

                                      I looked everywhere to fix widevine support, but once I found out how to fix h264 that widevine (AFAIK) requires, everything started working.

                                      It's too bad Opera hasn't fix this or doesn't care...

                                      I hope this helps..

                                      Regards
                                      Ezequiel Partida

                                      Hi. New user. This worked for me after trying absolutely everything. Realy, thank you. More specified, for not advanced users of linux like me:

                                      1. Downloaded, in the download folder, the latest libffmpeg.so from https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/
                                      2. In the terminal, replaced the original Opera file in the sistem with the newer version I downloaded, did this:
                                      3. A) Went to the folder where I downloaded the file with the "cd" command (note that the folder is named Descargas, in spanish): cd Descargas
                                      4. 😎 Then, moved the file (need the sudo command): sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

                                      Now, can use Spotify perfectly, as well as Netflix.

                                      Thanks.

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        Can someone prove or confirm that spotify uses drm, so as to justify the use of libwidevine that this thread is about?
                                        Else, if everything is fixed by installing the "other" libffmpeg, it is not a drm issue, but the wll known "poor codec support" one.

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

                                          @Pibe Thank you for your tip.
                                          Unfortunatly it doesn't work for me.
                                          I have opera 63 on linux 64 bit.
                                          I have done each step you recommand and after I have the error :
                                          Code d'erreur : O7701-1003
                                          Impossible to find WidevineCdm on the computer.
                                          I have chrome on the same computer and it works fine.

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                                          • gregurbi
                                            gregurbi @Guest last edited by

                                            @pm38 said in Widevine and Opera:

                                            @Pibe Thank you for your tip.
                                            Unfortunatly it doesn't work for me.
                                            I have opera 63 on linux 64 bit.
                                            I have done each step you recommand and after I have the error :
                                            Code d'erreur : O7701-1003
                                            Impossible to find WidevineCdm on the computer.
                                            I have chrome on the same computer and it works fine.

                                            It doesn't work for me too.

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