Widevine and Opera

[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.

[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

[A Former User]

A Former User @fiambredunicornio last edited by

@fiambredunicornio thnx, this works for me

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[zekemx]

zekemx @Guest last edited by

@jimunderscorep Hi,.... Opera did not work with spotify but once I replaced libffmpeg.so from https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/ spotify started working great.

[zekemx]

zekemx @gregurbi last edited by

@gregurbi what distro do you use?.

In some distros you need to add libffmpeg.so to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

I'm using Mageia 7.1 64bit and I had to install it to /usr/lib64/opera

Just replace the one that comes included with your opera installation with the one from https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/

Regards

[zekemx]

zekemx last edited by

One tip...

Visit https://html5test.com and make sure H.264 support is enabled on the Video Section.. otherwise widevine will not work.

It seems widevine requires H.264 support.

Regards

[zekemx]

zekemx last edited by

Update:

I just noticed that widevine stop working with my opera Version:64.0.3417.83. The problem is that Google Chrome change their libwidevinecdm.so location from /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so" to: opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/

All you have to do is modify your widevine_config.json in the resources folder of your opera (Mine is in /usr/lib64/opera folder)...

Regards
Ezequiel

[gregurbi]

gregurbi @zekemx last edited by

@zekemx said in Widevine and Opera:

Update:

I just noticed that widevine stop working with my opera Version:64.0.3417.83. The problem is that Google Chrome change their libwidevinecdm.so location from /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so" to: opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/_platform_specific/linux_x64/

All you have to do is modify your widevine_config.json in the resources folder of your opera (Mine is in /usr/lib64/opera folder)...

Regards
Ezequiel

Thx, it works.

[johnnyboycurtis]

johnnyboycurtis last edited by

I'm currently watching Netflix right now on Ubuntu 19.10 using the solution: Widevine + H.264 Support on Ubuntu 19.10.

• Opera version 62.0.3331.116

[maydin95]

maydin95 last edited by

If you don't want to install Google Chrome you can follow these steps:

Go here: https://gist.github.com/ruario/3c873d43eb20553d5014bd4d29fe37f1
Download the script then run. It will automatically download libwidevinecdm.so to opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm.so.

In Opera 64 on Ubuntu 18.04, that directory defined inside /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json. It might change in future versions, so keep in mind.

I just tested on Spotify Web Player, which works perfect.

[paulkastel]

paulkastel @maydin95 last edited by

@maydin95 You are hero!

For everyone who is struggling with ths widevine DRM nightmare, and still have problems with "Enable secure playback in your browser" (or other) on Spotify Web Player using Opera here is what I did step by step (for newbie like me that are new to linux) to fix it:

I am using Opera 64.0.3417.92 and Deepin Linux 15.11.

1. Close all web-browsers.

2. Download this file https://gist.github.com/ruario/3c873d43eb20553d5014bd4d29fe37f1 then execute it in terminal

sudo sh latest-widevine.sh

This will download newest version of widevine (for today this is 4.10.1440.19) to /opt/google/chrome folder.

3. Using command

cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/

or file manager go to this folder and edit file widevine_config.json

I edited it so it looks this way:

(I don't know if it is super correct, but whatever)

4. Go to folder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera and remove not working proprietary codecs file using command

sudo rm -f libffmpeg.so

5. Download this: https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/
   (For today I used 0.41.3-linux-x64.zip)
   Extract file

libffmpeg.so

and copy it to the folder where you removed not working version with command:

sudo cp ~/Downloads/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

6. Run Opera browser. Visit https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm . If everything went OK then you will see
   

That mean that Spotify and Netflix should run on Opera browser without any issues.

Proof (that everything is working with Opera as well on Google Chrome)

[mpvrisavant]

mpvrisavant last edited by

I have a same problem. If you have google chrome you can do this for widevine.

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.

[ragnar7]

ragnar7 @mpvrisavant last edited by

@mpvrisavant It worked for me in Opera 65.0.3467.48. Thank for sharing

[paulkastel]

paulkastel @paulkastel last edited by

@paulkastel
I performed some updates of software and of operating system and Opera lost DRM support - again.

(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.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

As mentioned above the problem is the predefined path of widevine plugin which points to an address which is not valid anymore.

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.

[liewcheonfong]

liewcheonfong @Guest last edited by

@igitqara this works. remember to clear browser cache too!