Opera can't play videos on Facebook
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g3nsvrv last edited by@jimunderscorep that only applies to ubuntu. I'm using Debian based os and there are no chromium-ffmpeg-extra-codecs packages available (I've searched for all possible names). think in other distros too.
I don't care about what devs should do or not, the good side of Linux is something doesn't work and you know how to fix it, fix it.
and btw, it worth opens this old thread only for new incomers to opera in Linux.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@g3nsvrv said in Opera can't play videos on Facebook:
the good side of Linux is something doesn't work and you know how to fix it, fix it
Sorry, but you are wrong on that part with the bold letters. The right word there is "opensource".
But opera is closed source, so you just accept what the devs offer you or use something else if you do not like it.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@g3nsvrv Opera can't do much since it's a legal issue. As said before, Opera can't offer the libraries to decode certain codecs because of the lack of a license for it and depend on OS on it.
On Windows and Mac, things are more easy, once those libraries are included in them. On Linux, everything will depends on many factors. -
A Former User last edited by
@leocg said in Opera can't play videos on Facebook:
On Windows and Mac, things are more easy, once those libraries are included in them
Why don't you use the same tactics on linux as well? I do not think there is a distro out there which does not package the 3 libav* libraries that other browsers depend on for that precious decoding support
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@jimunderscorep Don't know, but they seem to follow Chromium: https://forums.opera.com/post/150324
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A Former User last edited by
Assuming that the entire "apology" is summed up on this sentence here
On Linux it's a bit more complicated, but it comes down to 'we use what Chromium uses except we can't give it to you ourselves'.
For me, he should say "we use what ubuntu's chromium uses", because the packages opera lists as suggested dependencies (chromium ffmpeg codecs) only exist on ubuntu and nowhere else.
All other major distros build their chromium packages against those 3 libav* libs for that proper codec support, so yes, ubuntu's way is the "unusual" one, although it is not wrong.
Ubuntu on the other hand has a long history on using "unusual" ways for lots of stuff, and imho, that is the core reason a lot of them have failed or were abandoned in the past (unity, mir, upstart etc), because the "usual" way was proven better in the long term.Staying ontopic, the libav* libraries are way too common to be ignored. Here, in my spartan debian installation, they are used "only" by mplayer, mpv, deadbeef, kodi, firefox, chromium, brave and ffmpeg. It would be true to say that any qt5 lib I have is used by less apps!
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bitterblackale last edited by
@empat Still a problem in March 2020
Opera 67.
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra is already the newest version (79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.19.10.2).Is video ever going to work right in Opera for Linux?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@bitterblackale Opera 67 is based on Chromium 80, so maybe you need version 80 of that codecs package?
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A Former User last edited by
Plus, if you are on ubuntu 19.10 or newer, on which chromium and its derivative packages come only as snaps, please read this first
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A Former User last edited by
@leocg said in Opera can't play videos on Facebook:
On Windows and Mac, things are more easy, once those libraries are included in them.
A couple of days ago, I came accross a "genius" w10 user who had the bright idea to install w10 home N version., because some other genius told him that they are lighter and thus better for gaming.
In case you do not know, the N version lacks the windows media player, skype, cortana, mtp support and all sorts of codecs.
Opera could not play h264 videos, just like on linux. And firefox could not plat them as well, for the same reason.
I would say "shame", but I am too happy to say it, because I now know that other browsers do not... cater stupid users or stupid use cases. -
A Former User last edited by
For me the only version of codecs that work properly is chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64 and you can find it here https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
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edsonmartim last edited byHello people!
This codec is a hell of a lot and the team has been operating for years on end, doing nothing to permanently solve it. You don't even want to develop your own.
In my experience, these codecs are much more worked on by the ArchLinux team that provide this codec update along with Opera updates.
Already the infamous .Deb family Ubuntu, Debian and etc ... the updates of these codecs are never available, with this problem in the videos.
After a lot of research and catching up with these problems in .DEB distributions, I found this command on the Forum MXLinux website that solved this error in 99.9%.
It updates the Vivaldi base codec for Opera.
Anyone who wants to try it, feel free.
Follow the command below:
"Definitive" solution for FFPMEG in the Opera browser:
Source: ( https://mxlinux.org/wiki/applications/opera-tips-and-tricks/ )
sudo -v; curl -L vvld.in/lm64 |tail -c+1075 | sudo tar xJ -C / --wildcards *libffmpeg.so --xform 's,.*/,usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/,' -
A Former User last edited by A Former User
You will need to open the terminal (if you are using ubuntu or something like it and run these commands - my linux distro is 64 bits, so I downloaded the 64 bits file):
H.264 support for Opera and openSUSE
-----------------START COMMAND---------------
curl -L -O https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.45.1/0.45.1-linux-x64.zip
unzip 0.45.1-linux-x64.zip
sudo mv libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpeg_h264.so
sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpeg_h264.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
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Important 1: always acess https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/ in your browser to see the most recent version. Today it is the version 0.45.1 - in the future, you will have to change "0.45.1" in all command to the new version.
Important 2: Save these command in a doc page or something else. Every new Opera browser version you will have to do it again in the terminal. Example: Updating from Opera 67 to 68. Normally when you update from Opera 67 to a new opera 67 version, you will not have to do this command again (sometimes yes). But from 67 to 68. Or 68 to 69 always.
You can acess html5test.com and look for "H.264 support". If you see "yes" next to it. The command is working. If not, you will need to do it again.Important 3: After doing this command, you will need to close and open again the Opera browser to see everything works.
Important 4: Do the first command, press ENTER. Do the second, press ENTER.... Do not try to copy and paste the 5 commands at the same time. I know that you know that, but I am just saying
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arbenek last edited by
@g3nsvrv Hi, thanks for reply. I solved my problem with the following commands:
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/operao/files/libffmpeg.so
sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
Pardus 19.1 GNU/Linux (Turkish dist)
Opera 64.0.3417.54 -
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darklyn3r last edited by
@pinportal It worked pretty well on ArchLinux. It didn't have the direct x86_64-linux-gnu so run these commands.
sudo mv libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/libffmpeg_h264.so
sudo mv /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so.orig
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libffmpeg_h264.so /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so
Thank you very much -
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tahsin-npx last edited by
Hey! Also I had this same problem, can't play fb video's and youtube live video's. But finally fixed it by installing opera with snap.
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johnbrook last edited by@quangpao Hello, I am pinportal, I lost my other account. Thank you for your thanks. Now I've discovered a much easier method for linux. Instead of downloading and installing the DEB package for Ubuntu, for example, you just install Opera from Snap. That is, open the terminal and type:
sudo snap install opera
It is necessary to uninstall the old package manually installed. Replace one with the other. In the case of installation via snap, video support works natively forever, even updating versions. It took me years to figure this out, but another user mentioned this a few weeks ago and so I figured it out.
