Some media on Twitter do not work

A Former User @panosv

By the way, about video issues, it's ages since Opera doesn't play correctly videos from smartphones in Facebook Messenger. It works in Chrome! But no one cares...

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@jfHicter What is the codec and format used on those videos?

A Former User @leocg

@leocg I told you many times. The fact is Opera is based on Chromium, so, it is supposed to work like in Chrome...

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@jfHicter Soory but you are wrong on that one. Opera can play any free codec that Chromium/Chrome plays but not the proprietary ones, depending on the OS for that.

andrew84

andrew84

I'm also on Win 8.1 and I have various results in different browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Vivaldi, Edge Canary on chromium).
With hardware acceleration ON it does work nowhere (small difference is in FireFox where the black screen is appearing when I click 'play' button, in other browsers no response)
With hardware acceleration OFF it plays correctly only in Chrome. It also plays in Edge, but with freezes (not smooth). In FireFox and Vivaldi is the same result as with acceleration off.

panosv

panosv @andrew84

@andrew84 you have Edge on W.8.1, if yes, how?

same here, tried hardware acceleration (HA) off, on all browsers i have (opera, firefox, and recently brave), but no luck, only chrome and brave with OFF HA plays.
can you confirm if you want? on this (emojis) page, it shows all the emojis, or some is squares?

A Former User @panosv

@panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

can you confirm if you want? on this (emojis) page, it shows all the emojis, or some is squares?

Please note if necessary.

andrew84

andrew84 @panosv

@panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

you have Edge on W.8.1, if yes, how

I mean the MS Edge that is based on Chromium engine (Stable version is not available yet as far as I know, but Beta, Dev, Canary is available. I have Canary installed). I don't mean Edge that comes with Win 10.

@panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

but no luck, only chrome and brave with OFF HA plays

I made a mistake in my post in last sentence. I wanted to say 'In FireFox and Vivaldi is the same result as with acceleration on'. There was no possibility to edit the post to fix it.
So, with HA on it doesn't play in all my browsers, with HA off it plays fine in Chrome only. In Edge it also plays, but freezing.

@panosv said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

emojis

Only in FireFox I can see all the emoji.
In all other browsers I see that some (many of them actually) are squares (doesn't matter if HA is on or off)

A Former User @burnout426

@burnout426 said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

@liandri said in Some videos on Twitter do not work:

This is a direct link to video:
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1115643600719818757/pu/vid/640x352/BEEPEYSFlB9xNTDZ.mp4

Opera uses the Windows Media Foundation (as opposed to ffmpeg like Chrome) to play h.264 videos like this. For it to work in Opera, it needs to work in Windows Media Player first and be supported by WMF (a DirectShow plug-in on Windows won't do it). Then it should work.

If you have an "N" version of Windows 8, you might need https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2929699/media-feature-pack-for-windows-8-1-n-and-windows-8-1-kn-editions-april.

However, I don't know Opera's status of support for Windows 8.1 and WMF. Maybe it only works for Win7 and Win10.

Test to see if the video works in Windows Media Player first.

You could also test in Vivaldi for another comparison. You just can't compare with Chrome or Chromium built with "all codecs".

thanks!

A Former User @panosv

@panosv I'm on same OP system. Windows 8.1 and some gif videos and others don't work. I am always using private browser. Maybe that's it. Many videos work but not all. G Chrome works but I like Opera. Just letting you know and or anyone on the same OP .

panosv

panosv @Guest

@misstree said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

private browser

you mean completely private or incognito browsing?

A Former User @panosv

I moved to Dissenter: problems solved.
Bye, Opera. It was a good time but your gaz factory is messing too much!

panosv

panosv @Guest

@jfHicter said in Some media on Twitter do not work:

Dissenter

It's good?

A Former User @panosv

@panosv Not as fast as Opera -- Opera is the fastest browser, imho -- but videos work, everything works fine on Windows 7. That fits me. I don't want to switch to Windows 10 and have issues at every updates... Windows 7 is the sh*t, really. Too bad Opera team gives no consideration to my issues. I love Opera but I'm really fed up to be forced to open Dissenter to watch videos. Cheers, guys!

imkh

imkh

Guys, it's not a Windows problem. I have Linux (Ubuntu 18) and am having the same issue.

This should be the #1 priority for Opera. Nobody wants a browser that can't play videos in 2019. That's embarrassing.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @imkh

@imkh Please read and follow rule number 1. There are several topics in Opera for Linux about media playing on Linux, with some possible solutions.

imkh

imkh @leocg

@leocg Yet many, many people continue to have problems. It randomly goes away for me and then boom, the next Opera update it's broken again.

This is a problem you guys need to fix and stop passing the buck. This is only an Opera bug.

[Mod edit: Shouting removed]

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @imkh

@imkh Do not shout. One week penalty ban.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @imkh

@imkh The problem has already been explained several times. It's a legal issue and there is nothing Opera can do.

terra9

terra9

Opera finally lost another user, moving to dissenter browser now.
If a issue which is so critical can't be solved then, you guys don't deserve it.
Also Opay is indirectly owned by opera and it is also has a predatory practices too. No doubt opera doesnt have any real user base.