I can't play videos on Opera.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

Windows 8.1 WMP doesn't have the right support that Opera needs for some reason.

Are you sure about this ? Because I ask this trouble on a local IT forum too and 2 of repliers said things were normal for them on Win 8.1.

[zalex108]

zalex108 last edited by

Another Codec Pack, https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases maybe?

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[A Former User]

A Former User @zalex108 last edited by

@zalex108
Nope. Doesn't help. Guess I have no choice but come back to Win 7.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@fujitoday said in I can't play videos on Opera.:

Are you sure about this ?

Not 100%. It just seems that way at least. Opera is supposed to use the Windows Media Foundation for playback of proprietary codecs (at least on Win 10). If Windows Media can't play h.264 for example, Opera won't be able to either. But, there's more. Using a Direct Shown filter for h.264 support isn't enough to make things work. A Windows Media transform is needed instead. I guess. However, I don't know what fallbacks Opera uses and I don't know how Opera does things on Win 7 and Win8.1 specifically. Opera might just have a buggy fallback way for Windows 8.1 (since things work in Opera Developer for some on 8.1), but unsure. I'm just assuming that if 8.1's Windows Media Foundation h.264 support was like Windows 10's, things would just work in Opera.

Either way, things are definitely messed up with proprietary codecs in Opera on Windows 8.1 for most.

[gerasmus]

gerasmus last edited by

Problem:
Opera displays HTML5 error when playing youTube videos. This happened in all my web browsers with a fresh clean Windows install.

Solution:
Google search: Windows_MediaFeaturePack_x64_1903_V1.msu
or
Download from Microsoft website.
Reboot your machine.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

@fujitoday ya said ya had win 8.1 pro with wmp

could you double check this..

go to windows and features and check this

if media box is checked
make sure wmp box is checked too

[goemon01]

goemon01 last edited by

Hi, I tried all solutions at the internet, at last I found the solution for me
I just reset the Media Foundation and now my browser passes html5 h.264 test.
So how you reset Media Foundation;

1. Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
2. Open Codec Tweak Tool
3. Select "Fixes" (Under the General Tab)
4. Tick the box near the "Reset Media Foundation"
5. Apply and close.
   

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @goemon01 last edited by

@goemon01 Thanks for the tip.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @goemon01 last edited by

@goemon01 said in I can't play videos on Opera.:

Install K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Open Codec Tweak Tool
Select "Fixes" (Under the General Tab)

It looks like you can download just the tweak tool if you want.

http://www.codecguide.com/download_other.htm#codectweaktool

[jovandon9]

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