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    [Solved]Video playback issues with MacOS Catalina

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    • matt616
      matt616 last edited by matt616

      Hello, Guys. I've got the same problem with Opera and MacOS Catalina but my Netflix works, Youtube also but other video players froze at frame or two also. Safari works fine. So sad.. EDIT: Netflix does not work...

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        I have the same problem running macOS Catalina and Opera 64.* so tried to switch back to 63.x.x.107. The shell command to disable autoupdate didn't work. Deleting the autoupdate from inside the Opera.app would cause a file is corrupt error.

        What did work was using terminal to zero out the update files after downloading and installing the Opera.app.

        echo "" > /Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/opera_autoupdate
        echo "" > /Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/opera_updateinstaller
        echo "" > /Applications/Opera.app/Contents/Versions/63.0.3368.107/Opera\ Framework.framework/Versions/A/Helpers/opera_autoupdate

        You will need to change 63.0.3368.107 to the version of Opera you wish to run, but disable the autoupdate.

        Hope this helps.

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        • archimdx
          archimdx @Guest last edited by

          @gnubee This worked! I deleted Opera 64, downloaded and installed 63.0.3368.94 from the FTP index and let it update to 63.0.3368.107 - Before launching Opera again I used the the terminal commands you suggested, and that's it... I get the message "An error occurred while checking for updates" when checking "About Opera" in the menu, but it stays put in that version. Netflix and Prime Video now work fine. ☺ Thanks!!

          Screen Shot 2019-10-13 at 06.28.00.png

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          • avl
            avl Opera last edited by

            We're aware of the issue and it'll be fixed in the next update to Opera.

            For people struggling with automatic update, it's much easier to disable it like this (and easy to revert later too):

            Open Terminal.app and write

            defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate true
            
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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              Hi everyone-first let me say, I am not a software or PC expert but I"m pretty good at following directions. I prefer Opera to Safari, Chrome and Firefox. I upgraded to Catalina a week ago, and have had numerous issues. I can watch videos in some sites but not all, Youtube is fine, however some sites say, HTML5 video not found. I've checked the same site on other browsers and the videos play fine. I'd prefer to stick to Opera for my needs. I downloaded the latest version of Firefox and it keeps freezing up. I prefer not to call to call Geek Squad to fix a few of the these issues. So if anyone knows of a fix or a suggestion, I'd much appreciate the help. Thank you.

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              • burberrys
                burberrys @avl last edited by

                @avl said in Video playback issues with MacOS Catalina:

                We're aware of the issue and it'll be fixed in the next update to Opera.

                For people struggling with automatic update, it's much easier to disable it like this (and easy to revert later too):

                Open Terminal.app and write

                defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate true
                

                Would you or anybody be able to post the command to reverse the above command you just posted?

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

                  @avl

                  Thank you to all involved in helping to resolve this video playback issue..

                  The latest
                  Opera
                  Version: 64.0.3417.61

                  is now streaming Netflix, and Amazon Prime videos and doing well with other videos I had issues with, even before the 64.* update.

                  Also, I was making the mistake of not exiting and restarting Opera after running the terminal command:

                  defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate true

                  or

                  defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate false

                  So that was fun to learn as well. 🙂

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @burberrys last edited by

                    @burberrys Maybe you just need to replace true with false?

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                    • burberrys
                      burberrys @Guest last edited by

                      @gnubee said in Video playback issues with MacOS Catalina:

                      @avl

                      Thank you to all involved in helping to resolve this video playback issue..

                      The latest
                      Opera
                      Version: 64.0.3417.61

                      is now streaming Netflix, and Amazon Prime videos and doing well with other videos I had issues with even before the 64.* update.

                      Also, I was making the mistake of not exiting and restarting Opera after running the terminal command:

                      defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate true

                      or

                      defaults write com.operasoftware.Opera OPDisableAutoUpdate false

                      So that was fun to learn as well. 🙂

                      I also just exited so the update can be turned on again. Thank you and for the updates!

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                      • A Former User
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                        • avl
                          avl Opera @burberrys last edited by

                          @burberrys Yes it's what @leocg suggested, just replace true with false 🙂

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                          • avl
                            avl Opera last edited by

                            Just to be completely clear, many of you mentioned it already but an update with a fix for this issue was released yesterday. You can see the full changelog at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2019/10/opera-64-0-3417-61-stable-update/ .

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                            • kyu3
                              kyu3 @avl last edited by

                              @avl I confirmed this issue was fixed. I can watch videos of Netflix and Amazon .jp Prime Video! Thank you!!! 😆👍

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                              • atls
                                atls last edited by

                                Hello all. I can now stream netflix and prime video but I am still having the problem that the film cuts in half and then switches sides in fullscreen. Anyone else have this problem? I can't attach a screenshot because as soon as you press any keys it goes back to normal for about 5 seconds.

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                                • archimdx
                                  archimdx @atls last edited by

                                  @atls After updating to the latest Opera 64.0.3417.61, Prime and Netflix work fine in my system (OS Catalina). I can watch fullscreen in both of them with no issues.

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                                    • atls
                                      atls @archimdx last edited by

                                      @archimdx I did, still have the problem. Same with youtube as well.

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                                      • avl
                                        avl Opera last edited by

                                        @atls it's probably better if you open a new thread for this, it's not related to the problem described in this thread so far. For those interested, that problem was due to a problem with the Widevine DRM plugin, which is used by e.g. Netflix and Amazon Prime to protect their content, but not by YouTube.

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