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    [Solved]Video playback issues with MacOS Catalina

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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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              • 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 @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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