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    [Solved]Video freezes or even doesn't start

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    • matt616
      matt616 last edited by leocg

      I need to post here since you locked previous topic about video players. After update Netflix works fine but video players on other sites still froze on frame or two and sometimes they do not even start...

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      • avl
        avl Opera last edited by

        Can you give an example of a site on which video freezes?

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by A Former User

          I think this is the same issue: https://forums.opera.com/post/182606

          EDIT: I can also confirm that this still happens on the latest Opera Developer release (66.0.3475.0).

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          • matt616
            matt616 @avl last edited by

            @avl said in Video freezes or even doesn't start:

            Can you give an example of a site on which video freezes?

            Sure, for example: www.sadistic.pl

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

              @avl I have the same issue. It started after updating opera and my mac on the same day.

              It's happening on sites like

              • IMDB where the video starts then freezes and then you see : This video file cannot be played.
                (Error Code: 224002)
                .

              • Tumblr where the video disappears as soon as I try to play it.

              • On instagram the video starts playing then stops.

              • It's also happening on various streaming websites, such as Vidtodo where the video does not play at all and it says The media playback was aborted due to a corruption problem or because the media used features your browser did not support.

              Would love some help! thanks. The videos are playing fine on Safari, but I usually prefer Opera and would like to keep using it.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by A Former User

                Running macOS Catalina, Opera Version: 64.0.3417.61 has the same issues on all examples.

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                • l33t4opera
                  l33t4opera last edited by sgunhouse

                  Hi guys, and what if you enable the opera://flags/#ffmpeg-demuxer-everywhere, and restart the Opera, does it help?

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by A Former User

                    @l33t4opera

                    Good call, enabling opera://flags/#ffmpeg-demuxer-everywhere fixed the issue for me!

                    Thanks for the help l33t4opera!!!! 🙂

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                    • matt616
                      matt616 @l33t4opera last edited by

                      @l33t4opera Yup, works for me 🙂 Thanks!

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                      • l33t4opera
                        l33t4opera @matt616 last edited by l33t4opera

                        Hi @matt616, nice to hear that, but enabling or disabling works?

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by A Former User

                          It was disabled by default for the version of Opera that I was using, so I selected enable and that worked for me.

                          macOS Catalina, Opera Version: 64.0.3417.61

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

                            @l33t4opera Thanks so much!! It was disabled by default, so I enabled it, and it works!! finally 🙂

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                            • operaoperandi
                              operaoperandi last edited by

                              You made my day!👍🏻

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                              • amiralbtal
                                amiralbtal last edited by

                                please, if it was solver please mark it as solved for

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