[Solved]Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon)

[nathaniel]

nathaniel @MarcoRboels last edited by

@marcorboels thank you very much, it's working great!

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Opera 81.0.4196.54

[linuc]

linuc last edited by

Hi

Since the latest update of Opera some websites crash again. Here's an example:

example

It seems like this fix is no longer working properly at the moment:

https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine

[styen]

styen @linuc last edited by

@linuc which version of Opera you have? Latest 0.59 version of ffmpeg works only with Opera 82 and crashes with Opera 81. 0.58 works with 81, but crashes with 82.

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

I have 81.0.4196.60. Update was coming yesterday, for Q4OS. I will try now to update out of Opera.

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

Hm...the update function in Opera Menu is not doing anything. So I tried with the terminal using

sudo apt --only-upgrade install

so...

q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo apt --only-upgrade install opera-stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
opera-stable is already the newest version (81.0.4196.60).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$

It looks as I have to be patiently until Q4OS sends the next Opera update? Or what can I do?

[styen]

styen @linuc last edited by

@linuc said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

@styen

Hm...the update function in Opera Menu is not doing anything. So I tried with the terminal using

sudo apt --only-upgrade install

so...

q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo apt --only-upgrade install opera-stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
opera-stable is already the newest version (81.0.4196.60).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
q4os@q4os-desktop:~/Desktop$

It looks as I have to be patiently until Q4OS sends the next Opera update? Or what can I do?

Also you may download it directly from opera.com

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

Well, I'll see what I do then. In any case, it would be advantageous if the developers of Opera would test the latest version to see whether it really works correctly before it is distributed all over the world! It's pretty sad when a user has a correctly functioning installation and after the update it no longer works correctly

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc last edited by

@linuc Most probably the problem didn't happen with their testing machines.

[masemoel]

masemoel last edited by

On Linux Mint 20.2 and with the latest Opera upgrade, I got YT live streaming and Instagram videos playing properly with the following script:

https://github.com/nicolas-meilan/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg

I've tried it without Chrome installed, though the script recommends to have it installed. The scripts mentioned above resulted in Opera bricked/not even opening for me...

[xZero]

xZero last edited by

My script seems to brick the most recent versions of Opera. I am working on a resolution. Until then, a warning is added to the script.

If you ended up with your Opera bricked, you can restore the backup of the changed file:

cd /usr/lib/opera/
cp -v libffmpeg.so.bak libffmpeg.so

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

After a few days of patient waiting, version 82 finally arrived And everything is working normally again! I still use the same solution as at the beginning. Here is a link to my website, which is unfortunately a bit slow (ifastnet!):

opera-fix-for-video

By the way, in my traffic report from Wordfence I find every day some visitors from all over the world who call up the forum post . So there are even more patient people then just me

[pranadot]

pranadot @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

thanks @zarathustra-f90 this worked for me. as at 30/12/2021, my version is 104707, hence i had something like this current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516 .
NB: please close your Opera Browser after following the steps and reopen it.
Super happy that Youtube and Linkedin Videos can now play so well.

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

@vladimir-bardakov After this advice I had to remove opera because it simply stopped working.

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Worked for me perfectly. Thanks

[whitemir]

whitemir @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Thank you for the solution provided.
It worked for me.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet last edited by

This problem still persists and I have to switch to other browsers to play youtube live videos or twitter videos, amazing!

[Dark-2011111]

Dark-2011111 @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI32GSl7p3I&list=WL&index=1 this video solving the problem

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @Dark-2011111 last edited by

@dark-2011111 I know that there are some solutions but i will keep switching to other browsers until an official solution comes along.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet As said, it's a legal issue and (probably) will be around there while proprietary codecs that requires a license exist and are being used by websites.

[nathaniel]

nathaniel last edited by

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera