[Solved]Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon)
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BeIT last edited by
@niepiekm said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
Looks like, on Ubuntu 20.04 the fix is as simple as installing the latest version of chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra from http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/ for Chromium your Opera version is based on. I just installed chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_97.0.4692.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb and video playback in Opera 83 works again. No need to symlink libraries.
The solution worked for me (Opera 83)! First, I had to uninstall the newer codecs I had installed.
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cybrsaylr last edited by
@cybrsaylr said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
@nathaniel said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
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
Installed Ubuntu 20.04 and had the same problems with videos not playing well with the latest version of Opera. Did what you recommended, uninstalled Opera installed Opera again with snap and this solved all my video issues.
Thanks.
A little update on what is happening now since installing Opera with Snap.
Now have Opera Version: 84.0.4316.21 Opera is up to date.All videos play fine but Opera takes 40-50 seconds to launch every time at first when booting up my desktop. After this if I close down Opera and re-launch Opera starts up in 5-10 seconds. This long 40-50 second launch of Opera only occurs first time after a fresh PC boot up.
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marozsas last edited by
yup ! It worked ! Thanks
I had to adjust the instructions to opensuse tumbleweed, since the package chromium-ffmpeg-extra put the file libffmpeg on folder /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra.
Besides that, its works on next run:zypper in chromium-ffmpeg-extra
mv /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so.obsolete
n -s /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so -
leocg
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styen last edited by
@darkshadow05 https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine should work
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elomir last edited by
@drpeppercan Following this video I fixed the problem in my pop_os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlL8dn7ZD8 -
exoplanet last edited by exoplanet
Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64
But no luck
My Opera Version : 86.0.4363.23
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bkjarvi last edited by
@exoplanet said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64
But no luck
My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23
Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.
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john-53 last edited by
@bkjarvi said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
@exoplanet said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64
But no luck
My Opera Version: 86.0.4363.23
Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.
Have you tried this fix:
https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/
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linuc last edited by
Yes, the fix is working perfect! You can also find it here, step by step:
http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/
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linuc last edited by
This will work fine:
http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/
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jojocw last edited by
I solved it for me in ubuntu (ex. Xubuntu) 22.04 and opera 87:
I downloaded and installed vivaldi 5.3 from the internet website. (*.deb)
then I renamed the (Opera) libffmpeg.so to libffmpeg.so-orig (or delete it) in
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/operathen I copied the libffmpeg.so from Vavaldi to Opera
from /opt/vivaldi/lib/ (I think it was there)
to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/operafinaly I removed vivaldi
sudo apt remove --purge vivaldi*That works for me.
MFG