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

[dopplerduck]

dopplerduck @xZero last edited by

@xzero It worked on Mint 20.3 / Neon 20.4 / Focal. Thank you.

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 last edited by

i use sparky linux 7 gameover anyone have a fix for this problem

[styen]

styen @darkshadow05 last edited by

@darkshadow05 https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine should work

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen ok ty will try

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen tyam it worked so tysm

[elomir]

elomir @drpeppercan last edited by

@drpeppercan Following this video I fixed the problem in my pop_os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlL8dn7ZD8

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

styen

Thanks it worked.

[mk32]

mk32 @xZero last edited by

@xzero Hi I execute the script now when I execute the opera is crashing with this message "opera: symbol lookup error: opera: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts"

[mk32]

mk32 @styen last edited by

@styen thank ist work for me, Iḿ using Opera 85

[exoplanet]

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

[bkjarvi]

bkjarvi @exoplanet 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.

[john-53]

john-53 @bkjarvi 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/

[linuc]

linuc @bkjarvi last edited by

@bkjarvi

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/

[linuc]

linuc @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet

This will work fine:

http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @linuc last edited by

@linuc it worked, thanks!

[jojocw]

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/opera

then 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/opera

finaly I removed vivaldi
sudo apt remove --purge vivaldi*

That works for me.

MFG

[jojocw]

jojocw last edited by

My own post obove dosn´t work in my new opera after update.
So i found this on gibhub:

https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Ln/c4ae803e90f9984b6612c8983c8fde1f

Open Opera Type in: opera://about (or vivaldi://about,)
then Ctrl+F to find 'Chrome' in the user-agent, (It is in Browser-Identification)
version number is Chrome/XXX.other_numbers .
expl. Chrome/101 (2 or 3 signs).
Then go to this Download-Site

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AC7ddalBsUiWsUE&id=75D48EF8D3750510!234&cid=75D48EF8D3750510

Go to your version of Chrome and Download the

libffmpeg.so

Copy it with root to Opera-Directory
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera (overwrite)
(you can rename the origin libffmpeg.so before
ex: libffmpeg.so-orig)

This works for me now.

MFG

[thihup]

thihup @jojocw last edited by

@jojocw Thank you! It worked

[davidparks21]

davidparks21 @jojocw last edited by

The post by @jojocw on 3jun2022 worked for a PopOS 22.04 based Opera install. Oi vey that took a lot of wading through. Opera could surely streamline this without running afoul of licensing.

[AlexRojas]

AlexRojas @styen last edited by

@styen Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 20.0.4. Thank you so much.