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

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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @operafan123 last edited by

      @operafan123 Netflix will also require widevine.

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      • operafan123
        operafan123 @sgunhouse last edited by

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

        @operafan123 Netflix will also require widevine.

        Of course, and it's there and updated to the latest

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        • nneo16
          nneo16 @operafan123 last edited by nneo16

          @operafan123 Try rename the original file and replace with that file from chromium package. I don't understand why we should use a symlink here.

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          • niepiekm
            niepiekm @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

            @zarathustra-f90
            Thanks, this worked for me to on Ubuntu 20.04 and Opera installed with APT.

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            • RungeKutta
              RungeKutta last edited by

              Hi, I create a script to download and install ffmpeg lib on linux and fix this problem with opera:

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

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              • miqwalsh
                miqwalsh last edited by miqwalsh

                I re-package this into a 'portable' version for the Puppy Linux community. Portable applications work very well for Puppy's somewhat unusual method of operation.

                I get libffmpeg.so & Widevine for Opera by the simple expedient of using the updater scripts supplied by Vivaldi for their browser. As noted above, it doesn't matter how you actually obtain these; what matters is that you end up with the specific version compiled to work with the particular release of Chromium that Opera has been built around.

                If you run the script from your /home 'user' directory, the scripts will write the 'codecs' directory, containing libffmpeg.so, to /var/opt. You'll get a sym-link appear which you can delete; simply copy libffmpeg.so across to the location where Opera expects to find it.

                Bob's yr uncle; sorted.

                Mike. 👍

                (EDIT:- Apologies to anyone who wants terminal commands to do the above. We don't really use these all that much in Puppy; we tend to 'dive-in' to the file-system & physically move stuff around to suit.....and the 'portable' version doesn't use 'standard' locations anyway!)

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                • efsandino
                  efsandino @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

                  @vladimir-bardakov I installed the extra lib, and then downloaded the last version of opera and installed it again with ,
                  sudo dpkg -i operaXXX.deb

                  and the problem was finally solved !

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @marek-online last edited by

                    @marek-online this totally solved the issue here, thank you!

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                    • mau21mau
                      mau21mau last edited by

                      That fixed the issue for me

                      wget https://github.com/iteufel/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/download/0.52.2/0.52.2-linux-x64.zip -P ~/Downloads/
                      
                      unzip ~/Downloads/0.52.2-linux-x64.zip -d ~/Downloads/
                      
                      sudo mv ~/Downloads/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
                      
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                      • kubrisck
                        kubrisck @mau21mau last edited by

                        @mau21mau Confirmed!. Your method works. Last version of Opera nd Linux Mint 20.1

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                        • thinog
                          thinog last edited by

                          If it was installed through Snap, you can try to connect system camera interface on the Opera camera interface

                          sudo snap connect opera:camera :camera
                          

                          Restart opera and check if it worked.

                          Ref: https://snapcraft.io/docs/interface-management

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                          • Leoneld
                            Leoneld last edited by

                            simlink ubuntu 20.04

                            sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/17/chromium-ffmpeg-95241/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
                            
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                            • njt145
                              njt145 last edited by leocg

                              This is just a workaround, not a solution.
                              This legal issue needs to be solved, and it's a Must
                              I suggest to developers to work on this before to working for stuffs on Opera GX. (or maybe you can replace Opera GX with Opera, why you created GX while your normal browser is not working properly...)

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @njt145 last edited by

                                @njt145 Maybe you can send money to Opera, so the company can afford the costs of a licensing. 😀

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                                • zago13
                                  zago13 @mau21mau last edited by

                                  @mau21mau ty!

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                                  • mosabama
                                    mosabama last edited by

                                    Another way is to download libffmpeg from here and replace the one in Opera directory

                                    locate libffmpeg.sp
                                    

                                    and copy the file from the repository and replace the one in this directory.

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                                    • rgplayzmc
                                      rgplayzmc last edited by rgplayzmc

                                      No method seems to be working for the version of opera released today (Version 79.0.4143.22, chromium 93.0.4577.63). Replacing the provided libffmpeg.so with any of the provided methods causes the entire page to crash if you try to play any video embedded on it. I have now defaulted back to the provided one.
                                      My go-to method before this was to download the latest version from iteufel's github repo and replace it manually. Had worked since I installed opera.

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                                      • rgplayzmc
                                        rgplayzmc @rgplayzmc last edited by leocg

                                        @rgplayzmc **Update To Previous Post **
                                        Solution: Until @xZero updates his script (It returns

                                        opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh: 15: [: Illegal number: 
                                        Error: snapd is not installed
                                        Command 'snap' not found
                                        /usr/bin/snap
                                        
                                        

                                        Snap is actually installled
                                        )
                                        Here's what to do (GUI method):

                                        1. Install the chromium-ffmpeg snap
                                        2. Navigate to /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current
                                        3. Find the folder with the highest number and open terminal over there (Right click->open with terminal).
                                        4. Run
                                        sudo cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
                                        

                                        (Replace opera directory with wherever yours is installed.)

                                        (CUI method) (I am a noob at bash, so please forgive me pros)
                                        1.

                                        snap install chromium-ffmpeg && cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current 
                                        
                                        1. Find the highest number
                                        cd chromium-ffmpeg-highestnumber && cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera
                                        

                                        Done!

                                        Now I request @xZero or anyone else to fix that script. Once the script is fixed, store the command the run it in a terminal utility known as keep for easy access.

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                                        • katberg
                                          katberg @rgplayzmc last edited by

                                          @rgplayzmc

                                          Thanks a lot, works is great!

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                                          • Fuzedrums
                                            Fuzedrums last edited by

                                            I've had this problem for about two years now. Can't the fix it? Vivaldi solved it somehow.
                                            Every time I update, I start looking for the damn libffmpeg.so file.

                                            For Opera 79.0 install latest Vivaldi browser 4.2 and the take the lib:
                                            sudo cp /var/opt/vivaldi/media-codecs-79b56700ea9558c50a5edacaeb70298120127d2f8b32bb5e05c3876a51bd64b5/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

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