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

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    • 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

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      • 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.

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        • 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.

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          • 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?

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            • 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

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              • 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 😞

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc last edited by

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

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                  • 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...

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                    • 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
                      
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                      • 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 🙂

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                        • 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.

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                          • adamapfelski
                            adamapfelski @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

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

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                            • adamapfelski
                              adamapfelski @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

                              @zarathustra-f90 Worked for me perfectly. Thanks

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                              • whitemir
                                whitemir @zarathustra-f90 last edited by

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

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                                • 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!

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                                  • 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

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                                    • 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.

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                                      • 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.

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                                        • 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
                                          
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                                          • exoplanet
                                            exoplanet @nathaniel last edited by

                                            @nathaniel I tried snap version but it has its unique problems. This was 2 years ago or more.

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