Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon)
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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 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 last edited by
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!):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 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.
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adamapfelski last edited by
@vladimir-bardakov After this advice I had to remove opera because it simply stopped working.
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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 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 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 Moderator 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 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 -
exoplanet 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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niepiekm last edited by niepiekm
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.
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cybrsaylr last edited by
@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 operaInstalled 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.
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niepiekm last edited by niepiekm
@exoplanet Did you download a proper package to install?
There's one thing to note, the package is for Ubuntu 18.04, so if you're running a newer version, e.g. 20.04 as myself, you'll see an update to the older version of this packagechromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra(85.xx in my case) intended for current OS version. To prevent downgrading the package you need to runapt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extrato keep it at version 97. -
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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.
