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

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr @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.

[marozsas]

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

[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