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    • fonm
      fonm @stefanw1337 last edited by

      @stefanw1337
      sudo

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        Get the non-snap version of Opera and then see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_widevine_config.

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        • stefanw1337
          stefanw1337 @fonm last edited by

          @fonm Exactly the same answers. Any more ideas? I need to try the non-snap version I suppose.

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          • stefanw1337
            stefanw1337 @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 I mean, even after installing snap:
            $ sudo ls -lR /usr/lib/opera | grep widevine_config.json
            ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/opera': No such file or directory

            $ sudo locate /usr/lib/opera | grep widevine_config.json

            $ sudo find . widevine_config.json | grep widevine_config.json
            find: ‘widevine_config.json’: No such file or directory

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @stefanw1337 last edited by

              @stefanw1337 I guess that is exactly because your are using the snap version. Did you try the regular version?

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              • stefanw1337
                stefanw1337 @leocg last edited by

                @leocg Snap is the regular version, for the everyday user? At least, that's what the store installed for me. The other store was upgraded at some point to the "Snap Store".

                I haven't been testing that much, as you can see the folders are the same as before. But when I went to check for DRM, it said it had widevide, so I suppose it's fine.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @stefanw1337 last edited by

                  @stefanw1337 Snap is one of the ways to install Opera on Linux. There are also the Deb and RPM packages.

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                  • stefanw1337
                    stefanw1337 @leocg last edited by stefanw1337

                    @leocg I know, which is what I did to install the non-snap version(dpkg). But shouldn't the easier option have the most mainstream options and choices for the "normal" more casual user? You know, those new to linux?

                    Edit: seems more software is weird on snap. For instance Spotify.

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

                      To get the snap version of Opera to use proprietary codecs, I guess you need to do something special. I don't know the details, but https://www.google.com/search?q=chromium+ffmpeg+codecs+extra+snap+package might help. The snap-provided codecs must be built for the version of Chromium Opera uses just like with the non-snap version. Then, for Widevine, you might have to do something similar. https://www.google.com/search?q=chromium+widevine+snap might help.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @stefanw1337 last edited by

                        @stefanw1337 To fix this on new Opera installations just copy lib: libffmpeg.so to the Opera directory.Terminal command: sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

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                        • fonm
                          fonm last edited by fonm

                          archlinux

                          opera --version 68.0.3618.165
                          
                          locate /usr/lib/opera|grep -i ffmpeg
                          /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so
                          /usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so
                          /usr/lib/opera/resources/ffmpeg_preload_config.json
                          
                          file /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so
                          /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, BuildID[sha1]=ce701d11f0356081f48723c46e39da4607b6b87b, stripped
                          
                          file /usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so
                          /usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
                          
                          du -h /usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so
                          1,7M	/usr/lib/opera/libffmpeg.so
                          
                          du -h /usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so
                          4,3M	/usr/lib/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so
                          
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                          • stefanw1337
                            stefanw1337 @fonm last edited by

                            @fonm I mean, good for you?

                            $ locate /usr/lib/opera|grep -i ffmpeg

                            And for the sake of sudo:
                            $ sudo locate /usr/lib/opera|grep -i ffmpeg

                            Nothing. This with both snap and non-snap installed.

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                            • stefanw1337
                              stefanw1337 @Guest last edited by stefanw1337

                              @kalebesouza said in Widevine and Opera:

                              @stefanw1337 To fix this on new Opera installations just copy lib: libffmpeg.so to the Opera directory.Terminal command: sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

                              $ sudo cp /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/
                              cp: cannot stat '/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so': No such file or directory

                              $ find . libffmpeg.so | grep libffmpeg.so
                              find: ‘libffmpeg.so’: No such file or directory

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @stefanw1337 last edited by

                                @stefanw1337 Do you have Chromium installed?

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                                • stefanw1337
                                  stefanw1337 @leocg last edited by

                                  @leocg Chrome, yes.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @stefanw1337 last edited by

                                    @stefanw1337 And did you check if the installation directory is that one?

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User @stefanw1337 last edited by

                                      @stefanw1337 Make sure you installed the package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. Usually this package is installed together with the ubuntu-restricted-extras package

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                                      • bobsteel
                                        bobsteel @stefanw1337 last edited by

                                        @stefanw1337
                                        clearly you have not got ‘libffmpeg.so installed so how can you expect things to work . Go find it and install it . maybe it got coerrupted or lost somehow

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