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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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