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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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