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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @tridoxx last edited by

      @tridoxx As said many times, that's a legal issue. So developers can't do much about it.

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      • Karunur
        Karunur @truden last edited by

        @truden said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

        @PixCatholica, I did some research and replaced libffmpeg.so with the one I downloaded from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download
        Download the Tutuapp package, find libffmpeg.so in it and extract it.
        Open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu (this path may vary) click with right mouse button on "opera" folder and "Open as Root". Replace the libffmpeg.so with the new file.
        Now you can play videos.

        Thanks for your advice; I have the same problem with playing videos, but your solution works for me as well.

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        • john-53
          john-53 @styen last edited by

          @styen said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

          @cupid-101 https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

          This worked for me on Opera 81.0.4196.60 on Linux Mint 20.2

          Hopefully it will seamlessly update itself after each Opera update.

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          • clafix
            clafix last edited by

            I had same issue. I changed just one flag:
            opera://flags/#use-angle - from value "Default" to value "OpenGL".
            And it helped me, now h.264 video playing correctly!
            Test video: http://demo.nimius.net/video_test/
            Opera v81.0.4196.60 stable.

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            • john-53
              john-53 @clafix last edited by

              @clafix said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

              I had same issue. I changed just one flag:
              opera://flags/#use-angle - from value "Default" to value "OpenGL".
              And it helped me, now h.264 video playing correctly!
              Test video: http://demo.nimius.net/video_test/
              Opera v81.0.4196.60 stable.

              I'm using the same Opera version but I can't find the #use-angle flag.

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              • styen
                styen @john-53 last edited by

                @john-53 said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

                @clafix said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

                I had same issue. I changed just one flag:
                opera://flags/#use-angle - from value "Default" to value "OpenGL".
                And it helped me, now h.264 video playing correctly!
                Test video: http://demo.nimius.net/video_test/
                Opera v81.0.4196.60 stable.

                I'm using the same Opera version but I can't find the #use-angle flag.

                It's only in windows version.

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                • john-53
                  john-53 @styen last edited by

                  @styen Re: The Videos Don't Play Topic

                  3 days ago I updated Opera to 82.0.4227.23 and I've had no issues with the method suggested by Ld-Hagen at https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

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                  • NameLessUser
                    NameLessUser last edited by

                    to replace the libffmpeg..so in the opera (82.0......) directory manually does not work anymore... 😠
                    it's getting annoying
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                    👇 this working for me (Linux Mint):

                    1
                    install CHROMIUM

                    2
                    open terminal and type in:

                    sudo mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/
                    

                    and

                    sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so
                    

                    3
                    (re)start opera

                    opera uses chromium's libffmpeg..so
                    maybe it is necessary to adjust the path

                    (google translation)

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                    • pcfreak30
                      pcfreak30 @styen last edited by

                      @styen This project worked perfectly for me, Such a pain that legal causes the need for community reverse engineering...

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                      • Sai-Prabhav
                        Sai-Prabhav last edited by

                        I am getting this error in most of the websites except YouTube and few others.
                        plz help i am unable to see videos on websites like
                        https://ww1.gogoanime2.org
                        https://hdtoday.tv

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Sai-Prabhav last edited by

                          @sai-prabhav The solutions provided above in this topic didn't work?

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                          • noctiluus
                            noctiluus last edited by leocg

                            Video Playback on Arch

                            If, after updating opera, video playback, on websites such as YouTube, crashes the tab, please install opera-ffmpeg-codecs from the community repository. This should remedy the playback error.

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                            • DrStrom
                              DrStrom last edited by leocg

                              does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
                              Thank you in advanced

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                              • john-53
                                john-53 @DrStrom last edited by john-53

                                @drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

                                does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
                                Thank you in advanced

                                I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.

                                My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

                                https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

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                                • DrStrom
                                  DrStrom @john-53 last edited by

                                  @john-53 Thank you . Your link worked for me .

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                                  • Frizzledoldbutt
                                    Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                                    A couple of years back I raised the issue that in my experience Opera on Linux & Windows fails to play video streams.

                                    You can assume latest OS & Opera versions and recent hardware.

                                    I didn't find a cure (The fanbois with "works for me" comments were no help either).

                                    Anyway, I looked in again today; Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint etc, Opera still won't play video streams, although the error message has changed:
                                    Vimeo:
                                    undefined Player error
                                    The player is having trouble. We’ll have it back up and running as soon as possible.

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                                    • rmstock
                                      rmstock last edited by

                                      If you mean Netflix etc. Streaming is handled inside
                                      opera and chrome with Widevine. In earlier versions this
                                      was done by using a static version of libwidevinecdm.so inside the opera .deb file. Today this is handled dynamicly.
                                      checking the opera binary :

                                      ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$ strings opera | grep -i widevine
                                      Media.EME.Widevine.VideoCapability.HasEmptyRobustness
                                      application_x-ppapi-widevine-cdm
                                      Widevine enabled but no library found
                                      ../../opera/desktop/chrome_imports/chrome/browser/component_updater/widevine_cdm_component_installer.cc
                                      Widevine CDM v1.0
                                      Failed to update Widevine CDM hint path.
                                      Installed Widevine CDM component is incompatible.
                                      Registering component updated Widevine
                                      Registering bundled Widevine
                                      Updating hint file with Widevine CDM
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      WidevineCdm
                                      widevinecdm
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      widevinecdm
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      component_updater.widevine.up_to_date
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      opera.mojom.WidevineCdmUpdater
                                      WidevineCdm
                                      latest-component-updated-widevine-cdm
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      WidevineVersion
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      WidevineI
                                      ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$

                                      looking for "opera 86 widevine_cdm_component_installer" i came across a webpage https://malaysiandigest.com/how-to-enable-widevine-content-decryption-module-in-opera/ which hinted to check : opera://components

                                      alt text

                                      opening that url opens a page, which next immediately started updating all kind of things :

                                      alt text

                                      opening and updating above components will fix your streaming problems.

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                                      • Frizzledoldbutt
                                        Frizzledoldbutt @rmstock last edited by Frizzledoldbutt

                                        @rmstock -
                                        No, I mean all video formats fail to play; whether local files, or off streaming services, whether AVI, MP4, MKV (ok, it's a container), MPG, or HTML5 off web sites, including those we store on our Google Drive.

                                        Also, as mentioned in my OP, it's Windows and 'nix. I worked through the widevine stuff awhile back. It has no effect.

                                        regarding Opera:components, I already have
                                        Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2449.0
                                        Status - Component not updated

                                        In any case, having to jump through that many hoops to play videos, hey, installing Firefox or Chrome seems a lot less error prone and less stressful.

                                        Cheers

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                                          @frizzledoldbutt For Linux, make sure that you have the correct codec package as mentioned.

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                                          • Frizzledoldbutt
                                            Frizzledoldbutt @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg - they are installed; my main work PC is running Ubuntu Studio. If it's missing a codec it hasn't been invented yet,

                                            Cheers

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