The Videos Don't Play Topic

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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/

[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

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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)

[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...

[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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Sai-Prabhav last edited by

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

[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.

[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

[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/

[DrStrom]

DrStrom @john-53 last edited by

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

[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.

[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

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

opening and updating above components will fix your streaming problems.

[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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

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

[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