The Videos Don't Play Topic

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

Hello there
Can some one tell me why on You Tube
some of the videos cant play in Opera?
I use Windows and Linux
Windows plays all the videos
but Linux Opera..wont play certain ones.
How can this be ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 Check the topic above.

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I checked and ?

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 last edited by StevenJames123

Dude...some Videos dont play in you tube in Opera Browser
I been usin Browser since Net scape.im telling you some thing is wrong..dont do me like Microsoft did and block me out of the forum..or you dont know? Just say you dont know and I`ll move on

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 And do you have the correct codec pack, the correct ffmpeg file(s)?

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg cmon man
dude ..really?
NO Its Opera Browser
it works fine in Winblows
its not my OS I been on Machine way before you were born
Dont do me like that man
Im 67 i dont need to be disrespected
you company
and I also had a Blog on there for years
I had 2000 followers
Im not 12
did you knoiw Microsoft sends out
phony emails with Porn ?
Yep

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 Well, as the topic says, you need to have/install the proper libffmpeg.iso file installed for proprietary codecs to run in Opera for Linux and you have to update it every time there is a major version update because the Chromium version will also change and break everything again.

As you read, it's a legal issue and there isn't much that Opera can do.

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg

[A Former User]

A Former User @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 that's called quality control

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

@stevenjames123 And?

By the way, you should not post just an image without providing a context for it

[john-53]

john-53 last edited by

I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.

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

[JoeSchwarz]

JoeSchwarz last edited by leocg

hi,
I have noticed that Opera on Linux (Mint cinnamon 21.1) has problem with videos of BBC (e.g. REEL) or CNN (e.g. news) and shows a weird error code.
Because Firefox won't have this problem I believe that it must be an Opera bug.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoeSchwarz last edited by

@joeschwarz Check the whole topic above.
Also check https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config and https://forums.opera.com/topic/37539/solved-solving-the-problem-of-the-opera-browser-with-video-playback-in-ubuntu-and-similar-distributions-linux-mint-kde-neon/

[JoeSchwarz]

JoeSchwarz @leocg last edited by JoeSchwarz

@leocg
Thanks for the great hint. It works line charm. Here are the steps that what I've done:

1. run Opera, click "about" and scroll up to look for the install path. Here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera, then run: killall opera
2. cd /usr/lib/.../opera
3. sudo mv libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so_original
4. snap install chromium-ffmpeg
5. cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/
6. look for the most actual version:chronium-ffmpeg-XXXXX. Here: chromium-ffmpeg-108372//chromium-ffmpeg
7. sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so

Finish. Start opera Opera, goto www.bbc.com and try with any REEL video....to see if it might work and...it works!
Joe