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    • pegasisworks
      pegasisworks last edited by

      how do you fix this in linux mint

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      • Thor 0
        Thor 0 last edited by

        @truden, brilliant idea and the only one that worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04. It seems the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra package that ships with this distro is empty (as of this writing).
        Great job!

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        • Vozzy
          Vozzy @truden last edited by

          The solution @truden provides works like a charm on my system.
          Thanks!

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          • clatsopduck
            clatsopduck last edited by

            I've been happily running Lubuntu on several machines - installed Opera and ran it just fine on those - including YouTube videos.

            Hubby installed a fresh copy of Xubuntu on a laptop plus Opera and nope, it will not play YouTube videos.

            "Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available."

            I've added the YouTube Flash & HTML5 extension and restarted the machine, but it still won't work. I even turned off the VPN and made sure YouTube thinks I'm where I am... But still the same error.

            Hubby doesn't like Opera, so won't put any effort into fixing my problem. Can anyone help?

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            • jeremias333
              jeremias333 @clatsopduck last edited by

              @clatsopduck same problem to me

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              • clatsopduck
                clatsopduck @jeremias333 last edited by

                @jeremias333 - I'm glad I'm not the only one, but I had hoped someone would give me some ideas...

                Hubby finally looked at it - and although regular videos work, livestreams won't at all. So, I have to use Chrome for those.

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                • dperecky
                  dperecky last edited by

                  For new YouTube videos... I get this message many times:

                  Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
                  Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.
                  

                  OperaHTML5Error.PNG

                  I have to take the link and replug it into a different browser to see these videos...

                  This happened on Opera for Linux.... on various ubuntus 18.04 and 20, and in PopOs 18.04 and now... version 20.04 LTS // Opera is up to date: version 68.0.3618.165

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                  • mtompset
                    mtompset last edited by

                    When I log into netflix and get Error O7355, I run this script. I have Chromium installed as a snap on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

                    #!/bin/bash

                    DATE=date --iso-8601
                    cp /snap/chromium/current/usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.chromium.$DATE
                    if [ ! -f "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.opera.$DATE" ]; then
                    cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.opera.$DATE
                    fi
                    cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so.chromium.$DATE /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

                    I have had to do this every single time opera updates.

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                    • dperecky
                      dperecky @dperecky last edited by

                      @dperecky - This works now!! I can watch very new YouTube videos.... 2hrs fresh... with Opera!

                      That's so great!

                      This is for: ```
                      Version:68.0.3618.165
                      Opera is up to date
                      Update stream:Stable
                      System:Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS (x86_64; pop:GNOME)

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                      • pavlar 0
                        pavlar 0 last edited by pavlar 0

                        ![alt text](Снимок экрана в 2020-10-09 16-20-18.png image url)

                        opera-stable 70.0.3728.154 amd64 Fast, secure, easy-to-use web browser

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                        • wmomesso
                          wmomesso @truden last edited by

                          @truden thanks resolved!

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                          • klcjr77
                            klcjr77 last edited by leocg

                            I keep getting this notice from YouTube.
                            This needs to be fixed on Opera's end. We cannot do anything. NO add-on nor extension works.
                            Screenshot from 2020-10-19 17-48-02.png

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                            • ilbert
                              ilbert last edited by

                              I'm running Opera 71.0.3770.271 on elementary OS 5.1.7 Hera (Ubuntu-based distro) and I can't play videos from any website except Youtube (live videos don't work even on YT).

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @ilbert last edited by

                                @ilbert See above

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                                • ilbert
                                  ilbert @truden last edited by ilbert

                                  @truden didn't work for me, I'm on elementaryOS Hera (Ubuntu 18.04 based).
                                  Now I'm getting this error:
                                  Screenshot from 2020-10-20 23-21-51.png

                                  Now Opera crashes also on screenshot.

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                                  • truden
                                    truden @ilbert last edited by

                                    @ilbert try this - https://snapcraft.io/install/ffmpeg/elementary

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                                    • ilbert
                                      ilbert @truden last edited by

                                      @truden I installed the FFMPEG snap

                                      Now:

                                      • if I use the original libffmpeg.so, I get the same error as klcjr77's.

                                      • if I follow your instructions, it keeps crashing as I said here.

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                                      • truden
                                        truden @ilbert last edited by

                                        @ilbert sorry, I'm in a wrong topic and my last answer wouldn't work for you. Unless the app installs the libffmpeg.so globally, but now I see your answer before posting this and obviously it doesn't work. Sorry. Keep digging the forums 🙂

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                                        • truden
                                          truden @ilbert last edited by

                                          @ilbert I see now that Hera is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but the file I listed above is for Ubuntu 16
                                          So, try downloading the file from here - https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download and do the same thing.
                                          Let me know how did it work.

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                                          • ilbert
                                            ilbert @truden last edited by

                                            @truden I tried also this but it doesn't work...

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