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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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                                          • ilbert
                                            ilbert last edited by

                                            I followed this answer from @bombacha and now it works.
                                            But I'm still having troubles with Netflix:
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                                            and with Prime Video:
                                            c6ea29c3-2e94-4ffb-9704-b3476d377913-image.png

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