The Videos Don't Play Topic

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @linuc last edited by

@linuc Don't know, maybe since it wouldn't be Opera providing the solution.

[styen]

styen @linuc last edited by styen

@linuc You need to install git to clone the repo.
Or download and unpack https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/archive/refs/heads/main.zip and make install.sh executable

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

Thank you, I finally made it

In the description here:

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

should still be under "Requirements":

3. git (Is needed to clone the repo) sudo apt install git

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git#linux

It only needs the commands in point 1. Depending on the distribution with -get or without.

When executing the script you can answer questions and set the script so that it is automatically executed after every update of Opera. Great!

I hope it will work forever and ever ... and if not, someone could turn it into an extension for Opera.

[linuc]

linuc @linuc last edited by

@linuc

Unfortunately I couldn't edit my last post:

Maybe I can post this link for a summary of the instructions? Unfortunately the server is very slow, ifastnet, but with a little patience the page loads. Sure, everyone can copy the instructions and distribute them further.

summary of the instructions

[xZero]

xZero @rgplayzmc last edited by

@rgplayzmc Thank you for keeping me in the loop, I was inactive lately. I will fix the script and post an updated version as soon as ready.

[xZero]

xZero @linuc last edited by

@linuc It is not (or hardly) possible. Modifying system libraries is absolutely out of scope for a browser extension.

[linuc]

linuc @xZero last edited by

@xzero

This is a pity. But a negotiated solution has to be found anyway at some point. Until then, the fix from github works fine. Today I got an update from Opera and the script from github was executed automatically. Everything works very well

[xZero]

xZero @xZero last edited by xZero

@xzero said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

My previous solution still works, but you might lose the changes (symlink) when Opera gets updated. At least that happened in my case. Applying the solution manually every time is a pain.
You can use this handy script to fix ffmpeg support for you, whenever it gets broken.

Fetch the always up to date script from here, or simply use this command to directly download the script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xZero707/opera-fix-ffmpeg/master/opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh -o opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh

Remember: When downloading the script from the internet, it is always a good idea to inspect the script first.

Run with:

sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh

or

sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation

or

sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation /path/to/your/snap/binary

The script will install or update snap chromium-ffmpeg and create a symlink to the latest bundled ffmpeg.so, in your opera directory.

Note that sudo is required.
Tested and working on Linux Manjaro. Should work for other Linux distros as well.
Disclaimer: This script is provided as-is. Use at your own responsibility.

The script has been updated. It is now moved to the repository here: https://github.com/xZero707/opera-fix-ffmpeg

Instructions have been also updated in the quote.

@rgplayzmc Please check it out and let me know if this is the fix you expected.

[Cupid-101]

Cupid-101 last edited by

Hi, I can't load any video except videos on youtube, I have looked it up, but I still have no idea, I have tried turning off the hardware acceleration in Settings, but it didn't work.
I have to use Linux OS due to my low configuration (I'm using an old laptop), and I'm not an expert in technology or code. I can play videos on other browsers such as Chrome, Firefox; but my computer runs faster on Opera. Can the videos be played if I install an older version (but I don't know how to install it, too)? I'm stuck right now, please help me. Thanks in advance for any help.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Cupid-101 last edited by

@cupid-101 Check above.

[miyen]

miyen @xZero last edited by

@xzero that does not work to me,

have to check few more codecs from here - http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/?C=M;O=A

currently working only with the codec from "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_94.0.4606.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb"

My PC is:
Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon / kernel 5.4.0-89-generic
Opera 80.0.4170.72
i5-2500k CPU,

i386 codecs does not work to me.

Regards

[MarcoRboels]

MarcoRboels last edited by

Easy solution via Terminal (rooted):

$ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg

$ sudo cp /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-104195/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

I chose 104195 version because is the only one workable over Opera version 80.0.4170.72 and Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (x86_64; LXQt)

[styen]

styen @Cupid-101 last edited by

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

[luisandriy]

luisandriy @styen last edited by

@styen Cheers mate, that really helped, now Opera works.

[dperecky]

dperecky last edited by

Good News! Found a site that talks about the old Opera, the substitution of the libffmpeg.so file fix, and a workaround.

[link text]https://newbedev.com/opera-your-browser-does-not-currently-recognize-any-of-the-video-formats-available(link url)

As far as full disclosure - I have not followed the steps... so as usual: YMMV. I've been using a different browser of late. Looks promising though.

HTH.

[tridoxx]

tridoxx last edited by tridoxx

I do not understand, because this browser, with all its advantages, innovative, and so good, has not been able to solve the problem of multimedia reproduction on the libffmpeg library, many users use this great browser, but I am already tired of every time update, I have to replace the file, with so many developers, and being a large company, they still don't give a solution to that, I love the browser and when I was on windows I used up to gx and on my mobile I have the browser, but how is it possible that they still cannot fix the problem of multimedia reproduction as direct, or videos on facebook or twitter, is there something the community can do to fix this definitively ?.
I, like many of us, want to use the browser in a normal way as in other operating systems Thank you so much

[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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 it works for me, too.
debian 11
ubuntu 21.10

thank you.

[Dark-2011111]

Dark-2011111 @MarcoRboels last edited by

@marcorboels thanks, it's work...