The Videos Don't Play Topic
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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.shRemember: 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.shor
sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installationor
sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation /path/to/your/snap/binaryThe 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.
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Cupid-101 last edited byHi, 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. -
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miyen 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
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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)
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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.
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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 -
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Karunur 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.
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A Former User last edited by
@zarathustra-f90 it works for me, too.
debian 11
ubuntu 21.10thank you.
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nathaniel last edited by
@marcorboels thank you very much, it's working great!
Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Opera 81.0.4196.54 -
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john-53 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.
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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 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.
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styen 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.
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linuc last edited by
Hi
Since the latest update of Opera some websites crash again. Here's an example:
It seems like this fix is no longer working properly at the moment:
