The Videos Don't Play Topic

[masemoel]

masemoel last edited by

On Linux Mint 20.2 and with the latest Opera upgrade, I got YT live streaming and Instagram videos playing properly with the following script:

https://github.com/nicolas-meilan/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg

I've tried it without Chrome installed, though the script recommends to have it installed. The scripts mentioned above resulted in Opera bricked/not even opening for me...

[xZero]

xZero last edited by

My script seems to brick the most recent versions of Opera. I am working on a resolution. Until then, a warning is added to the script.

If you ended up with your Opera bricked, you can restore the backup of the changed file:

cd /usr/lib/opera/
cp -v libffmpeg.so.bak libffmpeg.so

[john-53]

john-53 @styen last edited by

@styen Re: The Videos Don't Play Topic

3 days ago I updated Opera to 82.0.4227.23 and I've had no issues with the method suggested by Ld-Hagen at https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/

[linuc]

linuc @styen last edited by

@styen

After a few days of patient waiting, version 82 finally arrived And everything is working normally again! I still use the same solution as at the beginning. Here is a link to my website, which is unfortunately a bit slow (ifastnet!):

opera-fix-for-video

By the way, in my traffic report from Wordfence I find every day some visitors from all over the world who call up the forum post . So there are even more patient people then just me

[NameLessUser]

NameLessUser last edited by

to replace the libffmpeg..so in the opera (82.0......) directory manually does not work anymore...
it's getting annoying
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this working for me (Linux Mint):

1
install CHROMIUM

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open terminal and type in:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

and

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so

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(re)start opera

opera uses chromium's libffmpeg..so
maybe it is necessary to adjust the path

(google translation)

[pranadot]

pranadot @Guest last edited by

thanks @zarathustra-f90 this worked for me. as at 30/12/2021, my version is 104707, hence i had something like this current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516 .
NB: please close your Opera Browser after following the steps and reopen it.
Super happy that Youtube and Linkedin Videos can now play so well.

[pcfreak30]

pcfreak30 @styen last edited by

@styen This project worked perfectly for me, Such a pain that legal causes the need for community reverse engineering...

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

@vladimir-bardakov After this advice I had to remove opera because it simply stopped working.

[adamapfelski]

adamapfelski @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Worked for me perfectly. Thanks

[whitemir]

whitemir @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90 Thank you for the solution provided.
It worked for me.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet last edited by

This problem still persists and I have to switch to other browsers to play youtube live videos or twitter videos, amazing!

[Dark-2011111]

Dark-2011111 @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI32GSl7p3I&list=WL&index=1 this video solving the problem

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @Dark-2011111 last edited by

@dark-2011111 I know that there are some solutions but i will keep switching to other browsers until an official solution comes along.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @exoplanet last edited by

@exoplanet As said, it's a legal issue and (probably) will be around there while proprietary codecs that requires a license exist and are being used by websites.

[nathaniel]

nathaniel last edited by

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @nathaniel last edited by

@nathaniel I tried snap version but it has its unique problems. This was 2 years ago or more.

[niepiekm]

niepiekm last edited by niepiekm

Looks like, on Ubuntu 20.04 the fix is as simple as installing the latest version of chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra from http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/chromium-browser/ for Chromium your Opera version is based on. I just installed chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_97.0.4692.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb and video playback in Opera 83 works again. No need to symlink libraries.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @niepiekm last edited by

@niepiekm Thanks for the tip. I tried installing the same package as yours but it did not let me. Maybe because my opera is based on Chrome/97.0.4692.99

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr @nathaniel last edited by

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

I solved the problem by uninstalling my old install of opera and installing it again via snap (https://snapcraft.io/opera).
I hope it helps you!

snap install opera

Installed Ubuntu 20.04 and had the same problems with videos not playing well with the latest version of Opera. Did what you recommended, uninstalled Opera installed Opera again with snap and this solved all my video issues.

Thanks.

[niepiekm]

niepiekm @exoplanet last edited by niepiekm

@exoplanet Did you download a proper package to install?
There's one thing to note, the package is for Ubuntu 18.04, so if you're running a newer version, e.g. 20.04 as myself, you'll see an update to the older version of this package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (85.xx in my case) intended for current OS version. To prevent downgrading the package you need to run apt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra to keep it at version 97.