The Videos Don't Play Topic
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adamapfelski last edited by
@vladimir-bardakov After this advice I had to remove opera because it simply stopped working.
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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!
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Dark-2011111 last edited by
@exoplanet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI32GSl7p3I&list=WL&index=1 this video solving the problem
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exoplanet 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.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer 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.
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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
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exoplanet last edited by
@nathaniel I tried snap version but it has its unique problems. This was 2 years ago or more.
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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.
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cybrsaylr 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.
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niepiekm 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 packagechromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
(85.xx in my case) intended for current OS version. To prevent downgrading the package you need to runapt-mark hold chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
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Sai-Prabhav last edited by
I am getting this error in most of the websites except YouTube and few others.
plz help i am unable to see videos on websites like
https://ww1.gogoanime2.org
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@sai-prabhav The solutions provided above in this topic didn't work?
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BeIT last edited by
@niepiekm said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
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.
The solution worked for me (Opera 83)! First, I had to uninstall the newer codecs I had installed.
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cybrsaylr last edited by
@cybrsaylr said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):
@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.
A little update on what is happening now since installing Opera with Snap.
Now have Opera Version: 84.0.4316.21 Opera is up to date.All videos play fine but Opera takes 40-50 seconds to launch every time at first when booting up my desktop. After this if I close down Opera and re-launch Opera starts up in 5-10 seconds. This long 40-50 second launch of Opera only occurs first time after a fresh PC boot up.
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marozsas last edited by
yup ! It worked ! Thanks
I had to adjust the instructions to opensuse tumbleweed, since the package chromium-ffmpeg-extra put the file libffmpeg on folder /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra.
Besides that, its works on next run:zypper in chromium-ffmpeg-extra
mv /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so.obsolete
n -s /usr/lib64/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so -