The Videos Don't Play Topic

[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.

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @niepiekm last edited by

@niepiekm I downloaded, installed the package you just linked and ran hold command too. Now my problem is solved, thanks.

[Sai-Prabhav]

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
https://hdtoday.tv

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Sai-Prabhav last edited by

@sai-prabhav The solutions provided above in this topic didn't work?

[BeIT]

BeIT @niepiekm 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.

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr @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.

[marozsas]

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

[dopplerduck]

dopplerduck @xZero last edited by

@xzero It worked on Mint 20.3 / Neon 20.4 / Focal. Thank you.

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 last edited by

i use sparky linux 7 gameover anyone have a fix for this problem

[styen]

styen @darkshadow05 last edited by

@darkshadow05 https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine should work

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen ok ty will try

[darkshadow05]

darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

@styen tyam it worked so tysm

[elomir]

elomir @drpeppercan last edited by

@drpeppercan Following this video I fixed the problem in my pop_os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlL8dn7ZD8

[cybrsaylr]

cybrsaylr last edited by

styen

Thanks it worked.