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    • 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

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      • dopplerduck
        dopplerduck @xZero last edited by

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

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        • darkshadow05
          darkshadow05 last edited by

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

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          • styen
            styen @darkshadow05 last edited by

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

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            • darkshadow05
              darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

              @styen ok ty will try

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              • darkshadow05
                darkshadow05 @styen last edited by

                @styen tyam it worked so tysm

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                • 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

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                  • cybrsaylr
                    cybrsaylr last edited by

                    styen

                    Thanks it worked.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @xZero last edited by

                      @xzero Hi I execute the script now when I execute the opera is crashing with this message "opera: symbol lookup error: opera: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts"

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @styen last edited by

                        @styen thank ist work for me, Iḿ using Opera 85

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                        • exoplanet
                          exoplanet last edited by exoplanet

                          Opera updated and video playback got bad again so I installed :

                          chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64

                          But no luck 😕

                          My Opera Version : 86.0.4363.23

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                          • noctiluus
                            noctiluus last edited by leocg

                            Video Playback on Arch

                            If, after updating opera, video playback, on websites such as YouTube, crashes the tab, please install opera-ffmpeg-codecs from the community repository. This should remedy the playback error.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by leocg

                              does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
                              Thank you in advanced

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                              • john-53
                                john-53 @Guest last edited by john-53

                                @drstrom said in The Videos Don't Play Topic:

                                does someone can tell me which libffmpeg.so version for the actual opera linux version. opera version 86.0.4363.32
                                Thank you in advanced

                                I don't know any version numbers. I just know these instructions worked for me several months ago and it updates properly.

                                My libffmpeg.so file is 1.8 MB in size in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and another one is 17.4 MB in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/

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

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @john-53 last edited by

                                  @john-53 Thank you . Your link worked for me .

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                                  • Frizzledoldbutt
                                    Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                                    A couple of years back I raised the issue that in my experience Opera on Linux & Windows fails to play video streams.

                                    You can assume latest OS & Opera versions and recent hardware.

                                    I didn't find a cure (The fanbois with "works for me" comments were no help either).

                                    Anyway, I looked in again today; Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint etc, Opera still won't play video streams, although the error message has changed:
                                    Vimeo:
                                    undefined Player error
                                    The player is having trouble. We’ll have it back up and running as soon as possible.

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                                    • rmstock
                                      rmstock last edited by

                                      If you mean Netflix etc. Streaming is handled inside
                                      opera and chrome with Widevine. In earlier versions this
                                      was done by using a static version of libwidevinecdm.so inside the opera .deb file. Today this is handled dynamicly.
                                      checking the opera binary :

                                      ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$ strings opera | grep -i widevine
                                      Media.EME.Widevine.VideoCapability.HasEmptyRobustness
                                      application_x-ppapi-widevine-cdm
                                      Widevine enabled but no library found
                                      ../../opera/desktop/chrome_imports/chrome/browser/component_updater/widevine_cdm_component_installer.cc
                                      Widevine CDM v1.0
                                      Failed to update Widevine CDM hint path.
                                      Installed Widevine CDM component is incompatible.
                                      Registering component updated Widevine
                                      Registering bundled Widevine
                                      Updating hint file with Widevine CDM
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      WidevineCdm
                                      widevinecdm
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      widevinecdm
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      component_updater.widevine.up_to_date
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      opera.mojom.WidevineCdmUpdater
                                      WidevineCdm
                                      latest-component-updated-widevine-cdm
                                      Widevine Content Decryption Module
                                      WidevineVersion
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      com.widevine.alpha
                                      WidevineI
                                      ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera$

                                      looking for "opera 86 widevine_cdm_component_installer" i came across a webpage https://malaysiandigest.com/how-to-enable-widevine-content-decryption-module-in-opera/ which hinted to check : opera://components

                                      alt text

                                      opening that url opens a page, which next immediately started updating all kind of things :

                                      alt text

                                      opening and updating above components will fix your streaming problems.

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                                      • Frizzledoldbutt
                                        Frizzledoldbutt @rmstock last edited by Frizzledoldbutt

                                        @rmstock -
                                        No, I mean all video formats fail to play; whether local files, or off streaming services, whether AVI, MP4, MKV (ok, it's a container), MPG, or HTML5 off web sites, including those we store on our Google Drive.

                                        Also, as mentioned in my OP, it's Windows and 'nix. I worked through the widevine stuff awhile back. It has no effect.

                                        regarding Opera:components, I already have
                                        Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2449.0
                                        Status - Component not updated

                                        In any case, having to jump through that many hoops to play videos, hey, installing Firefox or Chrome seems a lot less error prone and less stressful.

                                        Cheers

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                                          @frizzledoldbutt For Linux, make sure that you have the correct codec package as mentioned.

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                                          • Frizzledoldbutt
                                            Frizzledoldbutt @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg - they are installed; my main work PC is running Ubuntu Studio. If it's missing a codec it hasn't been invented yet,

                                            Cheers

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