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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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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by

                                  @frizzledoldbutt But they match the version of Chromium in which Opera is based?

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    i switched to the snap package of Opera and all streaming issues where fixed

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

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

                                      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

                                      Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.

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

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

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

                                        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

                                        Same here with 86.0.4363.50. I don't get how this is an issue tbh, Can't watch any type of stream using this.

                                        Have you tried this fix:

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

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                                        • linuc
                                          linuc @Guest last edited by

                                          @bkjarvi

                                          Yes, the fix is working perfect! You can also find it here, step by step:

                                          http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/

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                                          • linuc
                                            linuc @exoplanet last edited by

                                            @exoplanet

                                            This will work fine:

                                            http://linuc.hstn.me/en/community/extensions/opera-fix-for-videos/

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