The Videos Don't Play Topic

[jojocw]

jojocw last edited by

I solved it for me in ubuntu (ex. Xubuntu) 22.04 and opera 87:

I downloaded and installed vivaldi 5.3 from the internet website. (*.deb)

then I renamed the (Opera) libffmpeg.so to libffmpeg.so-orig (or delete it) in
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

then I copied the libffmpeg.so from Vavaldi to Opera
from /opt/vivaldi/lib/ (I think it was there)
to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera

finaly I removed vivaldi
sudo apt remove --purge vivaldi*

That works for me.

MFG

[jojocw]

jojocw last edited by

My own post obove dosn´t work in my new opera after update.
So i found this on gibhub:

https://gist.github.com/Thomas-Ln/c4ae803e90f9984b6612c8983c8fde1f

Open Opera Type in: opera://about (or vivaldi://about,)
then Ctrl+F to find 'Chrome' in the user-agent, (It is in Browser-Identification)
version number is Chrome/XXX.other_numbers .
expl. Chrome/101 (2 or 3 signs).
Then go to this Download-Site

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AC7ddalBsUiWsUE&id=75D48EF8D3750510!234&cid=75D48EF8D3750510

Go to your version of Chrome and Download the

libffmpeg.so

Copy it with root to Opera-Directory
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera (overwrite)
(you can rename the origin libffmpeg.so before
ex: libffmpeg.so-orig)

This works for me now.

MFG

[alexs]

alexs last edited by alexs

For Opera stable version: 88.0.4412.27 (Chrome build 102.0.5005.61)
Go to http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-chromium-builds/stage/ubuntu/pool/main/c/chromium-browser/
Search for chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_102.0.5005 (Ctrl+F) and download the following .deb:

chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_102.0.5005.115-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb

direct link

Then unpack the .deb into an empty folder, unpack data.tar.xz there. In the folder /usr/lib/chromium-browser/ is the proper libffmpeg.so.

Copy the libffmpeg.so into the directory /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/ (If not present, create it with mkdir lib_extra)

Restart Opera and testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1vN_91KO0
or https://demo.castlabs.com/

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With new Chrome build go to opera://about/ and read the Chrome version in the browser id.

[thihup]

thihup @jojocw last edited by

@jojocw Thank you! It worked

[davidparks21]

davidparks21 @jojocw last edited by

The post by @jojocw on 3jun2022 worked for a PopOS 22.04 based Opera install. Oi vey that took a lot of wading through. Opera could surely streamline this without running afoul of licensing.

[AlexRojas]

AlexRojas @styen last edited by

@styen Worked perfectly on Ubuntu 20.0.4. Thank you so much.

[MarcoRboels]

MarcoRboels last edited by

Easy solution via Terminal (rooted) for Opera 88.0.4412.40:

$ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg

$ sudo cp /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-107578/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

It's as easy as taken the last chromium-ffmpeg's library every-time you update Opera's versions, I mean, chromium-ffmpeg it's updated in parallel with Opera and vice versa.

[linuc]

linuc @thihup last edited by

@thihup

This will work fine:

Opera fix

[joanapaulaso]

joanapaulaso @MarcoRboels last edited by

@marcorboels Solution still works. Thank you.

My Opera version: 91.0.4516.16
Working codec: chromium-ffmpeg-108372
I'm on Linux Mint, so I had to enable snap first.

[jeremy-ron]

jeremy-ron @linuc last edited by

@linuc Is there a way to undo this, ive uninstalled opera, and now am getting errors when running apt upgrade

[styen]

styen @jeremy-ron last edited by

@jeremy-ron
sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99fix-opera

[kurkcualper]

kurkcualper @Guest last edited by

@zarathustra-f90
thanks, worked. I used 108372 version, after created symlink I restarted opera.

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

Hello there
Can some one tell me why on You Tube
some of the videos cant play in Opera?
I use Windows and Linux
Windows plays all the videos
but Linux Opera..wont play certain ones.
How can this be ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 Check the topic above.

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I checked and ?

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 last edited by StevenJames123

Dude...some Videos dont play in you tube in Opera Browser
I been usin Browser since Net scape.im telling you some thing is wrong..dont do me like Microsoft did and block me out of the forum..or you dont know? Just say you dont know and I`ll move on

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 And do you have the correct codec pack, the correct ffmpeg file(s)?

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg cmon man
dude ..really?
NO Its Opera Browser
it works fine in Winblows
its not my OS I been on Machine way before you were born
Dont do me like that man
Im 67 i dont need to be disrespected
you company
and I also had a Blog on there for years
I had 2000 followers
Im not 12
did you knoiw Microsoft sends out
phony emails with Porn ?
Yep

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

@stevenjames123 Well, as the topic says, you need to have/install the proper libffmpeg.iso file installed for proprietary codecs to run in Opera for Linux and you have to update it every time there is a major version update because the Chromium version will also change and break everything again.

As you read, it's a legal issue and there isn't much that Opera can do.

[StevenJames123]

StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

@leocg