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    • 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/


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

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      • thihup
        thihup @jojocw last edited by

        @jojocw Thank you! It worked

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        • 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.

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          • AlexRojas
            AlexRojas @styen last edited by

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

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            • 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.

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              • linuc
                linuc @thihup last edited by

                @thihup

                This will work fine:

                Opera fix

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                • 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.

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                  • 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

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                    • styen
                      styen @jeremy-ron last edited by

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

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                      • kurkcualper
                        kurkcualper @Guest last edited by

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

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                        • 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 ?

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

                            @stevenjames123 Check the topic above.

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                            • StevenJames123
                              StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg I checked and ?

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                              • 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 🙂

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by

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

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                                  • 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

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                                    • 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.

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                                      • StevenJames123
                                        StevenJames123 @leocg last edited by

                                        @leocg Screenshot at 2022-11-22 20-26-26.png

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @StevenJames123 last edited by

                                          @stevenjames123 that's called quality control 😂

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @StevenJames123 last edited by leocg

                                            @stevenjames123 And?

                                            By the way, you should not post just an image without providing a context for it

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