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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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                          • john-53
                            john-53 last edited by

                            I followed these instructions over a year ago and I've had no problem with video playback because of the codec issue. Each Opera update maintains the proper codec with this script installed.

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

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                            • kareemb
                              kareemb @xZero last edited by

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

                              sudo /bin/bash opera-fix-ffmpeg.sh /path/to/your-opera-installation

                              Worked for Opera 94 & 95 on Ubuntu 22.04. Thanks

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                              • starsent
                                starsent @lu-menard last edited by

                                @lu-menard

                                wow it's good

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                                • starsent
                                  starsent @Firigion last edited by

                                  @firigion Good

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                                  • JoeSchwarz
                                    JoeSchwarz last edited by leocg

                                    hi,
                                    I have noticed that Opera on Linux (Mint cinnamon 21.1) has problem with videos of BBC (e.g. REEL) or CNN (e.g. news) and shows a weird error code.
                                    Because Firefox won't have this problem I believe that it must be an Opera bug.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoeSchwarz last edited by

                                      @joeschwarz Check the whole topic above.
                                      Also check https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config and https://forums.opera.com/topic/37539/solved-solving-the-problem-of-the-opera-browser-with-video-playback-in-ubuntu-and-similar-distributions-linux-mint-kde-neon/

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                                      • JoeSchwarz
                                        JoeSchwarz @leocg last edited by JoeSchwarz

                                        @leocg
                                        Thanks for the great hint. It works line charm. Here are the steps that what I've done:

                                        1. run Opera, click "about" and scroll up to look for the install path. Here: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera, then run: killall opera
                                        2. cd /usr/lib/.../opera
                                        3. sudo mv libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so_original
                                        4. snap install chromium-ffmpeg
                                        5. cd /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/
                                        6. look for the most actual version:chronium-ffmpeg-XXXXX. Here: chromium-ffmpeg-108372//chromium-ffmpeg
                                        7. sudo ln -sf /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-108372/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so libffmpeg.so

                                        Finish. Start opera Opera, goto www.bbc.com and try with any REEL video....to see if it might work and...it works!
                                        Joe

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                                        • NemyV
                                          NemyV @MarcoRboels last edited by

                                          @marcorboels Worked perfect for me

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                                          • miyen
                                            miyen last edited by miyen

                                            In the "software manager" of Mint now you can download flatpack package with the codecs integrated, no more struggle.

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