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    • ilbert
      ilbert @ilbert last edited by leocg

      @ilbert Solved!
      I followed this guide with some adjustements:

      1. download the last Google Chrome .deb file:
      wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
      
      1. extract it in the same folder:
      dpkg -x google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb .
      
      1. go to the directory where the extracted WidevineCdm folder is located:
      cd opt/google/chrome/
      
      1. find the directory where Opera looks for the WidevineCdm folder:
      cat /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/resources/widevine_config.json
      

      In my case I got:

      [
        "/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm",
        "/opt/google/chrome-beta/WidevineCdm",
        "/opt/google/chrome-unstable/WidevineCdm"
      ]
      

      so I had to put the extracted WidevineCdm folder in /opt/google/chrome/

      1. copy/move the extracted WidevineCdm folder in that directory:
      sudo cp -r WidevineCdm/ /opt/google/chrome/
      

      (if /opt/google/chrome/ does not exists, create it)

      1. make sure that folder is readable by everyone:
      sudo chmod 755 /opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm/
      
      1. start/restart Opera

      2. Enjoy your paid streaming services!

      I think it's pretty much the same as this guide.

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      • truden
        truden @ilbert last edited by

        @ilbert great solution. Thank you.
        Another win for Opera community 😉

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        • toine
          toine last edited by leocg

          The reason why video is not playing (after a update) in Opera is due to the fact that the H264 codec is not supported (ie Opera does not pay money to the license owner of the proprietary H264 codec)

          Use the opensource X264 codec which is you can download from the software manager tab in Ubuntu, Mint, etcetra
          It worked for me with ubuntu and Mint. Otherwise this link could be helpfull: https://forums.opera.com/topic/34659/opera-linux-browser-h-264-support-through-x264-open-source-codec

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          • amgpuma
            amgpuma last edited by

            Hi, Im with Opera 72 (latest) on Deepin (debian stable) and can play videos on youtube but not on other site i.e. newspapers and or streaming sites. Is there anything I can do to solve it?Many thanks

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @amgpuma last edited by

              @amgpuma None of the solutions provided in the topic worked?

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              • amgpuma
                amgpuma @leocg last edited by

                @leocg Actually if i download https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download im not able to get any file, its just a deb package. what else could i try??

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                • truden
                  truden @amgpuma last edited by

                  @amgpuma right click -> Open with -> Archive Manager, then dig into it and find the file

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                  • amgpuma
                    amgpuma @truden last edited by

                    @truden @leocg many tks both, working now !!

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                    • mmichel
                      mmichel last edited by

                      @leocg: If Opera cannot provide a working libffmpeg/WidevineCdm library, can they at least provide some contrib scripts to update them more smoothly for Linux not-savvy users ?

                      And having a warning that we miss some chromium plugin or alternate download of Widevine library would be more useful that "Video is broken" message from the provider, IMO.

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                      • dperecky
                        dperecky @mmichel last edited by

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

                        @leocg: If Opera cannot provide a working libffmpeg/WidevineCdm library, can they at least provide some contrib scripts to update them more smoothly for Linux not-savvy users ?

                        And having a warning that we miss some chromium plugin or alternate download of Widevine library would be more useful that "Video is broken" message from the provider, IMO.

                        You have when we right-mouse click on a link: Open Link in New Tab | Open Link in New Window | Open Link in Private Window.... etc...

                        Perhaps you can give your users an option such as: Open Link in Chromium ... for Linux users? No it's not the best solution... It's a workaround... but better than a big screen stating 'error'....

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmichel last edited by

                          @mmichel I'm not sure if Opera could do that.

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                          • lu-menard
                            lu-menard last edited by

                            Hello

                            I get no success with playing videos from Tiktok, the front frame appears on the player with the icon "start" (a triangle) but this icon is inactive, click on it and nothing happens
                            Opera for Linux (LM) I get the same issue with Chrome and Brave
                            Only Firefox plays their videos

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                            • lu-menard
                              lu-menard @lu-menard last edited by

                              @lu-menard After further assays I must tell that these videos play on Chrome

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                              • lu-menard
                                lu-menard last edited by

                                With Brave, it works too

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                                • lu-menard
                                  lu-menard @supermen last edited by

                                  @supermen A browser which can't play videos, I call this just pure shit !!

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                                  • anouk
                                    anouk last edited by

                                    Where can I download codecs for H.264 for Opera on Linux Ubuntu 20.04?
                                    I've Opera version 72.0.3815.186
                                    Other information: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/86.0.4240.111 Safari/537.36 OPR/72.0.3815.186

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                                    • annevance
                                      annevance last edited by

                                      Hello,
                                      I am trying to solve this problem with my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. all above suggestions don't work with me.
                                      I have the chromium codecs installed and I can find them in my /snap/chromium.....etc folder. I also can find the opera installed libffmpeg.so in my /snap/opera/current/user/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera folder.
                                      problem is I cannot remove the not working file since it is read only. Therefore i also cannot link the new one to the old one.
                                      I don't know how to solve this. (FYI I am a kind of newbie on this linux)
                                      Please help. Thank you.

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        This is what worked for me in Debian 10:

                                        [*]Install chromium-ffmpeg snap:
                                        $ sudo apt update
                                        $ sudo apt install snapd
                                        $ sudo snap install core
                                        $ sudo snap install chromium-ffmpeg

                                        [*]Keep the original libffmpeg.so file in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ and create inside there a directory lib_extra:
                                        $ sudo mkdir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra

                                        [*]Create a symlink in the lib_extra directory of the snap latest version libffmpeg.so:

                                        $ sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra

                                        Note: the latest version in my case is 98516, make sure to check yours inside directory /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/

                                        After these steps Opera browser plays all kinds of videos i've come across.

                                        Thanks to @mr-matt-eastwood and this post that provided the solution steps!

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                                        • spikespiegel
                                          spikespiegel last edited by

                                          Hi, does anyone can explain to me why can't I watch Prime video on Opera?
                                          I'm aware that Amazon doesn't stream in HD, but only in SD on Linux. However, I can't watch Prime at all and that's really annoying. On Firefox I simply clicked on a popup to enable DRM contents and the video streaming worked just fine. Thanks!

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                                          • annevance
                                            annevance last edited by

                                            @zarathustra-f90 said in Solving the problem of the Opera browser with video playback in Ubuntu and similar distributions (Linux Mint, KDE neon):

                                            sudo ln -s /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-98516/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra

                                            Thank you for your help.
                                            I tried to follow your instructions, but I had to adjust the location of opera.
                                            I installed thru snap and therefore /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera did not exist.
                                            It was installed in /snap/opera/current/usr/lib...etc
                                            Finally I removed opera and reinstalled. Now it was located in /usr/lib/....
                                            Then I followed your instructions to make a new directory and linked the lbffmpeg file.
                                            Result: It works !!
                                            Now I can use the beautifully designed Opera browser.
                                            Thank you foryour help.

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