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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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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User @vladimir-bardakov last edited by

                                      @vladimir-bardakov The second step of your solution (sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so) produces an error about shared libraries, at least in recent Opera versions.

                                      This file must remain and as an extra step create a lib_extra directory inside /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra where the symlink must be placed.

                                      You can see my other detailed comment about the workaround in Debian 10. Many thanks for creating this post and part of the solution!

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                                      • kojfer
                                        kojfer last edited by

                                        I cant play any vidos (except youtube) on chromium everything working fine.

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                                        • lu-menard
                                          lu-menard last edited by

                                          So Opera is not Linux compatible, that's my conclusion ...

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by

                                            Use latest ffmpeg deb files and all your problems will become the things of the past. You may peep into deb file and copy your file manually. As GNU/Linux users you should know all the priv issues, I hope.

                                            https://repo.herecura.eu/herecura/x86_64/

                                            Do not delete lib_extra/*.so file. Name it *.so.old, then copy there *.so latest file, name it *.so.new. Then
                                            ln -s *.so.new *.so

                                            • = libffmpeg

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