The Videos Don't Play Topic

[geokar]

geokar @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thank you, my friend! I run the script from that link and it worked. Thank you!
https://gist.github.com/mcarletti/7989d1c04199dba60a01adf8ac54fe31

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Didaktiker last edited by

@Didaktiker See above

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geokar @leocg last edited by

@Didaktiker Run this script as root and you will be OK: https://gist.github.com/mcarletti/7989d1c04199dba60a01adf8ac54fe31

[Frizzledoldbutt]

Frizzledoldbutt @acadianman last edited by

@acadianman et al
Just started to experience similar issues here - Opera 73.0.3856.284
Operating System: Linux Mint 20
Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-58-generic
Architecture: x86-64

I've pretty much exhausted everything I could find on the web. Nothing has cured it.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Frizzledoldbutt last edited by burnout426

@Frizzledoldbutt The directions at https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config were gathered/tested on Linux Mint FWIW.

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rmstock last edited by

Whenever a new opera version is availabe I do a fast check on a dutch website npo.nl, to see whether live streaming and watching old programs work. On Ubuntu 18.04 all works fine in combination with chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra.
Ubuntu 18.04 :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb
opera-stable_73.0.3856.344_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 20.04 :
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_1%3a85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.20.04.2_amd64.deb
opera-stable_73.0.3856.344_amd64.deb (same version)
On Ubuntu 20.04 the DRM protected video content refuses to stream and or play.

Any tips how to get the newest opera to work properly on the most recent LTS edition of Ubuntu ?

[nneo16]

nneo16 @truden last edited by

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

@PixCatholica, I did some research and replaced libffmpeg.so with the one I downloaded from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial-updates/amd64/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra/download
Download the package, find libffmpeg.so in it and extract it.
Open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu (this path may vary) click with right mouse button on "opera" folder and "Open as Root". Replace the libffmpeg.so with the new file.
Now you can play videos.

Thanks, this works for me, Opera 75 on Debian 10.

Lol, I even reported a bug to Opera team before this.

[tstowshin]

tstowshin last edited by

Yesterday I switched my os from Windows 10 to Kali Linux. I installed opera for Linux but now I can't see videos from social media while Youtube videos are working properly. In other browsers I can see those videos but I can't see this here. Why?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @tstowshin last edited by

@tstowshin Did you already try all the solutions provided?

[Vikk4]

Vikk4 @leocg last edited by

@leocg

What solutions?
I'm having the same problem. Utube works fine, but nothing else works.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Vikk4 last edited by

@vikk4 The ones in the several topics about the subject.

[tstowshin]

tstowshin @leocg last edited by

@leocg facebook community is saying to check if there is any update, if so then I have to update the latest version and I am in latest version already and I don't know about other solutions.

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tstowshin @Vikk4 last edited by

@vikk4 witch os are you using?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @tstowshin last edited by

@tstowshin Maybe Facebook is just blocking Opera? Can you watch videos in other pages?

Also see https://forums.opera.com/topic/42185/the-videos-don-t-play-topic/

[Vikk4]

Vikk4 @tstowshin last edited by

@tstowshin

I'm using linux mint 19 & 20.
Mint 19 Opera is working fine and mint 20 which I just installed, Opera has the problem.
A look at .config/opera for mint 19 shows that pepper and widevines are installed, while mint 20 has no pepper dir and widevines looks like a rudimentary basic form.

Can I just copy my whole .config/opera file from 19 to 20?

[tstowshin]

tstowshin @leocg last edited by

@leocg I can only watch videos from youtube

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tstowshin @Vikk4 last edited by

@vikk4 I am using kali linux and I don't know what to do now

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @tstowshin last edited by

@tstowshin You can read through this post to see what's involved in setting up video playback in Opera for Linux.

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tstowshin @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 bruh that's too much complicated