The Videos Don't Play Topic

[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

[tstowshin]

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.

[tstowshin]

tstowshin @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 bruh that's too much complicated

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @tstowshin last edited by

@tstowshin The post is wordy for detail reasons. But, the gist of it is to create a folder named "lib_extra", download the right libffmpeg.so file and put it in the lib_extra folder.

In opera://about, what version of Chromium does it say your Opera is using and what does it say for the "install" path? We can link you do the right file.

[Vikk4]

Vikk4 @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426
mange takk,

I followed a similar set of instructions, but it did not work.
I used 52.2 which is for chrom 89, but my chromium is 90 and dist 54 is for chromium 91. It has no linux dist. So I was looking into how to compile the source code.
Luckily there was an Opera update, this morning that fixed my problem and I now can play videos again.

[jazardly]

jazardly last edited by

Had this issue yesterday and fixed it by copying the libffmpeg.so from chromium, but the devs managed to make it worse today somehow and now this solution doesn't fix it. I went from Twitch and Twitter videos not working to everything playing again, back to Twitch and Twitter not playing but also Youtube livestreams not playing

[MaximB]

MaximB last edited by

Having the same issue...
No videos on Facebook, but Youtube works fine.
If Opera is now based on Google Chrome, why does it have new problems that Chrome doesn't have, and why the Devs ignore such major problems?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @MaximB last edited by

@maximb Opera is not based on Chrome, but both are based on Chromium.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @MaximB last edited by

@maximb Did you try the solutions?

[MaximB]

MaximB @leocg last edited by

@leocg I read in this topic that the solutions stopped working.
so I didn't try it.

[BorealDesign]

BorealDesign last edited by

Same problem in Fedora 34, facebook videos does not play

[BorealDesign]

BorealDesign @leocg last edited by

@leocg Please, I'm new in this forum, (long user fedora linux and about 4 months using opera). Could you tell me where are the solutions. Videos working just for youtube. Anyewhere else (Canva, Facebook, twitter,...). I'm webdesigner and videomaker, without this opera is unuseless for me. I'm working for months only with Opera. Please, tell me it was not a very big mistake. How can I solve this. The upgrade to fedora 34 was ok, the problem came after this, in a opera browser update. Can you help me, please? Thank you

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BorealDesign last edited by

@borealdesign In this topic you can find some, as well as a link to the main topic about the subject, that also contains some solutions.

[useropera2021]

useropera2021 last edited by leocg

Problem: Video/streaming on websites can't start/don't work with Opera for Linux till now

Linux: Please help for Opera 76 (for Linux) for streaming and video support like with Chromium 91 Browser (for Linux)

Easier Streaming, video and flash(switch on/off) support (HTML 5/Flash) like with Chromium Browser 91 (for Linux):

Please help supporting for Opera for Linux (in further Opera for Linux settings eventually possible to switch on (flash) streaming and video possibilities as option, or as addon ?) like with Chromium 91 (for Linux) with Flash and Streaming possibiltiy for internet streaming and video sites like Zattoo.com, wilmaa.com and also on dvd trailer sites (links below).

Many thanks !

Kind regards

mailing17@yahoo.com

Links:

http://zattoo.com

http://www.dvdtrailertube.com

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @useropera2021 last edited by

@useropera2021 See above

[devtiagofranca]

devtiagofranca @mtompset last edited by

@mtompset Thank you

[Ercouper]

Ercouper last edited by leocg

I've been using Opera for several years but reluctantly will be moving on to a different browser because of Opera not being able to play many videos due to missing codecs. I keep hearing that it is because of legal reasons which I can't understand. Other browsers such as Firefox, Vivaldi, etc. apparently don't have this legal problem. Why can't this be resolved? Opera is great is all other aspects.