web based media has no sound in Opera

eattherich

eattherich @john-phd

@john-phd I read through this whole crazy thread because I was having the same issue after installing Opera. People were making some absurd suggestion fixes. After not finding a solution I did some more googling, cleared cookies and cache and restarted Opera. That's it. That worked. Even though it's a new browser, maybe something from importing my chrome settings got corrupted. So there you go. Future peeps looking have a potential solution that doesn't require programmer level knowledge.

john-phd

john-phd @eattherich

Yeah, I not only dumped the cache, I uninstalled it (completely, even registry entries) and then wiped the containing folders associated with Opera. I rebooted for good measure, and reinstalled. Problem remains. This is why I'm stumped!!

@eattherich said in web based media has no sound in Opera:

@john-phd I read through this whole crazy thread because I was having the same issue after installing Opera. People were making some absurd suggestion fixes. After not finding a solution I did some more googling, cleared cookies and cache and restarted Opera. That's it. That worked. Even though it's a new browser, maybe something from importing my chrome settings got corrupted. So there you go. Future peeps looking have a potential solution that doesn't require programmer level knowledge.

HumanTraffic

HumanTraffic

Is no one really looking at this. From what I've found around different forums, this affects a lot of users. Some videos have sound, but it disappears as soon as you skip ahead, others have no sound whatsoever. There is absolutely no useful advice anywhere to be found on this issue, yet it's been a thing for over two years for me at least.

bblack4jc

bblack4jc

For those of you who are still having trouble with this issue, here is what worked for me. (Note, I am running Opera Version 75.0.3969.218):

Got to Menu - Settings - Advanced. Look under Privacy and Security - Site Settings - Additional Content Settings - Sound - Click on the button to Allow Sites to Play Sounds.

rhbourdeau

rhbourdeau

I have experienced this problem more than once in the past, and I am now experiencing it again.

About 3 days ago I was listening to music on MixCloud.com through opera, as I have been for years. Opera is my main browser, though I use many others as well. Suddenly the music stopped. it shows as playing, but no sounds are emitted.

I receive my usual email notification sounds from Outlook. I opened Chrome to the same site, works fine.

I accessed the Windows 10 Volume Mixer which can have app-specific audio controls, no problems there.
The Opera "Additional Content Settings - Sound" -> nothing restrictive there.

I've explored all the possibilities mentioned in this thread. Nothing.

My opera://media-internals display looks identical to that of john-phd, with AudioServiceLaunchOnStartup = "Disabled" whatever that implies.

It's pretty weird that one day I'm booming along then whammo, Opera is silent with nothing to correct it.

I like Opera, but I gotta admit that I'm tempted to shift over to Brave as my primary browser, merely because it's working and I can just reopen my 110 tabs there and be off and running again. I haven't seen any real solutions on the web pertaining to this reoccuring problem. sad face.

john-phd

john-phd @bblack4jc

@bblack4jc This is an easy fix if it works. However, my problem seems to be intrinsic to this browser. The "usual" methods don't work. I may or may not have mentioned your fix already in my thread, but I have done everything including going into the actual code of Opera as much as I am able to to find anything addressing this......

the closest I found was a post from 2011 or 2012, where developer options in Opera had a line (among thousands of lines) to enable sound. This line doesn't exist in new versions I guess. I dislike code for the most part, but I am comfortable tinkering around in it.

Monocrash

Monocrash

I'm not sure if this will help for all, but its worth a shot.
I've had the same audio issue for a bit, after my computer blue-screened and had to reset. I had cleared out my %temp% files, and I had manually ended the process on Task Manager. If you scroll down on TM, there should be one that says "Opera GX Browser". I ended the process, opened up OGX again, and noticed the sound had returned.
Like I said, this may not work for all, but it is worth a shot. Apologies if this does not work, I am not specialized in this type of stuff.

VegardB

VegardB @bblack4jc

@bblack4jc Yep! That was exactly it! Thank's for taking the time going thru seemingly endless settings and coming up with a solution to this (endless) problem. Again, thank you!

NH2022

NH2022 @john-phd

@john-phd I've had similar problems with my Opera sound playback so I wanted to share what worked for me in solving it. You mentioned having multiple audio outputs and I had ended up with a similar situation when messing around with a selection of audio software and virtual audio cables and the like.

My opera wasn't showing up in the standard Windows volume mixer when sound should have been playing, so I went to the Microsoft Store and installed 'Ear Trumpet' as a 3rd party alternative. Once launched, I expanded the list of sound sources and I could see my Opera sound was being directed to something other than my main speakers, hence no output. Right-clicking on the Opera icon in that list and then clicking the icon with 2 sideways arrows allows you to redirect the output to whatever source you want. In my case it now works again just great, and I can see it in the Windows volume mixer as well once again, so there's no need to keep Ear Trumpet installed if you don't want to.

Hopefully a similar easy fix might have been at the root of your own issue? Or anyone else who stumbles upon this thread looking for answers.

ColdWaffle5

ColdWaffle5 @john-phd

@john-phd I really wish the service were a lot better, It seems like you said everything at least three times. I am having this problem, but as much as I love Opera, I'm just going to have to go back to Google Chrome. It's a shame nothing came of this thread.

HumanTraffic

HumanTraffic @ColdWaffle5

@coldwaffle5 yea I all but forgot about Opera, it was short lived anyway, I probably used it for about a year or two. Try using Vivaldi instead, it kinda looks like Opera, however it has a lot more options and settings.

kaleenbhaiya32

kaleenbhaiya32 @leocg

@leocg Thanks for sharing informational link.

Scav23

Scav23 @john-phd

@john-phd I had the same problem so i know this is two years late but who knows it could still help.

the problem i had was the volume mixer for Opera was too low so all you have to do is turn it up

sgunhouse

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Scav23

@scav23 In one of these threads I pointed out to people that Windows is capable of adjusting volume for each program separately, and that people need to check Volume Control and see if this is their problem.

john-phd

john-phd @sgunhouse

@sgunhouse said in web based media has no sound in Opera:

@scav23 In one of these threads I pointed out to people that Windows is capable of adjusting volume for each program separately, and that people need to check Volume Control and see if this is their problem.

-- I know right? It's as if the above (exhaustive) thread was not read. I think I keep track of this for a personal experiment to see what people come up with, and to see if it's ever resolved. It was once resolved, it is somehwere above, in 2011ish, where there was a code hack. It's mystifying how this even happens.

Kind of like my thread on Madagascar 3 in ROKU. It can be traced to like 2008 or 9. Still unresolved. Also unresolved is the Samsung S series light issue. The light is "in use" so the camera and well, nothing works. That goes back to 2006. My father in law was spot on that they don't write new code, they just recycled old bad code and never fix anything.

bblack4jc

bblack4jc @john-phd

@john-phd that really sucks. I know it’s frustrating. You would think that there would be a fix that works for you by now. You have my sympathies.

DerrekTilbury

DerrekTilbury @leocg

@leocg dude theres no steps to reproduce and its any website with any sound. its not just him and what setps do you want man? play video no sound thats all we know because we did nothing to cause it it just had no sound suddenly multiple times idk how it got fixed. it was almost a month one time

DerrekTilbury

DerrekTilbury @sgunhouse

@sgunhouse then its a problem with opera because now that i look there i have steam and chrome open and they show up with a volume control but opera is open too and it isnt there. like 5 different time it happened and idk how it was fixed, one time was almost a month

sgunhouse

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @DerrekTilbury

@derrektilbury Was Opera supposed to be plsying a sound when you looked? If there hasn't been a sound playing it shouldn't show.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @DerrekTilbury

@derrektilbury There are always steps to reproduce a problem.

So if you go to,,for example, to YouTube and start playing a video there will be no sound?