Opera not able to play live videos

[Blackwatch]

Blackwatch last edited by

When I try to play any live video on any platform, Opera is just not able to process it and I see an error message during any live video, be it on hotstar, youtube, twitchTV, etc.![alt text]

OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
RAM: 8GB

[nneo16]

nneo16 last edited by

Install libffmpeg.so

[Blackwatch]

Blackwatch @nneo16 last edited by

@nneo16 It's already installed in my PC.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Blackwatch last edited by

@blackwatch It's the correct one? If you are using Opera 77, then you need the one for Chromium 91.

[Blackwatch]

Blackwatch @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yes, it's opera 77, how to download ffmpeg for chromium 91?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Blackwatch last edited by

@blackwatch See https://forums.opera.com/topic/42185/the-videos-don-t-play-topic/ and https://forums.opera.com/topic/37539/solving-the-problem-of-the-opera-browser-with-video-playback-in-ubuntu-and-similar-distributions-linux-mint-kde-neon/

[nneo16]

nneo16 last edited by

I think you should check your youtube account.

[Blackwatch]

Blackwatch @nneo16 last edited by

@nneo16 It's not an issue just with my youtube account, whenever I try to play live video on any platform, it just gives an error message.

[Blackwatch]

Blackwatch @leocg last edited by

@leocg I tried it, it crashed the entire Opera browser. Had to reinstall it.
So, it also didn't work!

[Rayzeq]

Rayzeq last edited by Rayzeq

Install chromium-ffmpeg with snap, then copy /snap/chromium-ffmpeg/current/chromium-ffmpeg-<highest version number>/chromium-ffmpeg/libffmpeg.so into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/ (that should replace the old one)

Note: you must do this every time you update Opera.