Opera 79 Stable
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A Former User last edited by
@treego: I got tired of using Opera on linux, even today they don't support libffmpeg.so (ie they don't support H.264 format natively). I think this is absurd. After this update that prevented me from watching videos from youtube, twitter and other sites, I decided to switch to Brave browser.
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A Former User last edited by
@vprofirov: The disregard of Opera developers with the Linux community is absurd. I got tired of waiting for their goodwill. I migrated my entire Opera account (I used it on Kubuntu and Android smartphone) to the Brave browser. I tried Vivaldi too, but it doesn't seem as fast as Brave (both on Kubuntu and on android). It's a shame that Opera's development is like this, I really believed that with the new Chinese owners, development would be faster, but I was very wrong.
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A Former User last edited by
@vprofirov: Two years ago (August 2019) I asked them to support the h.264 format in the browser for linux. Until today they have not done that. I got tired of their goodwill. Opera never again.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/34659/opera-linux-browser-h-264-support-through-x264-open-source-codec -
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Opera 79 Stable:
@pinportal It was already explained that they can't support proprietary codecs natively for legal reasons.
How is that Brave and Vivaldi apparently support these proprietary codecs natively without violating laws?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@treego Not sure, but it seems to run a script that gets the correct libffmpeg.so and copy into a place where Vivaldi can see it.
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treego last edited by
@leocg said in Opera 79 Stable:
@treego Not sure, but it seems to run a script that gets the correct libffmpeg.so and copy into a place where Vivaldi can see it.
May I suggest Opera do the same?
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styen last edited by
@treego use this one https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine
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cvm last edited by
Why is size of Opera 78 or 79 32bit launcher.exe about 3MB and 64bit about 40MB?
Size of Opera 77 - 32bit launcher.exe was about 1.3MB and 64bit only 2.2MB. -
A Former User last edited by
@styen: we are very tired of using hacks, because Opera developers don't implement H.264 support natively in Linux (like Brave, Vivaldi and many others).
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A Former User last edited by
@treego: They are simply in the comfort zone. If Brave and Vivaldi did, it is possible to do so. But the truth is that Opera's developers don't want to do it. When they start to lose millions of linux users, it will be too late.
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styen last edited by
@pinportal said in Opera 79 Stable:
@treego: They are simply in the comfort zone. If Brave and Vivaldi did, it is possible to do so. But the truth is that Opera's developers don't want to do it. When they start to lose millions of linux users, it will be too late.
Their developers may reside in different countries with different patent laws
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A Former User last edited by
@styen It can be too, but in this case, then it's easier for the entire linux community that uses the Opera browser to migrate to others that already support the h.264 codec natively (Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi,...). That's what I did, I migrated to Brave. It's not my fault if Opera is in Norway. I just can't be forced to do these workarounds to install the third-party codec via Terminal with each new Opera update. This is very tiring.
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treego last edited by
@styen said in Opera 79 Stable:
@treego use this one https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine
Thank you, @styen !!!
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shadow118 last edited by
Is there a flag to revert the downloads back to browser downoloads instead of the Downloads folder?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@shadow118 What do you mean? You can change the default download directory if it's what you are asking.
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shadow118 last edited by
@leocg This got me confused "You can set it to show not just recently downloaded files from Opera Browser, but from the downloads folder for your computer."
When I clicked the downloads button, it showed the contents of my Downloads folder, and not just the files I had downloaded through Opera. But after clearing the list, I guess that's not really a problem anymore
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@shadow118 That's is about Easy Files, that pop-up that shows up with your most recent downloaded files when you are trying to upload something to a page.
