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    • spikespiegel
      spikespiegel @gmiazga last edited by

      @gmiazga said in opera-stable 80.0.4170.16 Does Not Launch:

      @brucehankins Opera 80 needs codecs with built for chromium 94, any previous versions will be incompatible. I think that using codecs you mentioned in https://repo.herecura.eu/herecura/x86_64/opera-beta-ffmpeg-codecs-94.0.4606.31-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst should work.

      Thanks! BTW, the link seems broken. This is the right link:

      https://repo.herecura.eu/herecura/x86_64/opera-beta-ffmpeg-codecs-94.0.4606.54-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

      Thanks again @gmiazga

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      • l33t4opera
        l33t4opera @BruceHankins last edited by

        @brucehankins I see, but as you wrote "compile and add the new libffmpeg.so codecs as a build dependency", it depends now which version of "libffmpeg.so" do you mean.
        If you mean the one from the repo, then there might be legal issues because it provides also H.264 codec, which as I know is not allowed to be distributed without paying a license fee.
        The lib included in the Opera's package has no such issue, because it doesn't include H.264 support.

        Perhaps someone from Opera or any person who knows the topic better may reply to it to dispel any doubts.

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        • styen
          styen last edited by styen

          https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine works
          On Arch-based and Debian-based distros it may run automatically after opera update

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          • BruceHankins
            BruceHankins @styen last edited by

            @styen it doesn't, I'm the maintainer responsible for updating the package. Hopefully the next release will work better.

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            • styen
              styen @BruceHankins last edited by styen

              @brucehankins Well, if you've repackaged opera, is there symlink for opera somewhere in PATH? It's required to detect opera directory by script.
              Post here output of

              dirname $(readlink -f $(which opera))
              

              It should be the correct Opera installation path
              Also if original libffmpeg.so from .deb replaced with something else, return it back before applying fix.

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              • yogimanuk
                yogimanuk last edited by

                The problem with this codec breaking Opera frequently is terribly irritating. It seems to me that if Opera can not ship with the codec there is little that can be done about that. But why can new releases of Opera not come with a script that downloads and copies the correct the correct version of ffmpeg that is required for that specific release. I mean seriously how hard would it be to include this script in either a directory or link to it from within the settings. click it, download the right version, ask for credentials and copy the correct file to the correct location. Why do we have to deal with this every time a new version of Opera appears when the problem doesn't exist with the other browsers that are available and if it does exist why is this not such a problem.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @yogimanuk last edited by

                  @yogimanuk See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324
                  I understand that they can't provide the codecs themselves, including downloading it from a third party through a script.

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                  • yogimanuk
                    yogimanuk @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg Thanks for the response. A truly ridiculous situation. Stay well n safe 🙂

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                    • benvantende
                      benvantende @yogimanuk last edited by

                      @yogimanuk Agree ... It is a weird situation, although I can live with it. I created my own script that I always run after an Opera update

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                      • yogimanuk
                        yogimanuk @benvantende last edited by

                        @benvantende Yes I too have a script that copies the files, my problem is I never know what codec version to download and where from. 🙂

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                        • styen
                          styen @yogimanuk last edited by styen

                          @yogimanuk said in opera-stable 80.0.4170.16 Does Not Launch:

                          my problem is I never know what codec version to download and where from. 🙂
                          https://forums.opera.com/topic/51878/opera-stable-80-0-4170-16-does-not-launch?_=1633610756070#8

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                          • benvantende
                            benvantende @yogimanuk last edited by

                            @yogimanuk same here. Usually it works until it does not 😉

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                            • yogimanuk
                              yogimanuk @benvantende last edited by

                              @benvantende Sounds like my interactions with the human race...

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                              • JFerreira
                                JFerreira @styen last edited by

                                @styen Only this method worked for me. Thank you so much.

                                I'll be exporting my bookmarks and leaving Opera. Can't believe they ship a version that after update doesnt even start... a common user wouldn't even know whats is wrong... Stupid, very stupid.

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                                • BruceHankins
                                  BruceHankins @JFerreira last edited by

                                  @jferreira I agree, but I'm not leaving. Unfortunately for the users on my distro of choice, Opera will be held back on 79 until a fix is implemented and 80 truly is stable and not so much of a dev/beta release.

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                                  • igv
                                    igv last edited by

                                    After updating opera I receive this error:
                                    opera: symbol lookup error: opera: undefined symbol: av_stream_get_first_dts
                                    then i just reinstalled opera-ffmpeg-codecs in Software Manager and it worked.
                                    My system is manjaro KDE

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