Video and Opera does not seem to be going good on Linux Mint

[myswtest]

myswtest @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

@lavanyadeepak-0 said in Video and Opera does not seem to be going good on Linux Mint:

@myswtest By native, did you mean downloading the .DEB file and running it through package manager?

Exactly! (I assume you're using Snap?)

[lavanyadeepak 0]

lavanyadeepak 0 @myswtest last edited by

@myswtest No. Opera was installed using the following command

sudo apt-get install opera-stable

These were the package sources configured to enable the abovesaid updates.

deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/opera.gpg] https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free

deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)

I guess these are the same when we download the .DEB and run through package manager which the DEB will use internally.

[styen]

styen @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by styen

@lavanyadeepak-0 Use https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine
But first reinstall opera

sudo apt reinstall opera-stable

[mochica]

mochica @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

@lavanyadeepak-0 Some browsers for Linux lacks the proper video codecs. The solution is to download the library that provide those: libffmpeg.so
Download it and replace the one that comes with the Opera installation. A word, everytime a mayor update is installed, chances are that the libffmpeg.so library is going to be replace with one that could not provide the proper codecs. So keep it handy the latest version and the howto info (I am providing this info like this,in order that a less experienced user could fix this issue)

Codec: https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases
Get the 0.78.1-linux-x64.zip

Extract it and with admin rights, copy it in (if using File browser, get admin permission by File - Open as Administrator. A new window will open). Copy it from download location and paste and replace the one in the following folder:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra folder/libffmpeg.so (just in case)

[Robgo]

Robgo @mochica last edited by

@mochica Thank you for your post, I love anons like you solving strangers problems, I log in to this forum just to thank you, you posted the simplest solution to this issue, hopefully opera will fix this in the future or they need pin this post on the opera linux subforum so people don't go on rabbit holes trying to solve this issue..

[jedi-am]

jedi-am last edited by jedi-am

Hi,
this is not specific to mint / ubuntu

But also all debian base distro and fedora.

I dont understand why opera team since they decide release a complete redesign browser, why didnt fix the problem witn .deb and .rpm packages for linux.

Why not make the browser search for codec package like ffmeg, openH264 in user machine. Why no Ask to install ?

A browser like Brave automatically detect the codecs and works fine even with a snap codec base.

In some old posts alredy asked this, Why Opera still does not Fix this? i dont want to install / to use snap if i am using fedora, mint , popOS, etc.

Please fix this, just use openH264 ( with libopenh264 decoder) inside of Opera or Fix the Paths to find which codecs the user machine has.

Maybe i will create a seprate post about, because the old one about this issue was closed which i dont agree with the solution.
Thanks

[jedi-am]

jedi-am @mochica last edited by jedi-am

@mochica

This is only valid for chromium base browsers like opera, brave vivaldi, etc. because few years ago the codes were removed from chromium.

However, for example brave, when i install ffmeg or have open264 or even the snap code version installed, it finds one of this codecs and the videos works fine in brave.

However in Opera, expects the folder in the one of folders of the opera browser, which is wrong and they should fix this way.

[lavanyadeepak 0]

lavanyadeepak 0 @mochica last edited by

@mochica I tried this route and Opera totally started crashing its tabs.

[mochica]

mochica @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

@lavanyadeepak-0

Make sure the chromiun libffmpeg version matches your Opera Installation.
I've uninstalled Opera using the Software Manager and installed this version:

Then I replaced the libffmpeg with the one from the 0.78.1-linux-x64.zip in this folder: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/libffmpeg.so

[mochica]

mochica @mochica last edited by

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[StevieDeeee]

StevieDeeee @styen last edited by

@styen Thanks!

[vbnvbn]

vbnvbn @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

@lavanyadeepak-0 try an older version of libffmpeg.so from the link provided by @mochica - e.g. 0.78.0

If that doesn't solve the problem, check the driver for your graphics/video adapter you use - it may be inappropriate - e.g. if you use xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, some old nvidia graphics adapters are no longer supported by it - for example many 2D apps may work, but some apps, which use hardware acceleration may not.

[lavanyadeepak 0]

lavanyadeepak 0 @vbnvbn last edited by lavanyadeepak 0

@vbnvbn How are other browsers on the same platform able to manage and run the show seamlessly?

[vbnvbn]

vbnvbn @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

@lavanyadeepak-0 If other chromium-based browsers work flawlessly with the hardware acceleration option switched on, then find the appropriate libffmpeg.so version for you. Use these links:

https://repo.herecura.eu/herecura/x86_64/

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser

https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/chromium

https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases

[DarkMac78]

DarkMac78 last edited by

I am using th libffmpeg.so from the Slack installation. Bottom line, if you already have libffmpeg.so installed, just backup /usr/lib64/opera/libffmpeg.so and then do a symlink for /usr/lib/slack/libffmpeg.so.

[jito463]

jito463 last edited by

You know, I have to thank the Opera team. Because of this issue after installing Linux on my work PC, I have finally decided to ditch ChrOpera once and for all. It's been a long time coming, with multiple aggravations/ irritations, and this just made it easy to take the final step. I was going to try and fix the issue with the above steps, but I'm finally fed up.

So thank you Opera dev team.

[DarkMac78]

DarkMac78 @jito463 last edited by

@jito463 I feel you. Sadly I think this is the roadmap for me too

[soltysss]

soltysss last edited by

This is stupid, I should't install some codes and use terminal just to be able to use this browser, all other browsers work just fine out of the box. It's WTF moment to be honest. I don't event know why they bother supporting linux version of browser if it's not usable anyway.

[Steviedeeee69]

Steviedeeee69 @mochica last edited by

This works but I had to right-click, 'open as root' in order to paste the libffmpeg.so file.

I know it adds another 15mb or so to the file size, but if you don't do a symlink it is pretty annoying to have to do this every time, when the developers could simply use the correct yet larger file.

[anika216]

anika216 last edited by

I have Opera version 107 and libffmpeg.so version .84 from the link above https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases

worked for me.