Video and Opera does not seem to be going good on Linux Mint
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adamspaminator last edited by leocg
That's funny, I am in the almost exact opposite situation in that this bug has convinced me to finally completely ditch Windows for desktop use and re-embrace Linux/BSD as a viable daily driver OS.
Running into a show-stopper bug and then being able to fix said bug in 5 minutes with minimal searching reminds me of what Linux on the Desktop is really for. Which is that enjoyment found in being bogged down by random problems which don't occur with other systems/software, using previously developed skills and knowledge to fix the problem in a completely hack manner (as in messy and half-assed) which in turn allows one to develop a massive and completely useless Superiority Complex over the M$/iO$ plebs.
It's good to be back.
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shelleyfrank last edited by shelleyfrank
@styen Thanks for this solution. I almost uninstalled Opera because of the video issue. Now it's working fine. The only thing is that I couldn't install opera-stable via apt, so I downloaded the latest deb installer from Opera homepage. The Linux Mint repo must be lacking opera-stable
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typeoftian last edited by
@mochica this is right.
but for some people who user some package manager such snap, flatpak, aur, yay etc. the correct directory is /usr/lib/opera.
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DmKnght last edited by
I couldn't find package that contains libffmpeg on APT repo (and I don't really trust results on internet). So I copied codium's libffmpeg into Opera's lib_extra. This routine fixed video problem for me.
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isabella-87 Banned last edited by
Have you tried updating your codecs or switching the video renderer in Opera’s settings? Sometimes adjusting those can help improve performance. Also, checking if hardware acceleration is enabled might be worth a try. Let me know if that helps!
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RubensMatos last edited by
@lavanyadeepak-0 The same happened to me, but after I closed Opera and run it again, everything is fine. All videos are working like a charm. thank you @mochica
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FinnFinnigan last edited by
I ran into the same issue, so I reported it as a bug to opera and got this automated bug fix response, they must get it a lot. I haven't tried it yet but I thought that I would post in in here as another fix method:
Automation for Jira commented:
It looks like your report is connected with media issues on Linux OS.
Unfortunately, Opera .deb and .rpm versions don't support the H.264/MP4 codec natively. We recommend using snap to avoid problems with codecs.If you want to fix it manually, please try the following steps:
You should have Chromium installed on your system.Download Chromium.
Run the following command in Linux Shell:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so.32
(This command links the Chromium libffmpeg.so file to Opera.)
Now restart Opera and visit this site to check if HTML5 playback works correctly.
imageThank you for helping improve Opera!
Best wishes, the Opera Desktop Team
