<![CDATA[Impossible to see videos in Opera]]>When I try to visualize some videos or GIF with Opera Browser I often get the error message : "Your browser can't play this video" or "can't reproduce this video" or something like that,I've tried troubleshooting following some guides and doing stuff like : restart Opera,restart the device,restart the router,delete browsing activity,unable the VPN,unable the option to hardware accelleration,but is always like before,that happens in various websites (for example Youtube,Reddit,ecc).
How to solve that?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/70210/impossible-to-see-videos-in-operaRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 13:11:14 GMTTue, 27 Feb 2024 11:21:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:54:22 GMT]]>@burnout426 Thank you !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345906https://forums.opera.com/post/345906Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:54:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 20 Mar 2024 02:40:22 GMT]]>@simone-brunacci Hit Windows key + r to open the run dialog, type optionalfeatures and press enter to open the Windows Features dialog.

Make sure "Media Features" and its "Windows Media Player Legacy App" are both checked.

Then in Settings -> System -> Optional Features, you should see the "Windows Media Player Legacy App" entry.

That's what it looks like on a non-N edition of Windows. For an N edition, it might say "Media Feature Pack" instead. Either way, make sure they're installed/enabled etc.

That's all you need. Windows Media Player doesn't need to be the default media player on the system. Opera doesn't use Windows Media Player. Opera just uses some underlying media components that Windows Media Player also uses.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345879https://forums.opera.com/post/345879Wed, 20 Mar 2024 02:40:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:56:23 GMT]]>@burnout426 Ok, to watch videos in Opera,is necessary to set Windows Media Player as default or is it enough to have it installed on PC?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345875https://forums.opera.com/post/345875Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:56:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:20:39 GMT]]>@simone-brunacci That won't work. Opera specifically uses the Windows Media Foundation for handling proprietary codecs on Windows. That's why the Windows Media Feature pack is needed so that the default Windows Media Foundation extensions are installed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345253https://forums.opera.com/post/345253Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:20:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:51:26 GMT]]>@burnout426 On my system I've already a third part Media Player app (5kplayer) you know how should I set it for seeing video in Opera ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345237https://forums.opera.com/post/345237Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:51:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:52:52 GMT]]>@burnout426 Ok,I've found it thanks for your help !

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345230https://forums.opera.com/post/345230Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:52:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:40:43 GMT]]>@burnout426 Where can Iget that ? Is on Microsoft Store ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345229https://forums.opera.com/post/345229Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:22:40 GMT]]>@simone-brunacci Judging by the test results, it looks like the Windows Media Feature Pack is not enabled on your system.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/344042https://forums.opera.com/post/344042Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:22:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Wed, 28 Feb 2024 02:54:56 GMT]]>@burnout426 From opera://about : Opera One version : 107.0.5045.36,Windows version : Windows 10 64 bit , Chromium version : 121.0.6167.186 ;
My Windows version is : Edition : Windows 10 Pro N ; Version : 22H2 ;
From https://html5test.opensuse.org/ (thank you for the resource ! ) VIDEO : H.264 = NO ; WebM with VP8 support : YES ; WebM with VP9 support : YES ;
AUDIO : AAC support : NO ; Ogg Vorbis support : YES ; Ogg Opus support : YES ;
From opera://components : Google Widevine Windows CDM - Version: 1.0.2738.0 Status : Updated ; Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 4.10.2710.0 Status : Updated ;
Thank you in advantage

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/344041https://forums.opera.com/post/344041Wed, 28 Feb 2024 02:54:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Impossible to see videos in Opera on Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:36:07 GMT]]>What specific version of Windows and what specific version of Opera as seen at the URL opera://about?

Are you running a special "N" edition of whatever version of Windows you're running?

What does https://html5test.opensuse.org/ say for h.264, VP8 and VP9 video support and what does it say for aac, vorbis and opus audio support?

At the URL opera://components, do both "Google Widevine Windows CDM" and "Widevine Content Decryption Module" show a version instead of 0.0.0.0?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/343963https://forums.opera.com/post/343963Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:36:07 GMT