[Compilation] Discussions on Problems Playing Videos on Linux

[Cappy984]

Cappy984 @Cappy984 last edited by leocg

anyone gonna reply? it is over 1 week now.

[sorenfeodor]

sorenfeodor @Cappy984 last edited by

@cappy984 Did you try the solutions given in the other "videos won't play"-questions?

[zibi1981]

zibi1981 @Cappy984 last edited by

@cappy984 In my case it is a similar issue, but I guess related only to DRM content

[BerlinMark]

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[Cappy984]

Cappy984 last edited by

I actually moved from Zorin to Ubuntu and i still got the same error and i installed Opera from snap store and it started to work

[zibi1981]

zibi1981 @Cappy984 last edited by

@cappy984 Which Opera version?

[gidici61]

gidici61 last edited by

Still the old problem: Opera for Linux cannot play h264 videos. All other web browsers do this (they have the h264/x264 codec). Please don't tell me about missing rights. How many years do I have to wait?
I use Debian 11.9
I have Opera 110.0.5130.39

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @gidici61 last edited by

@gidici61 See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324, https://forums.opera.com/topic/42185/the-videos-don-t-play-topic/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config

[gidici61]

gidici61 @leocg last edited by gidici61

@leocg Thank you for your help. I got Opera working again by executing (as root) "fix-opera.sh" downloaded from https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/blob/main/scripts/fix-opera.sh
Immediately after, I ran the installation script from "https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/tree/main". I just had to edit the scripts to remove "sudo" (because I don't have the "sudo" command installed on my system) and the installation was successful.

[Likitthakul]

Likitthakul @gidici61 last edited by

@gidici61 said in opera for linux cannot play h264 videos:

@leocg Thank you for your help. I got Opera working again by executing (as root) "fix-opera.sh" downloaded from https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/blob/main/scripts/fix-opera.sh
Immediately after, I ran the installation script from "https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/tree/main". I just had to edit the scripts to remove "sudo" (because I don't have the "sudo" command installed on my system) and the installation was successful.

@gidici61 said in opera for linux cannot play h264 videos:

@leocg Thank you for your help. I got Opera working again by executing (as root) "fix-opera.sh" downloaded from https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/blob/main/scripts/fix-opera.sh
Immediately after, I ran the installation script from "https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/tree/main". I just had to edit the scripts to remove "sudo" (because I don't have the "sudo" command installed on my system) and the installation was successful.

Very good

[NomTigel]

NomTigel last edited by

This error re-occurs any time I update Opera on my debian system. Whenever there is an update available via apt-get, the error is seen again.

This fixed it for me:
Manually copy:
cp libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

This ffmpeg lib is taken from chrome, I guess.

Not sure why Opera cannot include an improved version of their own libffmpeg.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @NomTigel last edited by

@nomtigel Check https://forums.opera.com/post/150324, mentioned above.

[NomTigel]

NomTigel @leocg last edited by

@leocg
Ah thx - I already suspected that there could be some kind of tricky law thing involved.

So, to make sure I was not seeing a Fata Morgana when using another browser I've tried (again) with Falkon, which I installed via apt-get. Browsed to a video in YT which I know requires this extra codec initially not present with Opera at this time, and wouldn't you know, it worked.

So, apparently there seems be a codec available that installs within debian regulations (I have not used Chrome, but I have used MS Edge, which, yes, works in linux, too) and it might be possible for Opera to also utilize it.

[SWK058]

SWK058 @gidici61 last edited by

@gidici61 Don't use Root as user, i got hacked in 2 days. K-Lite Full has all codecs and lot special tools to perfect audio and vid.

[SWK058]

SWK058 @NomTigel last edited by

@nomtigel My most addons came from chromium ext. Plz goto Linux (.org) for best Q&A
I have also a debian version: NP's Opera blockers or codecs. Download K-Lite Full

[NomTigel]

NomTigel @SWK058 last edited by

@swk058 said in opera for linux cannot play h264 videos:

@nomtigel My most addons came from chromium ext. Plz goto Linux (.org) for best Q&A
I have also a debian version: NP's Opera blockers or codecs. Download K-Lite Full

Hello,
thanks for pointing me (and us) at this. But I have to ask:

• "NP's Opera blockers or codecs" vs. "Download K-Lite Full: are those two different things mentioned?
• K-Lite-Full appears to be a Windows.EXE only archive, nothing for linux?

Thanks.

[sorenfeodor]

sorenfeodor last edited by

The newest version (111?) of opera stable requires a newer version of libffmpeg.so (corresponding to chromium 125), a version which I cannot find - I've looked all the usual places. So be careful about updating

[exoplanet]

exoplanet @sorenfeodor last edited by

@sorenfeodor yes, a new version and a new video problem for opera, such that no other browser has.

[valdineidossantos]

valdineidossantos last edited by

Anyone has a solution for this problem?

[styen]

styen @valdineidossantos last edited by styen

@valdineidossantos https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine
But in future, it would be a good idea not to update to a new major version immediately after release.