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    • 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

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        • zibi1981
          zibi1981 @Cappy984 last edited by

          @cappy984 Which Opera version?

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          • 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
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            • 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

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              • 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.

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                • 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

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                  • 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.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @NomTigel last edited by

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

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                      • 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.

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                        • 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.

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                          • 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

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                            • 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.

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                              • 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

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                                • exoplanet
                                  exoplanet @sorenfeodor last edited by

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

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                                  • valdineidossantos
                                    valdineidossantos last edited by

                                    Anyone has a solution for this problem?

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                                    • 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.

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                                      • valdineidossantos
                                        valdineidossantos @styen last edited by

                                        @styen Thank you for your answer.

                                        I installed this script before, and it runs every time Opera is updated. Why is this problem not solved when it runs? When I reinstalled it, the issue was solved.

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                                        • alexs
                                          alexs last edited by alexs

                                          Open http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php?release=wilma#upstream search (Crtl+L) chromium and download the *.deb package amd64.[1]

                                          Unpack this and copy the libffmpeg.so from unpack folder /chromium/usr/lib/chromium/ to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so

                                          Restart Opera.
                                          [1] or http://packages.linuxmint.com/pool/upstream/c/chromium/ and download the lasted wilma_amd64.deb Chromium version.

                                          Tested on Debian/unstable
                                          Opera version: 111.0.5168.25
                                          Chromium version: 125.0.6422.143

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                                          • styen
                                            styen @valdineidossantos last edited by

                                            @valdineidossantos there is time lag between the publish of new opera release and corresponding ffmpeg version

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