<![CDATA[Error in YouTube "Your browser can't play this video"]]>When trying to open a live YouTube video, I get the error message in the video box "Your browser can't play this video. Learn more." When I click the "learn more" link, it says my browser is up to date. I can play other YouTube videos, but I cannot play this live video. How can I fix this? I just installed Opera only 3 weeks ago. Some things I love, but it should not have this many bugs.Screenshot at 2025-04-25 20-46-16.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/84392/error-in-youtube-your-browser-can-t-play-this-videoRSS for NodeThu, 05 Mar 2026 09:43:30 GMTSat, 26 Apr 2025 03:46:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Error in YouTube "Your browser can't play this video" on Sun, 04 May 2025 05:26:52 GMT]]>@zap250 You can download the snap version of Opera One for Linux at https://www.opera.com/download

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/384100https://forums.opera.com/post/384100Sun, 04 May 2025 05:26:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Error in YouTube "Your browser can't play this video" on Sun, 04 May 2025 05:25:42 GMT]]>@zap250 As already said, that's a legal issue since H.264 is a proprietary codec and Opera simply can't give support for it by itself.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/384099https://forums.opera.com/post/384099Sun, 04 May 2025 05:25:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Error in YouTube "Your browser can't play this video" on Sun, 04 May 2025 03:51:16 GMT]]>Since nobody has replied to my post here, I went ahead and asked Aria. The response was that the H.264/MP4 codec is not supported by Opera for Linux out of the box. Supposedly, the snap version of Opera has better support for this popular video codec, but Opera does not offer that option for download on its website.

I cannot understand the reasoning behind why Opera is the only browser (AFAIK) that has this serious limitation. Opera is so good in so many other ways, so how could they have overlooked this? I've used Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, and Edge on my Linux system in the past and have never had any issues with YouTube.. But for some inexplicable reason, Opera cannot do it. I wish the Opera team would fix this issue, as being unable to watch some videos on YouTube is a major flaw in any web browser.

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