libffmpeg.so needs to be changed every installation

[hydroper]

hydroper last edited by

Whenever I install Opera on Linux I've to replace the libffmpeg.so file by the Chromium's libffmpeg.so. I wish they fixed that file.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @hydroper last edited by

@hydroper See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

[hydroper]

hydroper @leocg last edited by

@leocg I see, so sad

[9Dragons]

9Dragons last edited by

Its utterly ridiculous that I cant watch Netflix unless I jump through several hoops.

[leifjoha]

leifjoha @leocg last edited by

@leocg Not solved 2018!! and not solved 2025 - still the same problem. Now "Make Opera great also for video" in the world of Open Source where Firefox, Cromium, VTL and others can do it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @leifjoha last edited by

@leifjoha The legal questions remain.

[jhonndee]

jhonndee last edited by

You're right—Opera for Linux doesn’t bundle the full libffmpeg .so due to licensing issues. A practical fix is to symlink or copy the full version of libffmpeg .so (from Chromium or chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra) into Opera’s lib directory after each update. To automate it, you can write a simple shell script and add it to a post-install hook or run it manually after updates. This avoids doing it manually every time.

[leifjoha]

leifjoha @jhonndee last edited by

@jhonndee I have made a bash script for copy a full libffmpeg.so.
But I take libffmpeg.so from https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/releases/. I have no Chromium/Crome on my PC. But I can't understand that Opera not can solved the legal problem, when Firefox to Linux and Crome to Linux can.

[leifjoha]

leifjoha @leifjoha last edited by

@leifjoha and I have just tried install Brave - Brave show my video with full codex.

[javickers]

javickers last edited by javickers

This no longer works

I've been doing the "Use Chromium's libffmpeg.so" "trick" for several years; but after the last 2-3 updates (or so), if I copy across Chromium's version, Opera just crashes whenever it tries to play ANY video - even ones it is capable of by itself.

Looking for a new solution now

[javickers]

javickers @javickers last edited by leocg

Update: The libffmpeg.so that comes with Slack seem to work.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @javickers last edited by

@javickers Doing a little digging, it seems like the libffmpeg.so that comes with the Slack deb package is from the chromium-ffmpeg snap package.

Also see https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/linux_libffmpeg_config/ for ways to find a compatible libffmpeg.so in the future if needed.

[SmokDiplodok]

SmokDiplodok @javickers last edited by

@javickers There's no need to do any Google tricks.
Just download the file for Linux from this page
https://github.com/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt/nwjs-ffmpeg-prebuilt
and upload it here
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/

I need the 64-bit file, so I downloaded this one 0.101.2-linux-x64.zip

At least for Linux Mint 22.1. Then restart Opera.

This always works for me, and I do it every time I update Opera. It's a pain, unfortunately. Opera is a rather odd browser; it has some good points and a few annoying ones.